- Augie Meyers
August "Augie" Meyers (b.
31 May 1940 inSan Antonio, Texas ) is an American musician. He is best known askeyboard-player with theSir Douglas Quintet and theTexas Tornados .In the early 1960s Meyers was, with
Doug Sahm , a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet. His Vox organ was a main ingredient in the sound of the quintet, as heard in hits like "She’s About A Mover" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), "Nuevo Laredo" (1970) and many others. Later Meyers also played on many of Sahms solo albums and released his own solo records, also in Tex-Mex-style.In the 1990s Meyers was, with Doug Sahm,
Flaco Jimenez andFreddy Fender , a member of Tex-Mex-supergroupTexas Tornados . He was also sought after as a studio musician. He worked, amongst others, withBob Dylan on his albums "Time Out of Mind " (1997) and "Love and Theft " (2001).In 2005 he played on John Hammond's cd covering Tom Waits songs, "Wicked Grin," and toured with Hammond.
Meyers lives in
Bulverde, Texas . Since the 1970s he runs his own record labels from there, namely The Texas Re-Cord Company, Superbeet Records and White Boy Records.Discography
*The Western Head Music Co. (Polydor 1971)
*You Ain’t Rollin’ Your Roll Rite (Paramount 1972)
*Live At The Longneck (Texas Re-Cord 1975)
*Finally In Lights (Texas Re-Cord 1977)
*Still Growin (Sonet 1982)
*August in New York (Sonet 1984)
*Augie’s Back (Sonet 1986)
*My Main Squeeze (Superbeet 1986)
*Sausalito Sunshine (Superbeet 1988, cassette-tape only)
*White Boy (White Boy 1995)
*Alive & Well At Lake Taco (White Boy 1996)
*Blame It On Love (Texas World 2002)
*My Freeholies Ain’t Free Anymore (El Sendero 2006)External links
* [http://www.augiemeyers.com official website]
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