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The Best of Doug Sahm And The Sir Douglas Qunitet 1968-1975

Doug Sahm

Initial release : 1991

Rhino 71032

Martin Fierro plays on this compilation album.

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Tracks

  • Mendocino (Sahm)
  • Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day (Sahm)
  • I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine) (Lawrence/Tinturin)
  • Texas Me (Lawrence/Meyers/Morin/Perez/Tinturin)
  • You Never Get Too Big (Sahm)
  • Song of Everything (Sahm)
  • Catch the Man on the Rise (Sheppard)
  • At the Crossroads (Sahm)
  • In the Dark (Malone/Parker)
  • Nuevo Laredo (Sahm)
  • I Wanna Be Your Mama Again (Sahm)
  • I Don't Want to Go Home (Sahm)
  • Be Real (Sahm)
  • Papa Ain't Salty (McDaniel/Walker)
  • Gypsy (Reed)
  • Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (Duncan/Fender
  • Michoacan (Allen/Fowley)
  • West Side Blues Again (Sahm)
  • (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone (Kirby/Martin)
  • Texas Tornado (Sahm)
  • Baby, Let's Go to Mexico (Perez)
  • I'm Not That Kat Anymore (Sahm)
Musicians

Marting Fierro plays on three tracks taken from the Sir Douglas Quintet album Sir Douglas Quinete+2 (Honkey Blues); I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine), You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometime and Song of Everything. The musicians on this album were;

  • Doug Sahm - fiddle, guitar, vocals
  • Wayne Talbert - piano
  • Whitney Freeman - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • Bill Atwood - horn
  • Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone
  • Terry Henry - saxophone
  • Mel Martin - baritone saxophone
  • Frank Morin - saxophone
Fierro also plays on Catch the Man on the Rise, In the Dark and Be Real which are taken from the 1+1+1=4 album. The musicians involved are;
  • Doug Sahm - guitar, vocals
  • Wayne Talbert - piano
  • Harvey Kagan - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • Bill Atwood - horn
  • Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone
  • Mel Martin - baritone saxophone
  • Frank Morin - saxophone
Fierro also probably plays on Mendocino, Texas Me and At the Crossroads which are taken from the Mendocino LP;. The musiciand on the LP include;
  • Doug Sahm - fiddle, guitar, pedal steel, vocals
  • Augie Meyers - organ, piano
  • Harvey Kagen - bass
  • Frank Morin - saxophone, Vocals
  • John Perez - drums
  • Harvey Regan - bass
  • Martin Fierro) - saxophone
Musicians on the other tracks of this compilation are;
  • Doug Sahm (aka Wayne Douglas) - fiddle, guitar, piano, bajo sexto, vocals
  • Atwood Allen - harmony vocals
  • Leonides Baety - percussion
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • Kenneth Buttrey - drums
  • Hewlett Crist - guitar
  • Link Davis Jr. - keyboards
  • Pete Drake - pedal steel
  • Ernie Durawa - drums
  • Bob Dylan - guitar, vocals
  • Ray Edenton - guitar
  • Sonny Farlow - guitar
  • Jance Garfat - bass
  • Barry Goldberg - keyboards
  • Tommy Jackson - fiddle
  • Jim Jenkins - drums
  • Flaco Jimenez - accordion
  • Harvey Kagan - bass
  • Kenny Kosek - fiddle
  • Augie Meyers - organ, keyboards
  • Bob Moore - bass
  • Rocky Morales - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Morin - saxophone
  • Louis Ortega - vocals
  • Charlie Owens - pedal steel
  • Frank Paredes - vocals
  • Johnny Perez - drums
  • George Rains - drums
  • John Reed - guitar
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
  • Buddy Spicher - fiddle
  • Jim Stallings - bass
  • Wayne Talbert - piano
  • Steve Vargas - bass
  • Chip Young - guitar
Credits

For the compilation;

  • Compilation Producer - Gregg Geller
  • Executive Producer - Bill Levenson
  • Mastering - Dennis M. Drake
  • Design - Joey Reinleib
  • Photography - Baron Wolman
  • Art Direction - Ariane Maclean
  • Special thanks to Oscar Young, Frank Brandon
  • Liner Notes - Gene Santoro
Related releases

I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine), You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometime and Song of Everything are taken from;

Mendocino, Texas Me and At the Crossroads are taken from;
  • Mendocino, Sir Douglas Quintet, 1969, Smash SRS 67115
Catch the Man on the Rise, In the Dark and Be Real are taken from;
  • 1+1+1=4, Sir Douglas Quintet, 1970, Phillips PHS 600-344
Nuevo Laredo is taken from; The other tracks on this compilation are taken from the following sources;
  • I Don't Want to Go Home from the single Mercury 73098
  • Papa Ain't Salty, Gypsy and Wasted Days and Wasted Nights from The Return Of Doug Saldana, Doug Sahm, Phillips PHS 600-353
  • Michoacan from the movie Cisco Pike and single Mercury 73257
  • West Side Blues Again from the single Mercury 73257
  • (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone from Doug Sahm And Band, Doug Sahm And Band, Atlantic SD 7254
  • Texas Tornado from Texas Tornado, Doug Sahm And Friends, Atlantic SD 7287
  • I'm Not That Kat Anymore from the Single Casablanca 0828
  • Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day, I Wanna Be Your Mama Again and Baby, Let's Go to Mexico are previously unreleased.

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