He was 58.Former Express-News music columnist Jim Beal plays bass with the Barrio Blasters and was a friend of Sahm’s. Please ignore rumors and hoaxes. If you have any unfortunate news that this page should be update with, please let us know using this form. It was a reminder of Sahm’s profound impact on Texas musicians, Beal added. Doug Sahm would’ve turned 74 today. It’s called “Dancing at Sunset.” The waltz pays homage to Sahm and his wife, Violet, who are both buried at Sunset Memorial Park.“It’s kind of an answer to ‘At the Crossroads’ where he said you’ll be by my side one more time,” said Agather. And that’s part of the beauty of San Antonio being such a huge melting pot. It’s always an educating kind of thing. Doug Sahm would’ve turned 74 today. The initial combination of Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, and Doug Sahm performed in front of a San Francisco audience. 2.

Doug & Janice Had Six Children, Including a Son Who Died in 1985. He and Janice have five children who were still alive when Doug Coe died. “He would play with anybody, and he just had incredible diversity. Like, ‘Wow! Sir Douglas Quintet, Frutigen Switzerland, Singer-Songwriter-Festival, 1994 May 27th. “It’s a bloodline, really.” One of those musicians is Mitch Webb. - 508651 • Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: France • Genre: Rock • Augie Meyers With Doug Sahm - Still Growin (1982, Vinyl) | Discogs

What was that?’”John Agather and the Juantanamos will debut a new song among its set list of Sahm covers. He credits Patoski’s documentary for Sahm’s newfound visibility.“Doug, the documentary and the concert drove South By Southwest this year,” said Beal. Sahm began his musical career singing and playing steel guitar, mandolin, and violin. “To me, it was one of those overarching stories kind of like Big Star week a few years ago at South By Southwest” when Alex Chilton’s sudden death right before the conference dominated SXSW news in 2010. Complete your Augie Meyers With Doug Sahm collection. The accompanying all-star concert at the Paramount Theatre in Austin was as amazing an SXSW finale as one could’ve expected.Add to that the growing refrain to get Sahm into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a noble (if uphill) effort championed by Patoski, Austin Chronicle co-founder Louis Black and others, and there’s no denying it’s been a great 2015 for the San Antonio-born musician who led the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados — and whose history dates back to playing as a kid with Hank Williams, ’50s doo-wop, blues and conjunto. A Taos police spokesman said he appeared to have died of natural causes. Doug Sahm, a veteran of the professional music scene who first sang on radio at the age of five, formed the Quintet (first called simply 'Sir Douglas') in 1964 with longtime friend Augie Meyers and the other original members, Jack Barber, Frank Morin, and Johnny Perez.

History. He was the sum and culmination of colliding (cultures).”But that ability to jump from genre to genre — country, blues, ’50s rock ’n’ roll, Brit-rock, Tex-Mex and cosmic cowboy — and never lingering too long — relegated Sahm to cult status.“I do a lot of explainin’ onstage,” Webb said. He’s not part of Sunday’s lineup but his band, the Swindles, are known for their Sahmlike swagger and groove.“To me, he never ran up against anything that he was scared of,” said Webb. He calls them “children of Doug.”“There are a lot of bands working today that have that DNA,” Beal said. “Doug may be 16 years gone, but for me, finishing and showing the film has brought him back,” said Patoski in an email.“Factor in the Mavericks doing ‘Nitty Gritty,’ the recharged Tornados, the recognition of Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers and bands like the Texmaniacs, Los Lobos, etc. Group's origins. (and) he's more alive than ever.” Hector Saldaña, a former Express-News staff writer, is curator of the Texas Music Collection at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Doug Sahm, Musical Voice of Texas, Dies at 58 By JON PARELES Doug Sahm, a patriarch of Texas rock and country music, was found dead on Thursday in Taos, N.M., The Associated Press reported. Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician and singer-songwriter from Texas.Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music but became a significant figure in roots rock and other genres. Happy birthday, Sir Doug — a Groover’s Paradise is in store this weekend.The folks at the South Texas Popular Culture Center decided to celebrate it with a bunch of bands and declared Sunday as Doug Sahm Day.The TexPop party, featuring the Juantanamos, David Rodriguez and the Barrio Blasters, Eric Hisaw and Will Owen Gage playing Sahm’s music, runs from 2-5 p.m. Sunday. He made his radio debut at the age of five.Sahm continued recording both as a solo artist and with the Sir Douglas Quintet.