Aug 5, 2018
Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados - I’m Missing You (1976)
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Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados - I’m Missing You (1976)
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Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Texas Tornados -Mendocino The ultimate Tex-Mex super group is back – Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez reunite with the son of Doug Sahm, Shawn Sahm in a new recording that includes five previously unreleased vocal performances from the legendary Freddy Fender.
“Fantastic!” By jh “The Monk”
Texas Tornados-Mendocino: Live from Austin, TX (Audio CD)
Not only is this one of my favorite cds, I found this band entirely by accident while looking for Los Lobos/Mavericks side projects (Through the Super Seven). Initially I bought “The Best of” and made this purchase based on that. I’ve purchased no less then 3 copies of this cd because 95% of the people who’ve heard it have wanted it. I now own all of their stuff and am saddened there will nothing else from these brilliant Tex Mex technicians!
The other live Texas Tornados available here on Amazon, has a lot of the same songs, but there’s a slightly different “feel” to the recording and performance. They’re both fantastic for different reasons but in a pinch, go with this live release.
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Texas Tornados -Mendocino
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“Que pasa? The Texas Tornados, that’s what!”
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Texas Tornados- Live from Austin, TX (Audio CD) Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Tex-Mex supergroup The Texas Tornados played rock n’ roll, R&B, Mexican folk, swing, boogie, ballads, and smaltzy country weepers with the same enthusiasm. They were a brand new band when this 1990 session was recorded, a part of the PBS music series Austin City Limits, and they swing their way through a 74-minute set of Tornados tunes and songs from the back catalogues of the various members: “Sir Douglas”, the great Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Flaco Jimenez, and Baldemar Huerta – better known as Freddy Fender.
Backed by an additional fine musicians, the Tornados happily serve up their unique Tex-Mex dish, from the country ballad “Larado Rose” and Doug Sahm’s joyous late-60s pop-rocker “Mendocino”, to a pretty convincing cover of bluesman Jimmy Reed’s (always erroneously titled) “Baby What You Want Me To Do”. He sang “baby, why you wanna let go”, Jimmy did.
The four musicians mostly take turns performing the lead vocals; sometimes two or three singers will create an impromptu vocal harmony. The band is tight, even if the overall sonic image is perhaps a bit too unvaried, always dominated by either Jimenez’ accordion or Augie Meyers’ Vox organ. And you can tell that everybody on that night was enjoying themselves, the band included. They swing mightily on “Wasted Days And Wasted Nights”, sung in a fragile tenor by Freddy Fender and on the rollicking “Who Were You Thinkin’ Of”, the old Sir Douglas Quintet-number which had been resurrected on their debut album, released only a few months earlier.
We get a joyous rendition of “the San Antonio national anthem”, as announced by Augie Meyers, the half-English, half-Spanish “Hey Baby Que Paso”. And heads will have been bopping insanely to “Mathilda” for sure, and feet stomping with equal vigour to Doug Sahm’s melodic up-tempo romp “Adios Mexico”.
Okay, so 74 minutes of this may sound to start a little bit stale if you’re not a hardcore fan, sure, and newcomers should probably start with the slightly more accessible “The Best of the Texas Tornados”, or the group’s eponymous debut album (which is pretty much played here in its entirety anyway).
But those who are fans will find a treasure trove of delightful, spirited performances here, played with passion and gusto by a brand-new band of grizzled veterans!
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Texas Tornados -Mendocino was originally published on RocknRoll Goulash
Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Texas Tornados -Mendocino The ultimate Tex-Mex super group is back – Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez reunite with the son of Doug Sahm, Shawn Sahm in a new recording that includes five previously unreleased vocal performances from the legendary Freddy Fender.
“Fantastic!” By jh “The Monk”
Texas Tornados-Mendocino: Live from Austin, TX (Audio CD)
Not only is this one of my favorite cds, I found this band entirely by accident while looking for Los Lobos/Mavericks side projects (Through the Super Seven). Initially I bought “The Best of” and made this purchase based on that. I’ve purchased no less then 3 copies of this cd because 95% of the people who’ve heard it have wanted it. I now own all of their stuff and am saddened there will nothing else from these brilliant Tex Mex technicians!
The other live Texas Tornados available here on Amazon, has a lot of the same songs, but there’s a slightly different “feel” to the recording and performance. They’re both fantastic for different reasons but in a pinch, go with this live release.
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Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Amazon.com Widgets
“Que pasa? The Texas Tornados, that’s what!”
By Docendo Discimus
Texas Tornados- Live from Austin, TX (Audio CD) Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Tex-Mex supergroup The Texas Tornados played rock n’ roll, R&B, Mexican folk, swing, boogie, ballads, and smaltzy country weepers with the same enthusiasm. They were a brand new band when this 1990 session was recorded, a part of the PBS music series Austin City Limits, and they swing their way through a 74-minute set of Tornados tunes and songs from the back catalogues of the various members: “Sir Douglas”, the great Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Flaco Jimenez, and Baldemar Huerta – better known as Freddy Fender.
Backed by an additional fine musicians, the Tornados happily serve up their unique Tex-Mex dish, from the country ballad “Larado Rose” and Doug Sahm’s joyous late-60s pop-rocker “Mendocino”, to a pretty convincing cover of bluesman Jimmy Reed’s (always erroneously titled) “Baby What You Want Me To Do”. He sang “baby, why you wanna let go”, Jimmy did.
The four musicians mostly take turns performing the lead vocals; sometimes two or three singers will create an impromptu vocal harmony. The band is tight, even if the overall sonic image is perhaps a bit too unvaried, always dominated by either Jimenez’ accordion or Augie Meyers’ Vox organ. And you can tell that everybody on that night was enjoying themselves, the band included. They swing mightily on “Wasted Days And Wasted Nights”, sung in a fragile tenor by Freddy Fender and on the rollicking “Who Were You Thinkin’ Of”, the old Sir Douglas Quintet-number which had been resurrected on their debut album, released only a few months earlier.
We get a joyous rendition of “the San Antonio national anthem”, as announced by Augie Meyers, the half-English, half-Spanish “Hey Baby Que Paso”. And heads will have been bopping insanely to “Mathilda” for sure, and feet stomping with equal vigour to Doug Sahm’s melodic up-tempo romp “Adios Mexico”.
Okay, so 74 minutes of this may sound to start a little bit stale if you’re not a hardcore fan, sure, and newcomers should probably start with the slightly more accessible “The Best of the Texas Tornados”, or the group’s eponymous debut album (which is pretty much played here in its entirety anyway).
But those who are fans will find a treasure trove of delightful, spirited performances here, played with passion and gusto by a brand-new band of grizzled veterans!
Amazon.com Widgets
Texas Tornados -Mendocino was originally published on RocknRoll Goulash
Texas Tornados -Mendocino
Texas Tornados -Mendocino The ultimate Tex-Mex super group is back – Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez reunite with the son of Doug Sahm, Shawn Sahm in a new recording that includes five previously unreleased vocal performances from the legendary Freddy Fender.
“Fantastic!” By jh “The Monk”
Texas Tornados-Mendocino: Live from Austin, TX (Audio CD) Not only is this one of my favorite cds, I found…
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