A Tex-Mex supergroup of unrivaled proportions, the Texas Tornados — with an original lineup consisting of Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm — make a damn-near-perfect (and ...

SAN ANTONIO — The crowd was so large that about one-third of the estimated 1,000 mourners had to huddle around an underequipped Peavy speaker outside. But even more impressive than the large turnout ...

Three kings: (l-r) Jerry Jeff Walker, Roky Erickson, and Doug Sahm perform at Margaret Moser’s private birthday party bash on May 16, 1977, at Gemini’s Club on Guadalupe. Credit: Photo by Ken Hoge As ...

Delbert McClinton politely invokes the ineffable when it comes to describing the Texas singer, songwriter and all-around protean figure Doug Sahm, who died in 1999. "The thing about Doug is that, if ...

After nearly two years in his new home of Amsterdam, Shandon Sahm — son of San Antonio’s legendary Tex-Mex roots-rocker Doug Sahm — is back in the States touring behind a new EP of him covering his ...

It wasn’t quite subterfuge, and it wasn’t exactly a scam. But during the mid-‘60s any band that smacked of the British Invasion was hot and sure to get attention. So, a number of, um, decidedly ...

Legendary music producer Jerry Wexler said it best about Doug Sahm: “What Mac Rebennack (a.k.a. Dr. John) is to New Orleans, Doug Sahm is to Texas." In fact, Wexler was such a fan that he swooped in ...

The Traveling Wilburys came together as a force comprised of legendary rock stars, including The Beatles’ George Harrison, Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne, the namesake Tom Petty of Tom ...

A boy's plaid Western shirt bumps up against a row of rock 'n' roll radio-station Top 40 lists from the '60s, a business card from a long-gone South Side beauty shop and a small red date book. The ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Son Volt Son Volt will cover a lot of ground over two nights of hometown shows at Delmar Hall. The alt-country band with ...

Listen to Doug Sahm sing and play guitar, fiddle, or piano, and you’ll learn all you need to know about country, rock, blues, conjunto, Cajun, and other indigenous sounds, how they are part and parcel ...