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"The Rains Came" is a song written by Huey P. Meaux and originally recorded by Big Sambo and the House Wreckers in 1962, reaching #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year. Sir Douglas Quintet covered the song as a single in late 1965. Their version reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966.
The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1964. [2] With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey Meaux ), the band relocated to the West Coast.
The Sir Douglas Quintet opened for the Grateful Dead in Oakland, California, [40] and in October 1966 performed with Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin. [41] Helped by lawyer Brian Rohan, who represented the Grateful Dead, Sahm was signed to Mercury Records and its subsidiary labels. [ 41 ]
Mendocino is the second album [6] by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records.The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a fifteen-week stay in early 1969.
In 1994, he formed another lineup of the Sir Douglas Quintet. [2] Intermittently, he continued to perform at the Austin blues nightclub Antone's. [3] Sahm started to perform at the club following his return to Austin in 1988, and he was signed by Clifford Antone to Antone's Record Label. His first release, Juke Box Music, was issued in 1989. [4]
Border Wave is an album by the American band the Sir Douglas Quintet, released in 1981. [1] [2] Doug Sahm was inspired to record the album after the success of Joe Carrasco and Elvis Costello. [3] [4] It was Sahm's second album for Takoma Records. [5] Border Wave peaked at No. 184 on the Billboard 200. [6] The band supported the album with a ...
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Doug Sahm and Band is the debut solo album of American singer-songwriter Doug Sahm.In 1972, after leaving the Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm moved to Austin, Texas.He was signed by Jerry Wexler to the newly opened country music division of Atlantic Records, and started the album sessions by October 1972.