CD: Doug Sahm as Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados "Texas Rock For Country Rollers" CD

Doug Sahm as Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados "Texas Rock For Country Rollers" CD MCA Texas City Music rare version MSD35477. Fabulous album....raw and energetic

1 I Love The Way You Love (The Way I Love You) 5:15
2 Cowboy Peyton Place 3:33
3 Give Back The Key To My Heart 2:48
4 Wolverton Mountain 2:27
5 Texas Ranger Man 3:35
6 Floatway 2:35
7 I'm Missing You 3:00
8 Gene Thomas Medley: Sometimes/Cryin' Inside 2:35
9 Country Groove 2:19
10 You Can't Hide A Redneck (Under That Hippy Hair) 3:55

BAND
Doug Sahm — guitar, piano, fiddle, vocals
Augie Meyers — piano, vox organ, hammond organ
Jack Barber — bass
George Rains — drums
Atwood Allen — rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
Harry Hess — steel guitar, slide guitar, harp
Uncle Mickey Moody — acoustic guitar

For LP fans only
When it was released in 1976, it would’ve been misleading to suggest that Texas Rock For Country Rollers was the first Doug Sahm album to openly embrace his country music roots. I’d say it more or less picked up where Doug Sahm And Band left off in 1973. In fact, aside from Honkey Blues in 1968, there really wasn’t a Sahm or Sir Douglas Quintet LP devoid of country groove. However, what makes Texas Rock unique is that of the 10 songs on the album, 7 are either outright country numbers or some sort of country-rock/country-pop hybrid. While Doug was never afraid to Texas Rock, he’d never Country Rolled so decisively.

Band-wise, the album was attributed to the Texas Tornados, but they shouldn’t be confused with Sahm’s Tex-Mex supergroup of the 1990s. This was merely the name given to Doug’s new backing band, most of whom were longtime Texas compadres. Augie Meyers, of course, rides shotgun with his familiar collection of keyboards, the steady yin to Doug’s cosmic yang. Atwood Allen plays acoustic guitar and provides the best harmony singing Sahm ever had. More acoustic guitar is added by Uncle Mickey Moody, who went back to the early days of the SDQ and producer Huey Meaux‘s Crazy Cajun Recordings. Harry Hess was the one recent addition to Doug’s band and here he adds tasteful steel and slide guitar. Finally, the rhythm section is anchored by Jack Barber on bass and George Rains on drums, the guys who Shawn Sahm (Doug’s son) once called “his secret weapon.”

See picture #2 for track listings

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