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Both sides of 11 singles the Sir Douglas Quintet issued between 1968 and 1972 (one of which, the 1970 45 "Be Real"/"I Don't Want to Go Home," was issued under the name Wayne Douglas) are gathered together on this compilation, in mono. The rather specialized format, as well as a selection process that omits any LP-only tracks from consideration, might prevent this from being a best-of survey of the band during this period. But it really does function as something close to it, and certainly as a representative slice of the remarkably wide stylistic territory Doug Sahm and the group covered. Blues, cajun, country, Texas border music, bubblegum, brassy soul, rock & roll, even bits of jazz and psychedelia, they're all present, in separate and combined forces, the unifying ingredient being Sahm's remarkable voice, one of the best in roots rock. He's at his peak here, even if just a few of the songs -- the infectiously bouncy hit "Mendocino," the ace melancholy ballad "At the Crossroads" (perhaps Sahm's finest moment as a songwriter), and the cover of Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days, Wasted Nights" might be familiar to the average listener. Sahm wrote most of the rest of the material, and his eclectic, quirky warmth rarely falters. An arch sense of humor pokes through on songs like "Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City," but Sahm was as seriously introspective as anyone on "I Don't Want to Go Home," another highlight (included in both the Sir Douglas Quintet and "Wayne Douglas" versions). There's a lot of fine and still-overlooked music here, and if it wasn't often the stuff of which hit singles are made, it's still a little surprising that the most accessible cuts (especially the tasty soul-pop 1969 single "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down") didn't reach more ears.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Guitar, Fiddle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Morin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, A&R - Dan Healy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Perez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Venable, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amigos De Musica, Producer - Harvey Kagan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Guitar, Fiddle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Morin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, A&R - Dan Healy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George Horn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Perez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Venable, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amigos De Musica, Producer - Harvey Kagan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Guitar, Fiddle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Morin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Healy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - J.M. Perez, ComposerLyricist - George Horn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Perez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Venable, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harvey Kagan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Guitar, Fiddle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frank Morin, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, A&R - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Huey P. Meaux, Producer - George Horn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Perez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Kagan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Frillot, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Buttrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chip Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Kennedy, Producer - Buddy Spicher, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Drake, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Jackson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Douglas, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Buttrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chip Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Kennedy, Producer - Buddy Spicher, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Drake, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Jackson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Douglas, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Buttrey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chip Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Edenton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Kennedy, Producer - Buddy Spicher, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Drake, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Jackson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Douglas, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hargus Robbins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Morin, A&R - Jance Garfat, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Talbert, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Sheppard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Harman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Farlow, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hewlett Crist, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Jenkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Producer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Atwood Allen, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rocky Morales, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Huey P. Meaux, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Perez, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Venable, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Stallings, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonides Baety, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Doyle Jones, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Kim Fowley, ComposerLyricist - Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Barber, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rocky Morales, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Atwood Grant, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Durwawa, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sir Douglas Quintet, MainArtist - Doug Sahm, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Atwood Allen, Producer - Jack Barber, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rocky Morales, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Augie Meyers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Durwawa, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Both sides of 11 singles the Sir Douglas Quintet issued between 1968 and 1972 (one of which, the 1970 45 "Be Real"/"I Don't Want to Go Home," was issued under the name Wayne Douglas) are gathered together on this compilation, in mono. The rather specialized format, as well as a selection process that omits any LP-only tracks from consideration, might prevent this from being a best-of survey of the band during this period. But it really does function as something close to it, and certainly as a representative slice of the remarkably wide stylistic territory Doug Sahm and the group covered. Blues, cajun, country, Texas border music, bubblegum, brassy soul, rock & roll, even bits of jazz and psychedelia, they're all present, in separate and combined forces, the unifying ingredient being Sahm's remarkable voice, one of the best in roots rock. He's at his peak here, even if just a few of the songs -- the infectiously bouncy hit "Mendocino," the ace melancholy ballad "At the Crossroads" (perhaps Sahm's finest moment as a songwriter), and the cover of Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days, Wasted Nights" might be familiar to the average listener. Sahm wrote most of the rest of the material, and his eclectic, quirky warmth rarely falters. An arch sense of humor pokes through on songs like "Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City," but Sahm was as seriously introspective as anyone on "I Don't Want to Go Home," another highlight (included in both the Sir Douglas Quintet and "Wayne Douglas" versions). There's a lot of fine and still-overlooked music here, and if it wasn't often the stuff of which hit singles are made, it's still a little surprising that the most accessible cuts (especially the tasty soul-pop 1969 single "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down") didn't reach more ears.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:12
- Main artists: The Sir Douglas Quintet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Def Jam
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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