Doug Sahm
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
But it was Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler who realized that country rock sounds were coming into vogue (and there was no place in Nashville for people like Sahm), so he signed both Sahm and Willie Nelson. One of his greatest albums, Doug Sahm and Band, (1973, Atlantic) was recorded in New York City with Bob Dylan, Dr. John, and accordionist Flaco Jimenez, and a resulting single, Is Anybody Going To San Antone? had some radio success. The Sir Douglas Quintet got back together again to record two more albums, Wanted Very Much Alive and Back To The Dillo.
Among Sahms most essential lues records are Hell of a Spell (1980, reissued in 1999), a lues album dedicated to Guitar Slim, and his Grammy-nominated studio album for Antones, The Last Real Texas Blues Band. For his other material, there are several good compilations, including The Best of Doug Sahm (Rhino). SDQ 98 followed. Sahm died November 18, 1999; the posthumous The Return of Wayne Douglas appeared the following summer.
