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Sir Douglas Quintet - 1966 - Best Of The SDQ (Tribe)




According to legend, the Sir Douglas Quintet was the brainchild of Houston producer Huey P. Meaux, who at the height of the British Invasion took a stack of Beatles records into a hotel room and studied them while getting drunk on wine. He found that the beats often resembled those of Cajun dance songs and hit upon the idea of a group that could blend the two sounds well enough to fool Beatles fans into giving a local band a chance. Doug Sahm, meanwhile, had been something of a childhood prodigy as a country artist -- he turned down a spot on the Grand Ole Opry in order to finish junior high and performed on-stage with Hank Williams. Sahm had made Meaux's acquaintance while leading a series of bands around San Antonio in high school and wanted to work with him. Meaux told Sahm his idea and Sahm quickly formed a band featuring childhood friend Augie Meyers on organ, bassist Jack Barber, drummer Johnny Perez, and percussionist Leon Beatty (who didn't stick around for too long); saxophonist Frank Morin was added after a short time. Meaux gave them the deceptively British-sounding name the Sir Douglas Quintet and released their debut single, "Sugar Bee," on his Pacemaker label in 1964; it flopped. However, their next single, the British Invasion/garage-flavored "She's About a Mover" (on a different Meaux label, Tribe), became a classic of Tex-Mex rock and an international hit, climbing into the U.S. Top 20 in 1965. Later that year, "The Rains Came" hit the Top 40 and Meaux assembled an LP from their singles sessions with the misleading title The Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet. The group toured the United States and Europe, but upon returning, they were arrested at the Corpus Christi airport for possessing a tiny amount of marijuana. Feeling targeted for his long hair and hippie image, Sahm decided to break up the band upon his release from jail, and moved to San Francisco in early 1966; Morin tagged along.





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   1. (00:02:23) The Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About A Mover
   2. (00:02:59) The Sir Douglas Quintet - Beginning Of The End
   3. (00:02:33) The Sir Douglas Quintet - Tracker
   4. (00:02:17) The Sir Douglas Quintet - You're Out Walkin' The Streets Tonight
   5. (00:02:24) The Sir Douglas Quintet - In The Pines
   6. (00:02:22) The Sir Douglas Quintet - In The Jailhouse Now
   7. (00:01:46) The Sir Douglas Quintet - Quarter To Three
   8. (00:03:13) The Sir Douglas Quintet - One Way Out
   9. (00:02:15) The Sir Douglas Quintet - Rains Came
  10. (00:02:26) The Sir Douglas Quintet - Please Just Say So
  11. (00:02:45) The Sir Douglas Quintet - We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight




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