The Sir Douglas Quintet
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Sir Douglas Rave-Up With Dylan & Jones!
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 13 November 1965
THREE O'CLOCK in the morning in New York and most of the inhabitants were asleep in their beds. Down in Greenwich Village, a night club ...
Sir Douglas Quintet: "Adults Resent Groups"
Interview by uncredited writer, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966
SOME ENGLISH performers, it seems, have done nothing recently but knock America: the people, their attitudes, their way of life. ...
Live Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 22 April 1969
In Southland Concerts, Creedence and Ellis Perform ...
Doors' Soft Parade leads US underground LP releases
Review by uncredited writer, Record Mirror, 13 September 1969
THE DOORS: The Soft Parade — 'Tell All The People'; 'Touch Me'; 'Shaman's Blues'; 'Do It'; 'Easy Ride'; 'Wild Child'; 'Runnin' Blue'; 'Wishful Sinful'; 'The ...
Gene Vincent: He Sounded Like Maybe He Was Testifying
Report by Todd Everett, Rolling Stone, 28 May 1970
THE MUSICIANS had all arrived and were standing patiently by the door at two o'clock, Sunday afternoon, March 8th. Three were official members of the ...
The Sir Douglas Quintet, Augie Meyers: Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 23 September 1971
His Lordship at Troubadour ...
Special Feature by Bill Millar, Record Mirror, 30 October 1971
ON 3 February 1959 Richard Valenzuela died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly whose final recordings foretold the Beatless sixties; a more pop ...
That's Cool, That's Trash: A History of the First Punk Era
Retrospective by Robot A. Hull, Creem, June 1979
FOR FIFTEEN years there has been an enigmatic force burrowing underground, pulling people by their roots down toward the core of white-hot rawness. Gripped by ...
Overview by Martin Hawkins, Melody Maker, 22 March 1980
MARTIN HAWKINS uncovers the Tex-Mex mix that gives the roots to the San Antonio sound. It's time to discover the music of Sahm, Fender and ...
Retrospective by Bill Bentley, L.A. Weekly, 30 January 1981
THE MAN that producer Jerry Wexler, himself tagged the "godfather of rhythm & blues," recently described as the "best all-around rock musician" playing, is one ...
Sahm Enchanted Evening: Sir Douglas Quintet at London’s Mean Fiddler
Live Review by Cynthia Rose, New Musical Express, 1985
THE LONG Ryders, Lone Justice, Blasters and the rest? Forget ‘em! Sir Doug has returned to show these punks how good "rock and roll from ...
Tex-adelia: 13th Floor Elevators and others
Retrospective by Edwin Pouncey, Vox, February 1991
The stomping ground for much of the action that took place during the "Psychedelic '60s" is usually considered to be San Francisco, where bands such ...
Doug Sahm Day at Camargo Park/Tribute To Augie Meyers at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Centre, San Antonio
Live Review by John Morthland, No Depression, 13 October 2002
YOU'D NEVER KNOW it from the history books, but San Antonio had an incredibly vital rock scene in the late 1950s and early '60s. ...
Retrospective by Harold Bronson, Rock's Backpages, April 2017
THIS YEAR THERE have been more events to celebrate the rock music of the 1960s than in any previous one, and it's still only April. ...
see also Augie Meyers
see also Doug Sahm
see also Texas Tornados
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