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“Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm” To Be Released March 24,
2009 on Vanguard Records CD Collection Commemorates 10th Anniversary
of Sahm’s Death. All Star Salute includes Levon Helm, Los Lobos,
Jimmie Vaughan, Delbert McClinton, Alejandro Escovedo and More!December 6, 2008 — To celebrate his unique career and influential
legacy, Vanguard Records will release Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to
Doug Sahm on March 24, 2009. This stunning collection includes
exciting new renditions of Doug’s most indelible songs, performed by
an incredible line-up of artists. Keep Your Soul will mark the tenth
anniversary of Sahm’s death in 1999.The songs on Keep Your Soul range over Sahm’s entire history,
including his time with the Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados and
many solo recordings. It features artists such as Levon Helm,
Delbert McClinton, Los Lobos, Dave Alvin, Shawn Sahm with Augie
Meyers, Jimmie Vaughan, Alejandro Escovedo and others. See the list
of contributors below.Doug Sahm created a vast musical impact over a 50-year career.
Starting in Texas and traveling far beyond, he is considered by many
to be one of the most significant figures in blues, rock, R&B,
country and other genres, as well as an originator of Tex-Mex rock &
roll. “My dad is a vital link in the Texas musical food chain,” says
son Shawn Sahm, “and this album will show that he belongs right next
to all his peers when it comes to being a founding father of the
state’s rich legacy.”Born in San Antonio, Texas on November 6, 1941, Doug Sahm was a
child prodigy in country music, starting his professional career
singing and playing guitar, mandolin, pedal steel and fiddle
as “Little Doug” when he was only nine years old. He went on to form
the 1960s influential group the Sir Douglas Quintet, scoring a Top
10 single with “She’s About a Mover.” Later, with Augie Meyers,
Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez, Sahm founded the Grammy Award-
winning Texas Tornados. He continued recording as a solo artist and
won another Grammy Award for The Last Real Texas Blues Band, and
recorded with a new formation of the Sir Douglas Quintet on SDQ ’98.
His last studio album, The Return of Wayne Douglas, was released
posthumously after being made at a studio near his hometown of San
Antonio, returning Sahm to his country roots and the area where he
first began.Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm, produced by Bill Bentley,
Stephen Brower, David Katznelson and Shawn Sahm, celebrates the life
of a true American music visionary. Sahm was a master of every style
he played, and is viewed as someone who helped shape the sound of
modern music. He was also a sought-after session musician, appearing
on other releases with Willie Nelson, the Grateful Dead, Uncle
Tupelo and many more. His 1973 Atlantic Records release, Doug Sahm &
Band, included special guests Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Flaco Jimenez,
David Bromberg, Andy Statman, David “Fathead” Newman and Wayne
Jackson.The late Atlantic Records executive and album producer Jerry Wexler
inscribed his autobiography Rhythm and the Blues to Sahm in
1993: “To Doug, of all the musicians I’ve worked with, I have always
felt closest to you. And of all of them, you are the most gifted,
the most versatile, with a musical ability that never quits.” Keep
Your Soul co-producer Bill Bentley adds, “These new recordings of
Sahm’s songs by the musicians who loved him would no doubt have Doug
proclaiming, ‘far out,’ and then grabbing his guitar to go find a
place to play. He really was a Texas tornado, and there sure won’t
be another Sir Doug.”List of confirmed artists at press time (with more to be announced)
Delbert McClinton / Texas Me
Levon Helm / She’s About a Mover
Los Lobos / And It Didn’t Even Bring Me Down
Jimmie Vaughan / Why, Why, Why
Alejandro Escovedo / Too Little Too Late
Greg Dulli / You Was For Real
Dave Alvin / Dynamite Woman
The Gourds / Nuevo Laredo
Terry Allen (with Joe Ely) / I’m Not That Kat Anymore
Freda & the Firedogs / Be Real
Shawn Sahm (with Augie Meyers) / Mendocino
Joe ‘King’ Carrasco & Texas Tornados / Adios Mexico
Charlie Sexton / Magic Illusion
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Posted by Joe Nick Patoski on kickstarter.com:
Y’all,
Much to our disappointment, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their inductees for 2015 and Douglas Wayne Sahm was not on the list.
Never fear. Our film Sir Doug & The Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove has yet to be seen or screened by the general public. We’re just now starting a film festival run and our reps at Submarine Productions are trying to cut some broadcast deals.
On Sunday, October 11, the film will be shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in northern California at the Sequoia 2 Theater at 5:30 pm with the director and the producer on hand for a Q and A.
On Friday, October 16, the film will screen at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival.
On Wednesday, November 4, we’ll be at In-Edit in Barcelona, Spain with the film.
Saturday, November 7, the film is being featured at the Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas.
And November 12, Thursday, the film will be at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon, although the director will not be present.
There will be more film fest screenings to come. Most important, we’re working hard to get wide distribution, so this time next year, Doug Sahm will be on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee list for 2016.
Stay tuned, keep the faith, and groove on.
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