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'New' Doug Sahm material

Postby Walk In My Shadow » 03 Apr 2017, 18:19

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First of all the name Doug Sahm is linked with the legendary Sir Douglas Qintet, immortal with their Hits like "Mendocino", "She's About A Mover" and "Dynamite Woman". Or with the Texas Tornados", still on the road after the early dead of the mastermind, led by Shawn Sahm, son of Doug Sahm. But there was another band, which wrongly fell into oblivion, at least due to their short existence in the second half of the 80ties. The Texas Mavericks. Miller "Speedy" Sparks (bass) had contacts to Europe, to New Rose Records in France, and they really wanted an album by the Texas Mavericks. So they went into a studio and recorded one. It was titled "Who Are These Masked Men?" At that time Doug wanted to be somebody else, so they put on masks and made up some fantasy names. Thanks to his good contacts in Europe Sahm booked a European tour parallel to the album release, which also brought the quintet to Germany in 1987. "I do remember that we played in Hamburg, Berlin, Stuttgart, Bremen and probably several other cities. Mostly it was clubs and smaller halls - just the right size for this kind of music and we really enjoyed it." At that time Mike Buck sat at the drums because Frosty Smith did not want to tour. "I did not have a clue that Radio Bremen had recorded our show – I only know since the summer of 2016 when I was listening to the recordings for the first time," Sparks reveals. "And I am thrilled with it – I like these recordings better by far than the studio recordings because they have captured all what it was about in the band at that time: pure energy, enthusiasm and simply class." After the visit in Germany the chapter Texas Mavericks within the history of Doug Sahm was soon finished again. After all, the re-release of the digital remastered original album "Who Are These Masked Men?" with the Bremen concert as bonus CD brings back the memory of the man that many regard as the forefather of the Tex Mex scene. Doug Sahm, head of legendary Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados presents his rocking formation "The Texas Mavericks" Double-CD Digi contains the digitally remastered original album "Who Are These Masked Men?" and an amazing rock'n'roll concert becoming a party out of bound
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Re: 'New' Doug Sahm material

Postby Charlie O. » 03 Apr 2017, 18:59

I'll buy it. I'm not crazy about the original album, but that live set sounds promising!
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Re: 'New' Doug Sahm material

Postby Walk In My Shadow » 03 Apr 2017, 19:09

Ordered already. Never heard the studio album.
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