Texas Tornado The Times and Music of Doug Sahm

Name: Texas Tornado The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
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ISBN: 9780292722446

ISBN-10: 0292722443

ISBN-13: 9780292722446

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jan Reid, Shawn Sahm

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Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included "She's About a Mover," "The Rains Came," and "Mendocino." He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Boz Scaggs, and Bob Dylan. Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahm's incredibly versatile musical career, as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes turbulent personal…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Prologue: A Real American Joe



A Cajun Two-Step Tex-Mex Polka



Song and Dance Men



Summers of Love



The Real Old Texas Me



Crossroads



Austin after Dark



The Coast-to-Coast All-Star Bands



Are We a Group?



Soap Creek



Groovers Paradise



Country Boogie



Sometimes I Cry



Wanderlust



Borderlands


Epilogue: Guitar Slim


Selected Discography


Index