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    The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1964. With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state...
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    "Little Doug" in 1955. In 1965, Huey P. Meaux produced Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About a Mover." Atlantic Records signed Sahm and released...
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  • Mendocino (album) (category Sir Douglas Quintet albums)
    Mendocino is the second album by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records. The release of the album was expedited...
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    Augie Meyers (category Sir Douglas Quintet members)
    label owner. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, United...
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  • She's About a Mover is a 1965 song by the Sir Douglas Quintet that was quickly covered by several other artists. The song has a 12-bar blues structure...
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  • John York (musician) (category Sir Douglas Quintet members)
    to joining the Byrds, John York was a member of the Bees and the Sir Douglas Quintet, and also worked as a session musician for the Mamas & the Papas...
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  • Border Wave (category Sir Douglas Quintet albums)
    Border Wave is an album by the American band the Sir Douglas Quintet, released in 1981. Doug Sahm was inspired to record the album after the success of...
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  • of Tex-Mex music that was also being popularized by groups like Sir Douglas Quintet, Freddy Fender and ? and the Mysterians. The song "Wooly Bully" was...
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    Douglas Raymond Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American drummer who is nicknamed "Cosmo". He is best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater...
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    Cuccia & The Jazz Poetry Group - 1980 The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet - Sir Douglas Quintet - 1980 Truth Decay - T-Bone Burnett - 1980 On The Edge...
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  • Day Dreaming at Midnight (category Sir Douglas Quintet albums)
    Day Dreaming at Midnight is an album by the American band the Sir Douglas Quintet, released in 1994. Doug Sahm was motivated to reform the band due to...
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    1983 Sir Douglas Quintet Midnight Sun Bass 1985 Greg Gumbel California Republic Bass, rhythm guitar, tambourine, backing vocals and producer 1994 Sir Douglas...
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  • Sown ... Home Grown Apr 1969 Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline Apr 1969 Sir Douglas Quintet: Mendocino May 1969 Elvis Presley: From Elvis in Memphis May 1969...
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    DeShannon 64 "It's Not Unusual" Tom Jones 65 "She's About a Mover" Sir Douglas Quintet 66 "Shake" Sam Cooke 67 "Wonderful World" Herman's Hermits 68 "Nowhere...
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  • township in Sonoma County, California Mendocino (album), by the Sir Douglas Quintet, or its title track "(Talk to Me of) Mendocino", a song on the album...
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    hit in 1969. "Mendocino", the German adaptation of a song by the Sir Douglas Quintet, was the biggest selling single that year in (Germany). The record...
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  • in 1962, reaching #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year. Sir Douglas Quintet covered the song as a single in late 1965. Their version reached...
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  • American singer-songwriter Doug Sahm. In 1972, after leaving the Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm moved to Austin, Texas. He was signed by Jerry Wexler to the...
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    group the Buckinghams and the Beatles-influenced US Tex-Mex act the Sir Douglas Quintet adopted British-sounding names, and San Francisco's Beau Brummels...
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    King, Frank Zappa, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, The Sir Douglas Quintet all recorded live albums there. Bruce Springsteen played five shows...
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    local hit with "Crazy, Crazy Feeling" (1961). After he disbanded the Sir Douglas Quintet in 1972, he was signed by Atlantic Records in October 1972, and he...
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  • Chess Records, "My Ding-a-Ling", but with less risque lyrics. The Sir Douglas Quintet backed Berry on parts of this album. All songs written and arranged...
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    in the 1980s. Clifford also produced Groovers Paradise for former Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados frontman Doug Sahm. Both Clifford and Cook played...
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  • Question Mark & the Mysterians, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs or Sir Douglas Quintet that included Latin rhythms on their compositions. Also Chicano rock...
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    Martin Fierro (saxophonist) (category Sir Douglas Quintet members)
    18, 1942 – March 13, 2008) was a saxophonist who played with the Sir Douglas Quintet, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jerry Garcia, and Zero. He is the...
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  • Simon & Garfunkel Simon Dupree and The Big Sound The Singing Nun Sir Douglas Quintet Skeeter Davis The Skyliners Slim Harpo Sly & The Family Stone Small...
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    Johnny Cash, The Texas Tornados, k.d. lang, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Jason Boland, Nanci Griffith, Katy Moffatt, Ramblin' Jack Elliott...
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    "Laugh at Me" (Sonny Bono) and "At the Crossroads" (Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet), and an instrumental cover of "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks). The...
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  • Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), Joey Molland (Badfinger) and Augie Meyers (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados). The song "Red Wooden Beads" was included on Steal...
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    Sahm in the 1960s. Sahm, better known as the founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, played with Jiménez for some time. Jiménez later went to New York...
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