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[Joe] Wish I could
have bought it.
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[Terry] Yeah, you could
just walk from there anywhere.
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[Joe] Yeah, back
then it was like
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7-Eleven or the Whole Foods.
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There weren't that many options.
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Are you guys ready to go?
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[Film Crew] We're rolling.
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[Female] Yeah, just
once you're pen clicking
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and you're paper's shot.
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[Joe] Terry, I always heard
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that for the very first
Austin City Limits,
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it was supposed to be
Doug and Willie together,
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and for some reason,
Willie said, supposedly,
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"I'll do it, but
I'll do it alone."
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And it's a rumor,
but if it's true,
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he did not want to share
the stage with Doug Sahm.
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You ever hear that?
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- I have never heard that story.
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[clapping]
[whooping]
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[guitar tuning]
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Willie is not the type
who would turn down
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an opportunity to perform
with somebody else.
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Willie loves to get on
stage with other people.
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Now, I can imagine Willie's
manager saying that.
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- Are you on, Augie?
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Are you on?
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Wonderful.
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[music "She's About A Mover"]
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*
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* Well, she was walkin'
down the street, *
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* Lookin' fine as she could be
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* Hey hey
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* Well she was a-walkin'
down the street *
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* Lookin' fine as she could be *
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* Hey hey
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* Well you have love
and conversation *
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* Oh now baby baby what I say *
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* Hey hey
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* She's about a mover
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Sing it
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* She's about a mover
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* She's about a mover
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* She's about a mover
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* Hey hey hey hey
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[Bill] Doug had the most
pure musical spirit of anybody.
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Other musicians that knew
about Doug revered him,
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but the ones who didn't,
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didn't know who I
was talking about.
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- * Oh now baby
baby what I say *
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* Hey hey
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Play it Augie!
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- People said,
"Man, I never heard
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"this kind of music before.
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"I've heard Mexican polka music,
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"and conjunto and stuff,
but y'all play different,
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and it's got that
rock feel to it."
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- * Well she strolled
on up to me *
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* And said hey big boy
what's your name *
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- It's infectious, what
do you call that word?
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It's there, you know,
it's got a groove to it.
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- * And said hey big boy
what's your name *
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[Dan] Doug was never
satisfied with one thing.
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- * Well you know
I love you baby *
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[Dan] You know, if
this record was on Venus,
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the next one would be on Mars.
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- You know, you know where
the groove is at.
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That California thing,
don't get it,
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that far out in space music man,
play the real thing, man.
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[guitar mimicking]
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You know, man.
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- Oh, yep.
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[harmonica solo]
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- My dad wasn't just a gimmick.
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He had such a long
lasting career
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that he was able to reinvent
himself several times.
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Most people don't get that.
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- I think if he knew less songs,
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if he wrote less songs, if
he played a little bit worse,
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he would have been
a much bigger star.
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- If you really wanna know why
Doug Sahm never got huge,
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he could never stay in
one band long enough
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for people to fall in love him,
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and then continue to love what
they first fell in love with.
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[rock music]
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*
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[cheering and applause]
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[Chuck] You know, there's
a quote about you, Doug.
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"You're as comfortable in
the world of Willie Nelson
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as you are in the world
of the Grateful Dead."
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It's kind of a paradox
it seems to some people.
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- Uh-huh, it's strange.
- Why's it so?
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Why would it be?
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[Doug] Country was the
first thing, you know.
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As a little kid, I used
to go and watch Bob Wills.
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[Chuck] Bob Wills the legend.
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[Doug] Charlie Walker,
Lefty Frizzell,
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then I got into blues
as I got older.
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[blues music]
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Where I was raised was about
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four football fields from
where this black club was
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that had T-Bone Walker,
and I could go up there
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as a kid and stand up on a box
and look in and see T-Bone.
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[music "Hey Baby"]
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I just come up kinda
digging all kinds of music.
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*
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- I never, like, Doug and I,
some of the other guys,
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we were a little bit too young,
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they wouldn't let
us in the club,
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but we could go and we'd
peek in the Tiffany Lounge
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and we would see Little Sammy,
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and he'd be playing,
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* I'm just a gigolo
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and we were like, "Man,"
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we was like, "I wanna
do what he's doing."
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- I lived with my
grandparents till I was 10
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'cause I couldn't walk,
I had polio,
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and there was this bus
that come across the street
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to my momma's house
on Friday and Saturday
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if I was there on the
weekend with them,
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and the guys would
get off the bus
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about 5 o'clock
in the afternoon,
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drank beer, and
laughing and singing,
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and about one or two o'clock
in the morning,
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that bus would come back
and let them people off.
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They're still drinking beer
and laughing and singing,
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and I used to tell
my momma, I said,
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"Momma, that's what
I want to do."
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[country music]
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- Doug was just mesmerized
by music, you know,
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I mean, he was in a
trance, I just think
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he just, just floating
with it, you know.
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When these big time
musicians would play,
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he would just hover
around that steel guitar
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and he was in another world.
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- * One sunny day
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- He would then go home,
crank the guitar up,
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and start playing that thing
till 11 o'clock at night
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trying to get the sound,
and that is the process
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that went on and
on and on and on.
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It was four of us living
in this 20 by 20 room.
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Things were tough.
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There was a country
and western night club
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that was near us
called The Barn.
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He would put on a sideshow
or intermission show
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playing the steel guitar.
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He wasn't like the average kid.
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They called my
brother this prodigy.
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- * Rollin'
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* Rollin' along
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* I am nothing but
a rollin' stone *
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* Don't have a worry and
I don't have a care *
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* I'm always a-goin'
but I never get there *
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* I just keep rollin'
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[Chuck] You
started with steel,
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which is usually the last
instrument anybody goes to.
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It's usually basically
starting with acoustic guitar.
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[Doug] Yeah, and I
remember Hank's birthday
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as a little kid, and he
heard me playing my steel,
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he said, "Well, you really
play that guitar,"
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and he was really a nice guy.
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- * I always keep a-rollin'
until I see day *
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*
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- At a young age, he
was already living
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an adult life
playing honky-tonks.
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They would throw money at him,
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and his feet couldn't
even touch the ground yet.
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The world revolves
around a seven year old.
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You don't think
that was, you know?
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And he knew it, man,
I mean, he knew,
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he knew he had it.
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[Vic] This little family
that lived out there
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on the east side of town all
of a sudden had recognition.
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- Oh, I met Doug more
like, 11, 12 years old.
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[Joe] What was the
context you all met?
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I mean, you just--
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- Well, I carried the
groceries out to the car
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and I saw his guitar and I say,
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"You play guitar?"
and Doug said, "Yeah,"
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he said, "I play steel
guitar and guitar,"
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and I said, "Well, I play
a little bit of piano,"
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I tried to play
guitar, but I couldn't,
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my hand was still,
from the polio.
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[Doug] It was some time to
be playing music over there.
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It was me and Augie
and we really were
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pretty into learning.
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- When my grandfather went
to work in the field,
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he used to tie my left leg
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to my leg and to the
leg of the piano
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and give me a pie
pan with a sandwich,
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some cookies and a jar of water,
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and I'd sit there and
try to play the piano.
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- Growing up in
San Antonio, see,
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it was this melting
pot of music.
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Of course, Doug had grew up,
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I think he went to Sam
Houston High School,
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and that Augie went
to Breckenridge,
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I went to Edgewood, and so
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there were all these
little gigs that we played
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around town and stuff like that.
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- When I met Doug,
he was living out
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maybe across the
field from Eastwood.
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I went to his mother,
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I asked her if Doug could come
and play with the big boys.
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She says, "Come pick
him up at 7:30
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and have him back
home at 12:30."
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- Somehow, both Doug and
I ended up in his band
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at the same time.
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"Wow, we're in Spot
Barnett's band," you know,
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he was the king
of the East Side.
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- People think that I hired Doug
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because he was a white boy and
this and that and the other,
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and that's not the case.
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Some nights, we
had to play blues,
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and some things had to
be tailored to Hispanic.
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Some nights, we had to
play country and western.
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Doug could play
anything with anybody.
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- You know, the
East Side was black,
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West Side was Hispanic.
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North and south were Anglo.
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[Doug] People go, you know,
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"How did you pick up on all
these different things?"
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But when you were
growing up here,
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you had to be pretty versatile
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to get a job in the local
clubs in San Antonio.
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- I never start
playing that stuff
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till I started
playing with Doug,
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and he was, he would, taught
me some things, you know?
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And that was great,
man, learning from Doug,
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'cause he knew his music.
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- I guess Doug was like
an older brother to me
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or something, you know?
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We idolized Doug
because, I mean,
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he was on the
radio all the time,
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and he was playing
clubs downtown,
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he was a few years
older than we were,
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so we just thought
he was the greatest.
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- My father and
mother and myself
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were rather conservative people,
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and my brother in high school
was out there.
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One of his groups
did a matinee show
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at the high school, and
they cautioned Doug,
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"Do not wiggle.
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If you wiggle, we're going to
pull the curtain on you."
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Of course, once he
got playing the music,
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off he went.
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- * I got a girl here
so fine *
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- My dad was a very
eccentric kinda cat.
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He marched to the beat
of his own drummer.
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- * But she treats me so
so so so so so very bad *
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- They pulled the curtain
and it caused a riot.
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[rhythm and blues music]
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[Vic] The police came out,
my parents got involved,
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and we were the
talk of the town,
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"That Sahm kid has gone crazy,
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these kids are fearing
for their life."
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- * I don't love you baby
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* I don't need you
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* I've got a life now
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- My dad's whole
life revolved around
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what he called the
groove, you know?
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The groove is a million things,
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but it's basically things
that make Doug happy.
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Good food, good music,
beautiful women.
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- * Why why why
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- My mom worked at
Montgomery Wards
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and she was asked to
hire the entertainment
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for this New Year's Eve
party or something,
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so everyone kept saying,
"Hey, get Doug Sahm."
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She goes, "I'll never forget,
they said,
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'Doug, this is Violet.'
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"He looked over at me
with his lip going,
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"'Hey baby, what happening
baby, yeah?'"
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I said, "Well, Mom, what'd
you think of Dad
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when you met him, you know?"
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She goes, "Oh, he was
such a creep, honey,
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I'm sorry to say that."
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So he has her sit on stage,
and he's singing songs to her,
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and he's doing all that,
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so the creep went from the
creep to Prince Charming
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and lo and behold, here
we all are, good Lord.
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- * Was it was it was it
because *
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* Of my first love
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[Shawn] He was 25 years old,
he's got hit records,
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and here's what's really weird.
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He married a lady with
three kids already.
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The way he felt about my
mom was unlike any other.
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- Yes siree mes amis,
on Friday night here,
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the Crazy Cajun on the
[speaking Cajun.]
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Doing a turn like if we had
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all kind of good
senses now, Houston.
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Gonna be our last night
here on the radio tonight,
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so hang a bit around, listen,
got some good hits for you.
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Turn the tape recorder on,
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I might not be around
for a long time darlin'.
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[Harvey] I heard
so much about Huey.
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I mean, he was the
man in Houston,
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and he was the man
that could get you
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get you on a big label
and, you know, make hits.
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You think gangster
mafia type thing--
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it was a wilder situation.
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- Doug just sent him tapes,
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and he said, "Send me a hit,
I want a hit."
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- Doug Sahm used to
drive me nuts.
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He used to come in the
morning and drive me crazy.
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Wanted to record,
always wanted to record.
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I'd ask, "What am I gonna do
with this son of a bitch?"
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- Huey said, "Let's get
a band together,
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I want y'all to put
a band together."
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Doug called me a
couple of weeks later,
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he said, "Man, come
down, we'll practice,"
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and I'd only a Vox organ
in America at that time,
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and we'd practice for a
couple of days, and he said,
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"You're right on it,
so let's go play."
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[Doug] He was really trying
to pick up on something
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that would hit the
British nation.
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[Huey] See, I got an idea.
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Everything was British,
British, British,
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so we came up with the
Sir Douglas Quintet.
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- Huey Meaux made us put
these clown suits on
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with tails and everything,
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and we had to call
ourselves Sir Augie,
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Sir Douglas, Sir Johnny,
Sir Frank.
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[Frank] "And if you can,"
he goes, Doug, if you can,
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throw an English accent in,"
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and, you know, Doug is
very good with theatrics.
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- We went to Houston
and we made $25 each
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and we cut the
whole first album.
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[Huey] So I told 'em to
keep my name off the record.
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"Don't put shit on it, we
ain't gonna tell nobody
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"where this come from, and
let's see if it works."
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- That was a real
hush, hush thing,
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and I couldn't believe
how it took off.
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- * Hullabaloo
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[Announcer] Tonight on
Hullabaloo ,
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Chuck Berry,
[applause]
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Martha and the Vandellas,
[applause]
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The Sir Douglas Quintet.
[applause]
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[Frank] At this point,
rumors were that it was
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an English group.
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Huey tells us just before
we go into the auditorium,
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he says, "Listen, you guys,
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just keep your
mouths shut, okay?"
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- * Hullabaloo
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- Tonight, we have a chance
to introduce royalty.
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[regal music]
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Ladies and gentlemen,
lords and ladies,
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Hullabaloo proudly presents
The Sir Douglas Quintet!
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[applause]
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[music "She's About a Mover"]
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* Well she was a-walkin'
down the street *
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* Lookin' fine as she could be
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* Hey hey
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* Well she was walkin'
down the street *
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00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:19,946
- Huey said, "Y'all gotta
talk English."
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00:16:20,047 --> 00:16:21,681
I remember JP saying,
"Hey, vato, man,
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I'm talking the best English
I can right now you know."
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00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:28,588
- * What I say
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* She's about a mover
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- Then he had this guy,
and he came and sat down,
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he smoked a cigar,
and he'd take his coat
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00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:38,631
and put it like this,
he had a .45 here,
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00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:41,000
and he grabbed me and Doug
by the hair and he said,
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00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:42,969
"I want you little bastards
to shake your hair
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00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,172
"when you go out on stage
tonight, you hear me?
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00:16:45,272 --> 00:16:47,574
I'm gonna pull your hair out
if you don't shake your hair."
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00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,050
I had a crick in my
neck for two days
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00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:59,186
from shaking my hair so much,
368
00:16:59,286 --> 00:17:02,522
but he said, "You shook
your hair boy, that's good."
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00:17:04,091 --> 00:17:05,558
- * Hey hey
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[Johnny] I mean, visually,
it was obvious
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that it wasn't an English
group unless, you know,
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we were from the west
side of England, you know,
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from India, Indian maybe,
I'm maybe an Indian.
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00:17:17,437 --> 00:17:20,573
- * Well you know
I love you baby *
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* Whoa yeah what I say
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00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:26,379
- Trini Lopez was there,
you know,
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00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,948
and I hadn't met
Trini Lopez before,
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00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,283
and he does like that, he says,
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00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:33,019
"Don't tell me," he says,
"Huey," he says,
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00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,455
"Don't tell me you
Doug," you know?
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00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:39,726
"I can't believe this, you've
got to let me tell the world
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tonight where they're from."
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00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:43,530
I said, "It's all right
with me man," you know?
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[cheering]
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00:17:45,532 --> 00:17:47,033
- I suppose all you
people assume
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that the Sir Douglas Quintet
is from England,
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00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:51,438
but I have a surprise for you,
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believe it or not, these fellas
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are all from my
home state of Texas.
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00:17:56,042 --> 00:17:57,544
Isn't that amazing?
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I bet we have fooled many.
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00:18:01,214 --> 00:18:03,583
Anyway, we'll be right
back with Vikki Carr
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00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:07,287
and Herman's Hermits,
so come back, you know?
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00:18:09,222 --> 00:18:10,723
- I'll never forget
Doug called me, he said,
395
00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:11,691
"Huey just called and said,
396
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,960
"'Man, y'all got a hit
around the country,
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00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:17,397
and y'all never gonna have
to worry about working again.'"
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00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:19,699
[Shawn] I think the
Huey philosophy was
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you have your hit and
you sell it, you know,
400
00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:24,337
and you sell it like you
ain't ever sold it before.
401
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:29,942
- * Well her eyes are brown
and her hair is black *
402
00:18:30,577 --> 00:18:33,112
* And who ever stole my baby *
403
00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:34,947
* You'd better hurry
and bring her back *
404
00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,384
* 'Cause I'm the tracker
405
00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:39,319
- Doug and Augie
decided they wanted
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00:18:39,419 --> 00:18:41,654
to take the families
on the road.
407
00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:45,192
Huey would not allow 'em
to be known to be married
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00:18:45,292 --> 00:18:48,161
and have kids and
all that stuff.
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00:18:48,261 --> 00:18:49,862
[Joe] Did he make them
take their rings off?
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00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:52,365
- Yes, yes he did.
411
00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,501
- The music business is
not that sugar coated,
412
00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:58,205
not that pretty, I mean,
this is the reality of it.
413
00:18:58,305 --> 00:19:01,474
- We'd call Huey and say,
"Huey, Huey, we need money."
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He said, "I'm saving
it for you, buddy,
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00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:04,244
till you come back."
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00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:06,479
Huey said, "Didn't I buy you
some shoes the other day?
417
00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:07,414
"Thom McAn?
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00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:09,449
"Yeah you did, but they
were only $6,"
419
00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:10,583
but he said, "Well,
I bought 'em,
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00:19:10,683 --> 00:19:12,185
and I threw that
party for y'all."
421
00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:14,254
"Yeah, but you just gave
us donuts and coffee
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00:19:14,354 --> 00:19:16,356
with a party and a
bottle of whiskey."
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00:19:16,456 --> 00:19:18,925
- These guys had to
learn the hard way,
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00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:20,493
get screwed over,
do all this stuff.
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00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:22,895
They were kind of
making the rule book.
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00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,163
[Joe] So, what was it?
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00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:26,165
I mean, you couldn't have
said this guy, you know,
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00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:27,300
was bleeding us dry.
429
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,001
- Yeah, but he got us
out of San Antonio.
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00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,271
- * 'Cause I'm a tracker
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00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:36,209
* Honey I'm on your trail
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00:19:36,876 --> 00:19:37,977
* Yes I am
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[TV Interviewer]
Any young folk singers
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00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:41,581
or rough roots that you would
recommend for us to hear?
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00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:45,452
- Oh yeah, the Sir
Douglas Quintet,
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00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:47,354
I think they're
probably the best.
437
00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:48,788
- Dylan used to
put in magazines,
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00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:51,224
"Sir Douglas Quintet's
my favorite band,"
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00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:53,493
you know, so then we started
hanging out with him,
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00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:55,828
and then we'd get in
a limousine with Bob,
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00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:57,264
and we'd stop at a fruit stand
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00:19:57,364 --> 00:20:00,300
and get a big old bag of apples.
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00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:05,104
Everybody's high as a kite going
around in that limousine
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00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,673
eating apples.
445
00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:08,140
- We were following 'em
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00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,976
and one of their
suitcases fell off
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00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:11,511
and it was full of diapers,
448
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:14,213
diapers all over the highway,
449
00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:16,783
and Doug out there
picking 'em all up.
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00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:18,985
[Augie] Doug called
Huey one time and said,
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00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:20,420
"Huey, we're out of shit."
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00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,954
Called back in about
an hour later, he said,
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00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,189
"There's a plane coming in
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00:20:23,290 --> 00:20:25,392
bringing us half
a pound of weed."
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00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:29,195
- They were rock-n-roll stars.
[laughing]
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00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:33,900
- I believe it was a personal
conflict with my dad.
457
00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:39,306
He would play the game
up to a certain point.
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00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:42,008
If it became all about
people dictating,
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00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:43,543
he couldn't handle it.
460
00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:46,446
- But I mean, this is
what Huey used to do,
461
00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:47,647
and then he'd say,
"Y'all going to
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00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:51,050
"Atlanta, Georgia next week,
y'all gonna fly there,
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00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:53,185
and y'all gonna do
a 30-minute show."
464
00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:54,454
"Okay, how much we making?"
465
00:20:54,554 --> 00:20:55,722
"Nothing, but y'all and
have a number one record
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00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:57,557
at the end of the week,"
and that was it,
467
00:20:57,657 --> 00:20:59,559
we did that around the country.
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00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,395
[Doug] 65 was really a kick,
you know.
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00:21:02,495 --> 00:21:05,131
We were going all through the
country playing gigs with,
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00:21:05,231 --> 00:21:07,334
you know, Beach Boys,
and Lovin' Spoonful,
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00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:10,803
and you know, it was
a real heavy era.
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00:21:11,438 --> 00:21:14,541
[Joe] What killed the Quintet?
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00:21:14,641 --> 00:21:16,443
- Corpus Christi in a bust.
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00:21:16,543 --> 00:21:19,312
We got busted in Corpus Christi,
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00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:22,248
you know, for a few joints.
476
00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:23,583
- We were sitting there--
477
00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:24,917
I didn't know what
was happening--
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00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,354
I was so innocent.
479
00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:29,889
And I learned about
everything then,
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00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,024
at that time.
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00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:34,561
- All of a sudden, I feel
this cold thing on my head,
482
00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:37,564
he said, "Take your hands,
put 'em on the wheel,
483
00:21:37,664 --> 00:21:39,766
"cut your car off,
put it in gear."
484
00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:41,401
And I turned, he said,
"Don't turn around,"
485
00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:43,202
and then pushed the
rifle in my head.
486
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,904
- I was scared to death.
487
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:49,141
- * It's the beginning
of the end *
488
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,610
[Carol] They took
all the guys,
489
00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:53,746
they handcuffed 'em
and threw 'em in jail.
490
00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:02,889
- We were facing seven to 10
years in the penitentiary.
491
00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,958
- My father was embarrassed
to go to work.
492
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,461
Hell, he made front
page of the damn paper,
493
00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:11,431
you know, I mean that's
not who we are.
494
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:15,301
- Reception was pretty
serious, you know.
495
00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:18,571
I think Ricci Ware broke
the Quintet's records
496
00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:20,807
or something like that on air
497
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:25,378
because they were dope fiends
and all that kind of stuff.
498
00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:32,519
- Back then, yeah, I guess
Dad was a little too
499
00:22:32,619 --> 00:22:34,554
easy with it or too lax with it.
500
00:22:34,654 --> 00:22:38,458
- In Doug's mind, there were all
these evil entities out there
501
00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:41,794
trying to mess with the groove.
502
00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:44,664
[Doug] If Texas laws could
ever loosen up, that'd be great.
503
00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:46,098
They'll get you, you know?
504
00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,401
You call me this, and I say
so and so is getting high,
505
00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:49,802
so and so, and they'll bust you.
506
00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:51,904
Well, imagine calling
San Francisco and saying,
507
00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:53,172
"Hey, so and so,"
508
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:55,608
they're gonna laugh at you.
509
00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:01,948
- * We're going to break
each other's heart *
510
00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:08,020
- My parents mortgaged
their little house
511
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,256
for every penny that they had
512
00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:12,459
to keep him out of the jail.
513
00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:14,927
He went on probation,
and after that,
514
00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:17,229
he moved to California.
515
00:23:17,329 --> 00:23:19,766
- Doug moved to 'Frisco,
and that hurt me,
516
00:23:19,866 --> 00:23:23,836
but in a sense,
it motivated me too.
517
00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:27,640
And then, here he said,
"We've got gigs in Canada.
518
00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:32,144
Augie, can you put a
quintet band together?"
519
00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:34,046
And I said, "Yeah."
520
00:23:35,381 --> 00:23:36,816
I remember the promoter
in Canada said,
521
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:38,751
they looked at our quintet
picture and they said,
522
00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:42,054
"Now this guy's here,
and you're here,
523
00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:43,523
but these guys ain't."
524
00:23:43,623 --> 00:23:45,892
I said, "Oh, they didn't
want to travel no more.
525
00:23:45,992 --> 00:23:47,293
They quit playing."
526
00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,663
[Doug] Texas was going
through a very heavy change
527
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,431
with young people 'cause they
all wanted to be hippies,
528
00:23:52,532 --> 00:23:53,766
they all wanted to
go to California,
529
00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:56,402
and I was caught up in that wave
just like Johnny Winter was,
530
00:23:56,503 --> 00:23:58,838
and Janis Joplin, and it
was just a whole period
531
00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:02,008
that'll never be repeated
in the history of the world.
532
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:12,719
[psychedelic music]
533
00:24:12,819 --> 00:24:14,621
- The thing that makes this,
what they call the
534
00:24:14,721 --> 00:24:16,756
San Francisco music scene,
as far as I'm concerned
535
00:24:16,856 --> 00:24:19,458
is like, first of all, the
freedom to create here.
536
00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:20,927
For some reason, like,
a lot of musicians
537
00:24:21,027 --> 00:24:23,963
ended up here, so they came up
with their own kind of music.
538
00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:30,269
[psychedelic music]
539
00:24:30,369 --> 00:24:32,639
- He liked what he saw when
he came to San Francisco.
540
00:24:32,739 --> 00:24:35,307
He would come here to record
and come here to play and stuff,
541
00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:37,076
but he kept his stuff separated.
542
00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:38,978
He was one of those guys.
543
00:24:39,078 --> 00:24:40,880
- When we first moved
out there, like I said,
544
00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:44,283
he was dealing with the fact
that he might go to jail.
545
00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:47,219
He was kind of minding his
Ps and Qs for a little bit.
546
00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:50,523
[Doug] I was living down
in Salinas, California,
547
00:24:50,623 --> 00:24:52,825
and you can't even ask how
you capture the feeling
548
00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:54,393
or something it just
happened, I mean,
549
00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:57,830
it was kinda in the
air I guess, you know?
550
00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:01,400
- To this day, when
I smell eucalyptus,
551
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,970
I'm in Salinas, California.
552
00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:07,406
We had acres out in the back.
553
00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:10,109
We lived on top of a hill.
554
00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:11,944
We loved it.
555
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:17,149
- * In the Monterey Sun
556
00:25:17,884 --> 00:25:20,252
[Dawn] God, I can still
see Dad now.
557
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:23,723
- * My work will be done
558
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:29,796
* I raise my kids
559
00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:35,367
* In the Monterey Sun
560
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,737
* All six of 'em that's a lot
561
00:25:38,671 --> 00:25:40,940
* The moon is here
562
00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:45,612
[Dan] He never stopped
talking about California
563
00:25:45,712 --> 00:25:49,548
and the family and
the stories, ever.
564
00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:51,651
[Joe] So Dan taught leading
565
00:25:51,751 --> 00:25:54,186
a conventional life like
your other friends--
566
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:55,187
- No.
- And their dads.
567
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,923
- It's very different.
- I mean, you got that out
568
00:25:57,023 --> 00:25:58,290
early on.
- Yeah, oh yeah yeah,
569
00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:59,859
very different.
570
00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,962
[Shawn] Mom was the glue
that kept it all together.
571
00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:06,666
[Dawn] Dad would come home
not looking very good.
572
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:09,001
Mom would have to
get him back up.
573
00:26:09,101 --> 00:26:11,503
- Mom used to wake up
in the night
574
00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:13,139
and have one of Dad's
musician friends
575
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,975
eating Cheerios with
Cheerios in his beard.
576
00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:20,212
- [slurping] And oh man,
Dad was going, Dad was like,
577
00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,949
"Momma, it's okay, he's just
been on an acid trip, man.
578
00:26:23,049 --> 00:26:24,516
"Just let him eat, man,
he's just hungry,"
579
00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:26,385
and oh, my mom got the shotgun,
580
00:26:26,485 --> 00:26:28,788
oh my God, "Douglas,
I'll shoot him,
581
00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:30,122
you get him out of here."
582
00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:31,991
- It was so freaky, you know,
living 'round Dad,
583
00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:35,828
especially from
67, 68, 69 era,
584
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,997
where things were
just blown wide open.
585
00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:40,733
- 'Cause I think then, you
know, LSD was still new,
586
00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:43,670
and he had this strange band
with Wayne Talbot on piano.
587
00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:47,073
He hit this groove
that just was magic,
588
00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:48,207
total magic.
589
00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:55,648
[music "Can You Dig
My Vibrations"]
590
00:26:55,748 --> 00:27:00,720
* Can you dig my vibrations
591
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:07,226
* To march in session
with your soul *
592
00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:14,633
* And it's on now yeah
593
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:20,606
- It was a time when
Doug was just opening up
594
00:27:20,707 --> 00:27:22,975
and he had just this
monumental mountain
595
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,611
of creativity came out of him.
596
00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:26,979
[Bill] You know,
he had a big band,
597
00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:29,615
horns and he had George Rains,
the most phenomenal drummer
598
00:27:29,716 --> 00:27:31,017
I'd ever heard on a record.
599
00:27:31,117 --> 00:27:32,952
- I think he wrote
everything on there,
600
00:27:33,052 --> 00:27:34,353
and arranged everything, I mean,
601
00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:36,856
he already had it
all in his head.
602
00:27:36,956 --> 00:27:38,490
- He'd walk in there and say,
"All right, let's go,"
603
00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:39,826
[garbled speech]
604
00:27:39,926 --> 00:27:41,327
and he'd be talking to
10 people at the same time
605
00:27:41,427 --> 00:27:43,329
and all of a sudden, bam,
"All right, roll the tape."
606
00:27:44,831 --> 00:27:47,900
- * In your soul now
607
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:51,437
- To put horns into the mix,
608
00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:55,307
that was kind of a turning point
in the San Francisco recording.
609
00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:56,809
Prior to that, I mean,
610
00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:59,946
the sort of San Francisco
psychedelic music world
611
00:28:00,046 --> 00:28:04,751
was screeching guitars and
thumping basses so to speak.
612
00:28:04,851 --> 00:28:07,019
- It's just unlike
anything ever made before.
613
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,788
I really felt like he
was on to something
614
00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:11,457
that no other rock
and roll guy was.
615
00:28:12,859 --> 00:28:14,593
Doug was about freedom.
616
00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:17,864
You know, he wanted to be free
of almost all constraints.
617
00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,167
[Doug] I've just kinda
been able to do
618
00:28:21,267 --> 00:28:22,802
the music business in
my own way, you know.
619
00:28:22,902 --> 00:28:25,772
I mean, I can't say I
haven't had to take orders
620
00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:27,807
at certain times,
but even though
621
00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:29,776
there might have been
people, you know,
622
00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:32,111
sold a lot more
records or whatever,
623
00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:34,981
I think it's just how much
you really love the music.
624
00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:37,083
- He had so many ideas.
625
00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:41,453
Sometimes he didn't
know when to quit.
626
00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:44,924
You know, that was
the thing with Doug,
627
00:28:45,024 --> 00:28:46,658
his stuff would
just run out of gas,
628
00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,161
because he had no
infrastructure,
629
00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:52,598
he had no manager, he
had no road manager.
630
00:28:52,698 --> 00:28:56,502
His road manager was the guy
who carried the weed for him.
631
00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:59,405
[Doug] Okay man, we say it,
the gig's over,
632
00:28:59,505 --> 00:29:00,739
let's go home, man.
633
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,608
[Man] Oh, as I say,
let's do it.
634
00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:04,410
Pack it up.
635
00:29:06,813 --> 00:29:08,114
[Doug] Let's do this, man.
636
00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:10,549
[drums crashing]
637
00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:12,785
[laughter]
638
00:29:15,922 --> 00:29:18,925
[Augie] Financially,
he was a disaster.
639
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:20,626
[Dan] I think he realized
640
00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:23,462
he needed the Augie
sound to have a hit...
641
00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:29,035
because the Augie organ
is what people remember
642
00:29:29,135 --> 00:29:32,071
about the early
Sir Douglas Quintet hits.
643
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:38,945
- I wanted Augie to
do his own thing,
644
00:29:39,045 --> 00:29:41,713
that's why I called
Doug the other woman,
645
00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:43,916
because he was always
646
00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:46,185
pulling Augie away.
647
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,754
[Joe] It was sometimes a
difficult relationship
648
00:29:48,855 --> 00:29:49,721
to maintain.
649
00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:53,059
- It was just something that--
650
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:55,061
I liked what he did and
he liked what I did,
651
00:29:55,161 --> 00:29:56,829
you know, it's always,
there was a love there,
652
00:29:56,929 --> 00:29:59,698
you know that, you know?
653
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:00,833
- He loved him like a brother,
654
00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:02,101
but he didn't like, go and like,
655
00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,102
"Oh, I have to have Augie."
656
00:30:03,202 --> 00:30:04,603
- When you get a little older,
657
00:30:04,703 --> 00:30:08,774
you kinda have to play the
game a little bit, you know?
658
00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,943
Pay what I call the
"groove tax".
659
00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,112
- Basically, he could make
a lot more money
660
00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:15,547
doing the Quintet thing,
you know.
661
00:30:17,583 --> 00:30:20,987
* My home in Chinatown
662
00:30:21,087 --> 00:30:22,989
[Augie] He called me, he said,
"Man you gotta come up here,
663
00:30:23,089 --> 00:30:25,892
I got some tunes, let's cut,"
and I said, "Okay."
664
00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:28,260
Moved my family, packed
up, put a trailer,
665
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,362
moved out to LA.
666
00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:32,965
- Get a call from Augie,
you know, that we,
667
00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:35,634
we need a bass player.
668
00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:37,636
Augie picked me
up at the airport,
669
00:30:37,736 --> 00:30:39,171
and they gave me a joint,
670
00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:40,739
and everything was cool,
you know.
671
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:44,443
- At some point when he got into
the whole California lifestyle,
672
00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:46,178
you know, it turned full on,
673
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,580
and he became
friends with Garcia
674
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,116
and all those kind of guys.
675
00:30:50,216 --> 00:30:53,185
- And I remember one of the
guys in the Grateful Dead
676
00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:55,121
handed me a beer, an open beer,
677
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:57,689
and Augie took my hand,
he pushed it away,
678
00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,892
he said, in my ear, he said,
679
00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:02,194
"Don't ever take an
open can from anybody
680
00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:04,596
"because it probably
has acid in it."
681
00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:12,371
[soul music]
682
00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:13,839
- You had the group
together for a while
683
00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,074
and you were in the top 40,
684
00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:17,609
and then you kind of
dropped from sight.
685
00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:18,710
- Yeah, it took a while.
686
00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:20,312
- What, the group broke up, or?
687
00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:21,981
- Well, we just moved up
from Texas,
688
00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:24,583
we got arrested in Texas
and we went to San Francisco
689
00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:27,119
and it just takes a little
time to get together.
690
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,620
- You got the original
group back together again,
691
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,290
I wonder if tonight we could
get you to do a number for us?
692
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:32,458
- Sure.
693
00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,793
You don't have to wait,
we'll do it right now.
694
00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:38,764
[applause]
695
00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:42,834
[music "Mendocino"]
696
00:31:42,935 --> 00:31:44,370
Sir Douglas Quintet is back,
697
00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:46,772
we'd like to thank all you
beautiful people out there
698
00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:48,674
for all the beautiful
vibrations.
699
00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:50,276
We love you.
700
00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:54,546
* Teeny bopper
701
00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:58,150
* My teenage lover
702
00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:01,887
* I caught your waves
last night *
703
00:32:01,988 --> 00:32:04,390
* It sent my mind a-wonderin'
704
00:32:06,959 --> 00:32:10,329
* You're such a groove
please don't move *
705
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:15,034
* Please stay in my love
house by the river *
706
00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:16,868
- People went crazy.
707
00:32:16,969 --> 00:32:18,237
There'd be a hundred
people lined up
708
00:32:18,337 --> 00:32:21,240
just to get a photograph,
picture from the DJ.
709
00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:23,375
- I heard that until I
wanted to pull my hair out.
710
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:26,112
Every time you turned
on the radio, it was on.
711
00:32:26,212 --> 00:32:27,313
[Doug] Well, you know,
we were pretty lucky
712
00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:28,981
to be able to come
in and out with hits,
713
00:32:29,081 --> 00:32:31,283
you know, we had
a hit in 65, 66,
714
00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:33,352
and nothing till 69,
then we had
715
00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,687
the biggest hit in
"Mendocino" we ever had.
716
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,790
- * Mendocino Mendocino
717
00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:41,093
* Where life's such a groove
718
00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:43,795
* You blow your mind
in the morning *
719
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:48,167
- There was a secretary that
worked for Mercury Records,
720
00:32:48,267 --> 00:32:51,737
and they went to Mendocino
to take advantage
721
00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:54,106
of this bed and breakfast place.
722
00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,642
That was the inspiration
for that song.
723
00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:01,313
- He wasn't very
discreet about it at all.
724
00:33:01,413 --> 00:33:04,116
I think in his mind,
he had his chick
725
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:05,517
and the groove and
the music scene here,
726
00:33:05,617 --> 00:33:07,686
he had his family here,
"Man, I'm making money,
727
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:11,557
I got hit records man,
life is beautiful for Doug."
728
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:15,394
- He'd always tried to get
Violet to groove with him.
729
00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:17,196
"Forget about those
kids, you know?
730
00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:19,098
"Come and groove with me, momma.
731
00:33:19,198 --> 00:33:21,033
You never groove
with me anymore."
732
00:33:21,133 --> 00:33:22,101
[laughing]
733
00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:24,236
She got tired of
him saying that,
734
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,839
so she said, "Okay, I'm
gonna forget about the kids,
735
00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,408
I'm gonna groove."
736
00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:33,679
She got high with him,
started drinking a little bit,
737
00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:37,083
kids were crying and the
diapers were stinking,
738
00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:40,452
and he finally said, "Okay,
take care of those kids,"
739
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,621
you know, she taught
him a lesson.
740
00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:44,956
She was tough.
741
00:33:45,057 --> 00:33:46,425
- I remember him
picking up girls
742
00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:49,228
and paid Ashbury to, you know,
go cruise around his Cadillac.
743
00:33:49,328 --> 00:33:50,796
He'd go, "You remember that?"
744
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:52,698
And I would like, describe it.
745
00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:54,200
- Mom was tired of hippies.
746
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,034
She was like, "I don't want
to be around hippies anymore,
747
00:33:56,135 --> 00:33:59,171
I want a little more
stable environment."
748
00:33:59,271 --> 00:34:01,407
- I mean, there's
Mercedes Benz bills,
749
00:34:01,507 --> 00:34:03,275
and coming from other ladies,
750
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,677
and oh Dad-- I wouldn't
take that crap.
751
00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:10,782
- * Please stay here with me
in Mendocino *
752
00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:15,821
- Like anybody, at some point,
you have- you reach your limit.
753
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:21,327
[Violet] Hello Douglas.
754
00:34:21,427 --> 00:34:23,995
One of these days,
I'm not gonna be here
755
00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:25,997
for you to talk so ugly to,
756
00:34:26,098 --> 00:34:28,700
so you better change
your way of life.
757
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,136
What I'm gonna do is
758
00:34:30,236 --> 00:34:34,740
I'm gonna find me a
big old strong cowboy,
759
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,877
with big old strong arms
760
00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:41,847
that can hold me real tight,
761
00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:44,716
because that's what turns me on,
762
00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,853
not these long haired
hippy rock and rollers,
763
00:34:47,953 --> 00:34:50,289
no guts about 'em at all,
764
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:52,023
and they scream at
their old ladies
765
00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:54,260
and they're so sweet
to their chicks,
766
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,763
well that's bullshit
with two Ts.
767
00:34:58,497 --> 00:34:59,598
[Shawn] She said,
"I'm taking the kids,
768
00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:02,000
I'm moving, you can come,
you can stay,"
769
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,669
'cause she knew Doug was
gonna do what he wanted.
770
00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:07,439
[music "Texas Me"]
771
00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:09,441
He wasn't gonna lose
the family and mom.
772
00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:13,312
- * Stranded outside
of Houston *
773
00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:17,783
* Not a dime do I own
774
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,119
* I used to go back
775
00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:23,755
* To beautiful woods
776
00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:27,393
* Back there in San Antone
777
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,897
* I wondered in San Francisco
778
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:36,635
* Wonderin' where
I ought to be *
779
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,038
- The second we hit
the state lines,
780
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:43,175
he wanted a Big Red,
and I remember
781
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:46,345
running down the aisle of the
convenience store going,
782
00:35:46,445 --> 00:35:47,479
"What are we doing, Dad?"
783
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:49,047
He goes, "We're trying
to find a Big Red,"
784
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,582
and we were pointing
to a lot the red sodas,
785
00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:52,117
he'd go, "No, that's not it,
that's not it.
786
00:35:52,218 --> 00:35:53,652
Here it is!"
787
00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:57,956
[country music]
788
00:35:58,056 --> 00:36:12,771
[accordion music]
789
00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:13,872
- He loved accordion.
790
00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:15,341
He used to go to
my house and say,
791
00:36:15,441 --> 00:36:17,443
"Hey man, let's play."
792
00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:21,547
We had different ways
because I was in conjunto,
793
00:36:21,647 --> 00:36:25,317
and he was in rock
and roll or whatever,
794
00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:28,053
but still we were
buddies, we were friends.
795
00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:35,294
[conjunto music]
796
00:36:35,394 --> 00:36:37,863
[Doug] This is why San
Antonio's so soulful, you see?
797
00:36:37,963 --> 00:36:40,065
At night, you hear all
the chop, chop, chop,
798
00:36:40,165 --> 00:36:42,301
all the best music.
799
00:36:43,302 --> 00:36:44,636
[Augie] Doug would
go to this little place
800
00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,405
and drink beer and play
the bajo and accordion,
801
00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:48,807
you know, hang out
in the back yard.
802
00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:50,342
- It was just such a--
803
00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:53,512
I mean, you know, just
sitting watching him play.
804
00:36:53,612 --> 00:36:56,382
I mean, he was
really getting down.
805
00:36:59,751 --> 00:37:02,421
He wanted to be a chicano,
you know what I mean?
806
00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:07,092
[Shawn] When we moved
from California to Texas,
807
00:37:07,192 --> 00:37:08,594
here's how different
things were.
808
00:37:08,694 --> 00:37:10,296
Long haired guys
with cowboy hats,
809
00:37:10,396 --> 00:37:11,630
rock and roll with accordion,
810
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:14,032
back then, all those
things were weird.
811
00:37:14,132 --> 00:37:17,369
My step brother, he would get
his butt kicked all the time
812
00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:19,204
'cause he came back
dressed like my dad,
813
00:37:19,305 --> 00:37:22,308
he had long hair and
a cowboy hat, boots,
814
00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:23,442
they didn't like that,
it's like,
815
00:37:23,542 --> 00:37:24,543
rednecks didn't like it,
816
00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:25,777
the long hairs didn't like it,
817
00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:28,113
it was like, "Hey, what
are you," you know?
818
00:37:28,213 --> 00:37:30,181
- I was in San Francisco,
819
00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:33,285
and Doug wanted me
to come record.
820
00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:35,487
They picked me up
at the airport,
821
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:38,457
so they go, "Okay, we gotta
go eat some enchiladas."
822
00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:42,361
So we're in there eating food,
drinking beer,
823
00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:45,497
laughing, talking, cop walks in.
824
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:46,898
Walks over to Doug and goes,
825
00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:49,100
"Is that your car out there?"
826
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,337
Doug gets up, goes out
with the cop.
827
00:37:51,437 --> 00:37:53,505
I look up through the glass,
828
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:56,207
and this guy's like,
got a hold of Doug
829
00:37:56,308 --> 00:37:58,710
and he's throwing him
up against the car,
830
00:37:58,810 --> 00:38:02,748
grabs Doug by the hair, slams
his face right into the car,
831
00:38:02,848 --> 00:38:04,450
and says, "Your eyes are
bloodshot, you're drunk,
832
00:38:04,550 --> 00:38:06,452
so you're under arrest."
833
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:10,656
- * If I had my way
834
00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:14,793
* I'd leave here today
835
00:38:15,327 --> 00:38:19,565
* And move in a hurry *
836
00:38:20,432 --> 00:38:23,502
- That was a weird time,
because Mom and Dad
837
00:38:23,602 --> 00:38:26,905
were fighting different,
you know what I mean?
838
00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:30,041
And you could tell it was
starting to fall apart, man.
839
00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:31,176
Their marriage.
840
00:38:31,276 --> 00:38:35,914
* Though I could lose
841
00:38:38,350 --> 00:38:40,285
- Mom threw a bunch
of glass at his feet.
842
00:38:40,386 --> 00:38:41,687
They were in the kitchen,
my dad had
843
00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:44,523
absolutely, you know,
no shoes on,
844
00:38:44,623 --> 00:38:46,291
"Momma, Momma,"
and Momma was like,
845
00:38:46,392 --> 00:38:48,427
"Don't you!"
846
00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:51,830
They divorced and it was over.
847
00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:57,135
- I don't think he kind of
wanted to live in San Antonio,
848
00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:58,704
I think it was kind of
weird for him.
849
00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:00,572
He was looking for that place,
850
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,141
and like all his old places,
he stumbled across Austin,
851
00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:04,976
and he was hooked.
852
00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:10,181
[horns music]
853
00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,451
[Doug] I love my hometown,
but it's so heavy at times,
854
00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:15,854
and Austin's so nice
and laid back.
855
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:21,226
[horns music]
856
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:22,828
[Bill] I think he
really liked the freedom
857
00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:24,796
of being a solo man.
858
00:39:28,834 --> 00:39:30,001
[Doug] They've just
got a better attitude
859
00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,437
toward long hair and lately,
860
00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:33,004
well, the old timers and
people really realize
861
00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:34,906
how groovy it is.
862
00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:37,275
- He said, "Bentley, better
than 'Frisco, man--
863
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,277
warmer, pretty women."
864
00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:43,014
- He moved in to the
house above our business.
865
00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:45,651
It's the Soap Creek Saloon.
866
00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:49,488
It was down this
little dirt road,
867
00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:52,558
and there was nothing for miles.
868
00:39:52,658 --> 00:39:54,560
- I was bartending out there.
869
00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:56,728
People would come in for the
afternoon and have a beer
870
00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:58,263
and realize it was
a couple of hippies,
871
00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:01,032
and they'd just leave,
beer half full,
872
00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:03,268
didn't want to be associating
with these people at all.
873
00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:04,770
[laughs]
874
00:40:04,870 --> 00:40:08,339
And then when this fella
Doug Sahm came to town,
875
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,309
we didn't know what
to really expect.
876
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:13,311
Everybody on the bandstand,
877
00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:14,980
well it looked like
he'd rounded them all up
878
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,715
at the bus stop.
879
00:40:16,815 --> 00:40:19,451
[Doug] Here's a thing we
do the first part about--
880
00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:21,853
program for all the people
who love the Texas legend
881
00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:24,355
Mr. T-Bone Walker,
we going down?
882
00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:26,291
[cheering]
Yeah.
883
00:40:26,391 --> 00:40:31,963
[upbeat blues]
884
00:40:32,063 --> 00:40:34,365
- I went, "Way, this
is gonna be good."
885
00:40:34,466 --> 00:40:36,602
- * Well come on little girl
886
00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:39,538
* Papa ain't salty no more *
887
00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:43,675
[Speedy] You could see where
it was all getting mixed up,
888
00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:46,077
rhythm and blues, country
and western, jazz,
889
00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:47,513
a bit of everything, you know?
890
00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:49,247
[Carlyne] The reach he had
891
00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:52,884
with all this music
was incredible.
892
00:40:52,984 --> 00:41:02,861
[guitar solo]
893
00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:12,871
*
894
00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:20,011
*
895
00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:22,247
[Doug] Take a little time there,
Augie, take a little time.
896
00:41:22,347 --> 00:41:25,784
[piano solo]
897
00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:28,787
- The deal with Doug was,
he was never the same.
898
00:41:28,887 --> 00:41:31,489
It might be this amazing
country act doing a song,
899
00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:34,125
followed by this amazing
rhythm and blues.
900
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:37,195
There might be horns,
there might not be horns.
901
00:41:37,295 --> 00:41:38,664
- Everything was
being broken down
902
00:41:38,764 --> 00:41:40,566
to a big musical education.
903
00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:42,133
You know, if you
thought you knew it all,
904
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:45,003
you'd start to realize
you don't know nothing.
905
00:41:45,103 --> 00:41:47,673
[Carlyne] Doug was always
focused on every aspect,
906
00:41:47,773 --> 00:41:49,975
as the perfect band
leader would be,
907
00:41:50,075 --> 00:41:51,643
and you can see in
his performances
908
00:41:51,743 --> 00:41:54,546
when he would turn
around and start pumping
909
00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:57,783
in order to get them to
rise to the occasion.
910
00:41:57,883 --> 00:41:59,517
[Doug] Come on, Jack,
tickle that bass now,
911
00:41:59,618 --> 00:42:01,119
man, work that bass.
912
00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:13,098
[bass solo]
913
00:42:13,198 --> 00:42:15,634
[Louis] Doug wanted to see where
he could push Jack Barber,
914
00:42:15,734 --> 00:42:17,569
and where he could
push Speedy Sparks.
915
00:42:17,669 --> 00:42:19,004
They were really good,
916
00:42:19,104 --> 00:42:22,140
but it was with Doug who was
pushing them to be better.
917
00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:26,177
- * Yeah, well, oooowww
918
00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:27,779
* Ewww
919
00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:30,015
Get it, man, get it, get it,
get it, get it, get it,
920
00:42:30,115 --> 00:42:32,751
get it, get it, get it,
get it, get it, woo!
921
00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:35,854
Get it, you crazy Pisces!
922
00:42:35,954 --> 00:42:37,222
Go ahead!
923
00:42:37,322 --> 00:42:38,356
- We could play a four-hour gig,
924
00:42:38,456 --> 00:42:40,626
he says, "Man, the gig's
already over?"
925
00:42:40,726 --> 00:42:43,228
The time went like that,
man, [laughter]
926
00:42:43,328 --> 00:42:45,964
'cause we knew that if we
were gonna play with Doug,
927
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:47,933
we were gonna be playing
some shit, you know?
928
00:42:48,033 --> 00:42:49,668
And that was it, man,
that's the groove.
929
00:42:49,768 --> 00:42:51,770
[Doug] Jack Barber,
ladies and gentlemen.
930
00:42:51,870 --> 00:42:54,239
* Come home little girl
931
00:42:54,339 --> 00:42:57,609
* Yeah come home little girl
932
00:42:58,176 --> 00:43:00,578
- There was a certain
sense at Soap Creek
933
00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:03,982
that everyone was important,
934
00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:06,885
that all of their
music was important.
935
00:43:06,985 --> 00:43:09,220
- * Papa ain't salty no more
936
00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:17,028
[cheering and applause]
937
00:43:17,128 --> 00:43:20,666
- Soap Creek Saloon was a Sahm
kid's daycare center, okay?
938
00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,567
San Antonio was the reality,
939
00:43:22,668 --> 00:43:24,803
it was school, it was
Mom saying,
940
00:43:24,903 --> 00:43:26,104
"I've had enough
of this hippy crap,
941
00:43:26,204 --> 00:43:27,673
"you get in the bathtub
and you wake up
942
00:43:27,773 --> 00:43:28,874
and you go to school,"
943
00:43:28,974 --> 00:43:31,943
and Austin was the music groove,
and the, you know,
944
00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:33,611
the Barton Springs,
and just full on.
945
00:43:33,712 --> 00:43:35,180
What kid wouldn't love that?
946
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,482
- There were cowboys
and there were hippies,
947
00:43:37,582 --> 00:43:39,651
and it was so alive.
948
00:43:39,751 --> 00:43:42,053
And realized that for
the first time ever,
949
00:43:42,153 --> 00:43:45,090
I feel I'm at home, like
I'm supposed to be here.
950
00:43:45,190 --> 00:43:48,259
- I never met anybody, and I
can say this true about Doug,
951
00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:51,562
I've never met anybody who
had so many best friends,
952
00:43:51,663 --> 00:43:52,831
you know what I mean?
953
00:43:52,931 --> 00:43:55,533
Whether you're actually,
Doug felt like you
954
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:56,702
were his very best
friend or not,
955
00:43:56,802 --> 00:43:58,269
you felt like you were.
956
00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:01,940
- He was quite capable of
getting anyone to come in
957
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:07,278
and serve at his bequest, and
we were always quite amazed.
958
00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:08,880
[Joe] Now you were there
959
00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:11,116
the night that Freddy Fender
came to town.
960
00:44:11,216 --> 00:44:12,183
- Oh yeah.
961
00:44:12,283 --> 00:44:16,121
Freddy was like his
kinda like idol in a way.
962
00:44:17,255 --> 00:44:18,890
[Doug] Now a song written by
the great Freddy Fender.
963
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:21,359
Freddy, this is for you,
wherever you are.
964
00:44:21,693 --> 00:44:26,064
* Wasted days and
wasted nights *
965
00:44:27,899 --> 00:44:30,769
[Doug] I first knew Freddy
when I was in high school.
966
00:44:30,869 --> 00:44:32,370
We played his shows, little
girls used to scream,
967
00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:35,040
"Ah, Freddie," you know, and
he had the real bad thing,
968
00:44:35,140 --> 00:44:37,809
and he had to go
out for a few years.
969
00:44:37,909 --> 00:44:40,779
- He had just gotten out
of prison at Angola,
970
00:44:40,879 --> 00:44:42,948
so I tracked him down,
he was going to
971
00:44:43,048 --> 00:44:45,784
social work school
in Corpus Christi.
972
00:44:45,884 --> 00:44:47,685
He swore to me that he was
not gonna play anymore,
973
00:44:47,786 --> 00:44:50,388
that he was gonna
go by the rules...
974
00:44:51,823 --> 00:44:53,224
and I talked him into doing it,
975
00:44:53,324 --> 00:44:56,694
and I sent him money so
he could ride the bus up.
976
00:44:57,595 --> 00:44:58,629
[Speedy] We started
bringing him up
977
00:44:58,730 --> 00:45:01,332
to Austin to work
gigs at Soap Creek.
978
00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:03,034
All these people were
packed in this hall
979
00:45:03,134 --> 00:45:04,235
on Monday night to see him.
980
00:45:04,335 --> 00:45:05,937
He turned, he said, "Man,
you made all these people
981
00:45:06,037 --> 00:45:08,073
"come out on Monday
to see us, man."
982
00:45:08,173 --> 00:45:09,640
- I have never been treated
better in my life
983
00:45:09,741 --> 00:45:11,442
by rednecks, man.
984
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:13,779
Of course, I went through the
same thing when I was a kid,
985
00:45:13,879 --> 00:45:16,547
I'd see a redneck and I'd
throw a rock at him, you know?
986
00:45:16,647 --> 00:45:17,715
But things are
different now, man,
987
00:45:17,816 --> 00:45:19,717
it seems like the whole
world is finally getting
988
00:45:19,818 --> 00:45:22,187
the understanding of if
you're good, you're good,
989
00:45:22,287 --> 00:45:24,990
regardless of what
color you are, you know?
990
00:45:25,090 --> 00:45:26,758
[Speedy] I always knew Freddy
had the star quality,
991
00:45:26,858 --> 00:45:28,326
and that's why I said,
"Once he gets his chance,
992
00:45:28,426 --> 00:45:29,427
you'll know, world."
993
00:45:29,527 --> 00:45:31,863
[Freddy] I'd like to dedicate
this song to my partner,
994
00:45:31,963 --> 00:45:35,300
soul partner, Mr. Doug Sahm
from San Antonio.
995
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:36,868
Wherever you are, brother.
996
00:45:36,968 --> 00:45:40,505
* Wasted days and
wasted nights *
997
00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:43,875
[Doug] So much great music
came out of it, you know,
998
00:45:43,975 --> 00:45:46,845
and Soap Creek was cooking,
and I had the record
999
00:45:46,945 --> 00:45:48,413
on how quick I could
get to the club,
1000
00:45:48,513 --> 00:45:49,881
you know, I knew every bump.
1001
00:45:49,981 --> 00:45:59,457
[music "Be Real"]
1002
00:45:59,557 --> 00:46:01,559
* Be real
1003
00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:03,394
- One Sunday afternoon,
1004
00:46:03,494 --> 00:46:07,565
he was there with Johnny
Winter and Willie Nelson.
1005
00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:09,500
And he said, "We ought
to play tonight,"
1006
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,569
and they all said,
"Okay, let's go,"
1007
00:46:11,669 --> 00:46:13,338
and one person
went to the phone,
1008
00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:17,008
and within 45 minutes,
that place was packed.
1009
00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:19,911
[laughter] And I don't
know how it happened,
1010
00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:21,612
'cause only one person
went to the telephone,
1011
00:46:21,712 --> 00:46:22,747
I was watching.
1012
00:46:22,848 --> 00:46:26,284
- * That's all I ask of you
1013
00:46:26,384 --> 00:46:27,785
[Augie] All of a sudden,
Austin has everybody
1014
00:46:27,886 --> 00:46:29,054
living there and making
this thing called
1015
00:46:29,154 --> 00:46:31,656
progressive country music.
1016
00:46:31,756 --> 00:46:33,024
It's so progressive
country to me,
1017
00:46:33,124 --> 00:46:35,393
it's all that dark
country I call it.
1018
00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:38,629
[Alvin] Everybody
was going to hard rock,
1019
00:46:38,729 --> 00:46:40,966
funk to disco,
and here's Austin,
1020
00:46:41,066 --> 00:46:43,001
going back to the 40s.
1021
00:46:43,835 --> 00:46:45,170
[Willie] I think
the young people
1022
00:46:45,270 --> 00:46:48,639
are wanting to hear
something that's American
1023
00:46:48,739 --> 00:46:52,377
and original, and
country music is that.
1024
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:58,917
- The country influence had
become so prominent in Austin
1025
00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:01,920
that a gang of guys got
together and started
1026
00:47:02,020 --> 00:47:07,125
an outlaw FM radio
station called KOKE FM.
1027
00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:10,195
[Doug] This is Doug Sahm,
and this is KOKE FM,
1028
00:47:10,295 --> 00:47:13,098
the only place you
hear cosmic cowboys,
1029
00:47:13,198 --> 00:47:15,366
West Coast freaky cowboys,
and of course,
1030
00:47:15,466 --> 00:47:17,635
our own Austin cowboys,
1031
00:47:17,735 --> 00:47:19,804
of which there are
more all the time.
1032
00:47:19,905 --> 00:47:29,447
[progressive country music]
1033
00:47:29,547 --> 00:47:34,920
[Alvin] It was hippies making
friends with the rednecks.
1034
00:47:36,454 --> 00:47:38,156
- They really realized
they had more in common
1035
00:47:38,256 --> 00:47:39,457
than they had
against each other.
1036
00:47:39,557 --> 00:47:42,894
They were all from Texas, and
we all liked the same thing,
1037
00:47:42,994 --> 00:47:45,096
which was basically
drink whiskey
1038
00:47:45,196 --> 00:47:48,299
and listen to these
guys play country music.
1039
00:47:48,399 --> 00:47:52,537
- Austin became very, very hip--
it became important.
1040
00:47:52,637 --> 00:47:55,040
- We were a band that was kinda
1041
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:58,977
basically trying to find roots
Americana music, you know.
1042
00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:03,081
We went, "Wow, this
place is incredible."
1043
00:48:04,415 --> 00:48:06,884
- People were here because
they wanted to be here,
1044
00:48:06,985 --> 00:48:08,719
and Doug was so ahead of
the curve on all that,
1045
00:48:08,819 --> 00:48:12,958
you know, that notion of that
there were no boundaries.
1046
00:48:13,058 --> 00:48:19,397
[country music]
1047
00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:23,668
- Today, we're penetrating
the country field.
1048
00:48:23,768 --> 00:48:25,236
I'm specializing in that.
1049
00:48:25,336 --> 00:48:28,006
One of my current strong
projects is Doug Sahm,
1050
00:48:28,106 --> 00:48:29,774
formerly of the
Sir Douglas Quintet,
1051
00:48:29,874 --> 00:48:31,276
who is another musician
1052
00:48:31,376 --> 00:48:33,744
who I would give the
accolade of genius.
1053
00:48:33,844 --> 00:48:36,047
[Shawn] At the time, you know,
Jerry was at the height
1054
00:48:36,147 --> 00:48:39,284
of his game in 72,
right, he was huge.
1055
00:48:39,384 --> 00:48:43,221
Wexler came to town
looking for Doug Sahm.
1056
00:48:43,321 --> 00:48:44,822
[Jerry] There's a long,
elaborate background
1057
00:48:44,922 --> 00:48:46,424
to my interest in Texas music,
1058
00:48:46,524 --> 00:48:48,926
and western swing
and blues and so on,
1059
00:48:49,027 --> 00:48:51,829
but to be very succinct
and to the point,
1060
00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:54,132
there are two words, Doug Sahm.
1061
00:48:54,499 --> 00:49:01,472
- * Girls like you come
wonderin' what's going on *
1062
00:49:02,140 --> 00:49:03,941
[Doug] Jerry, he was
one of the main forces
1063
00:49:04,042 --> 00:49:07,412
in music in America,
gave me a shot.
1064
00:49:07,512 --> 00:49:09,347
[Louis] We had a lot of
good players on the record,
1065
00:49:09,447 --> 00:49:15,353
including Fathead Newman,
The Memphis Horns, Dr. John.
1066
00:49:15,453 --> 00:49:20,958
- We was both destined, some
kind of witchy way, to hook up.
1067
00:49:21,059 --> 00:49:25,463
He had an interest in
all kinds of music.
1068
00:49:25,563 --> 00:49:28,899
He was spiritually hip
to a lot of things
1069
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,868
that people ain't hip to.
1070
00:49:30,968 --> 00:49:33,271
His spirit was wide open.
1071
00:49:33,371 --> 00:49:37,242
- * I had seen you standing
1072
00:49:37,342 --> 00:49:40,545
* In the smokey haze
1073
00:49:43,214 --> 00:49:47,885
* I know then you're
gonna be mine *
1074
00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:49,087
* One of these days
1075
00:49:49,187 --> 00:49:50,921
- Dylan had been
like this recluse
1076
00:49:51,022 --> 00:49:52,623
and that was actually
the first record
1077
00:49:52,723 --> 00:49:54,825
he had been on in years.
1078
00:49:54,925 --> 00:49:56,461
- So, he used to come up
for that session,
1079
00:49:56,561 --> 00:49:59,130
pick up the guitar,
hit a few chords.
1080
00:49:59,230 --> 00:50:01,299
He said, "You know,
I've done the word trip,
1081
00:50:01,399 --> 00:50:03,168
"I wanna do the music trip."
1082
00:50:03,268 --> 00:50:07,205
- * Wallflower wallflower
won't you dance with me *
1083
00:50:07,305 --> 00:50:13,378
* I'm fallin' in love with you
1084
00:50:13,478 --> 00:50:19,184
*
1085
00:50:20,418 --> 00:50:24,522
- One day, I received a call,
and it was Doug Sahm.
1086
00:50:24,622 --> 00:50:26,557
"Hey, why don't you
come over, man?
1087
00:50:26,657 --> 00:50:31,196
I'm here in Atlantic cutting
a record with Jerry Wexler."
1088
00:50:31,296 --> 00:50:33,998
I was just nervous,
you know, to meet Dylan
1089
00:50:34,099 --> 00:50:37,935
and Dr. John and all
those guys, you know?
1090
00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:41,339
But I was coached a lot by Doug.
1091
00:50:41,439 --> 00:50:44,075
- * Still I can't hear priest
1092
00:50:46,111 --> 00:50:47,412
[Doug] Flaco!
1093
00:50:47,512 --> 00:50:54,985
[accordion solo]
1094
00:50:55,086 --> 00:51:01,826
*
1095
00:51:01,926 --> 00:51:05,062
- Flaco Jimenez was
a bad sucker.
1096
00:51:05,163 --> 00:51:08,866
Doug had an ear for
people that was bad.
1097
00:51:08,966 --> 00:51:11,569
Nobody can roll like Doug.
1098
00:51:11,669 --> 00:51:13,938
Doug can roll like that.
1099
00:51:14,038 --> 00:51:20,911
[bluesy jazz music]
1100
00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:22,313
[Joe] At this session
in New York,
1101
00:51:22,413 --> 00:51:26,751
and there's Bob Dylan,
and Fathead, and Dr. John.
1102
00:51:26,851 --> 00:51:30,288
- I had horns, the steel player
that I was playing with,
1103
00:51:30,388 --> 00:51:32,790
Jerry Lee Lewis at the time.
1104
00:51:32,890 --> 00:51:35,092
Had a lot of people on it.
1105
00:51:35,193 --> 00:51:42,900
[bluesy jazz music]
1106
00:51:43,468 --> 00:51:45,035
[Speedy] Probably
the biggest gift
1107
00:51:45,136 --> 00:51:47,272
Doug ever gave to Austin
was in the early 70s,
1108
00:51:47,372 --> 00:51:49,207
and just being amongst us.
1109
00:51:49,307 --> 00:51:51,342
- He's there, he's in Austin,
1110
00:51:51,442 --> 00:51:53,811
groovers' paradise, this
is where he's gonna live,
1111
00:51:53,911 --> 00:51:56,347
this is where he
wants to live now.
1112
00:51:56,447 --> 00:51:59,016
- Doug was the street life,
you know,
1113
00:51:59,116 --> 00:52:01,419
Doug was Austin.
1114
00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:03,288
- He was a community organizer,
1115
00:52:03,388 --> 00:52:05,590
a community leader,
1116
00:52:05,690 --> 00:52:09,460
and you just wanted
to go with him, ah.
1117
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:10,928
[applause]
1118
00:52:11,028 --> 00:52:12,463
[Doug] Thank you,
you're beautiful, man.
1119
00:52:12,563 --> 00:52:15,099
[Bill] Doug ruled
Austin, he really did.
1120
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,567
He ruled the city.
1121
00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:17,502
[Doug] Okay,
what's it gonna be?
1122
00:52:17,602 --> 00:52:19,136
"Mendocino" or "Nuevo Laredo"?
1123
00:52:19,237 --> 00:52:21,005
[cheering]
1124
00:52:21,105 --> 00:52:22,840
Okay, let's hear it,
"Nuevo Laredo"!
1125
00:52:22,940 --> 00:52:24,842
[cheering]
1126
00:52:24,942 --> 00:52:25,976
"Mendocino"!
1127
00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:30,781
[cheering]
1128
00:52:31,782 --> 00:52:33,751
Okay, here you go, for
all the little boys
1129
00:52:33,851 --> 00:52:35,052
that grew up in Texas,
1130
00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:37,222
this song will be real
close to your hearts.
1131
00:52:38,556 --> 00:52:41,392
After drunken football
games on Friday nights.
1132
00:52:42,893 --> 00:52:46,096
[Bill] He had it all,
and he loved it here.
1133
00:52:46,197 --> 00:52:50,401
- * In a little border town
1134
00:52:53,871 --> 00:52:56,407
[Shawn] He kinda had the
world at his fingertips.
1135
00:52:58,509 --> 00:53:02,513
- * Way down there in
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico *
1136
00:53:03,648 --> 00:53:06,651
* I spied a senorita there
1137
00:53:06,751 --> 00:53:09,554
* Wind blows through
her long black hair *
1138
00:53:09,654 --> 00:53:13,724
* As I cut a trail on
the way to Boys Town *
1139
00:53:14,959 --> 00:53:18,028
* Well we smoked and
drank the night away *
1140
00:53:18,128 --> 00:53:21,031
* In a dimly lit cafe
1141
00:53:21,131 --> 00:53:26,170
* Long hairs were a novelty
to the people on the scene *
1142
00:53:26,837 --> 00:53:29,740
* Played the blues
till early dawn *
1143
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,477
* Everybody sang along
1144
00:53:32,577 --> 00:53:36,781
* We had such a ball
in Nuevo Laredo *
1145
00:53:38,215 --> 00:53:41,185
* Nuevo Laredo
1146
00:53:41,286 --> 00:53:46,324
* Nuevo Laredo I hear
you calling back to me *
1147
00:53:49,394 --> 00:53:54,632
* In the time and all
its glory oh yeah *
1148
00:53:54,899 --> 00:53:56,301
[Doug] Austin is
known as a playground,
1149
00:53:56,401 --> 00:53:58,135
you know, we've got over
200,000 people there,
1150
00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:00,338
40,000, 50,000 of
'em are students,
1151
00:54:00,438 --> 00:54:02,273
so I mean, and not
counting the other 30,000
1152
00:54:02,373 --> 00:54:04,575
who just dropped out who
went to school two years ago.
1153
00:54:04,675 --> 00:54:06,311
I bet you, if you got a den,
1154
00:54:06,411 --> 00:54:08,946
I bet you 220,000,
250,000 people in Austin,
1155
00:54:09,046 --> 00:54:10,915
I bet there's 100,000 groovers.
1156
00:54:11,015 --> 00:54:12,617
And people say, "Yeah,
that's probably right."
1157
00:54:12,717 --> 00:54:17,455
- * In the time and
all its glory *
1158
00:54:18,723 --> 00:54:21,392
* Nuevo Laredo
1159
00:54:21,492 --> 00:54:24,295
* Nuevo Laredo
1160
00:54:24,395 --> 00:54:27,298
* Nuevo Laredo
1161
00:54:27,398 --> 00:54:30,401
* Nuevo Laredo
1162
00:54:35,139 --> 00:54:37,742
[cheering and applause]
1163
00:54:37,842 --> 00:54:39,410
All right!
1164
00:54:40,578 --> 00:54:43,814
- And it's been eight years
between Elvis and the Beatles,
1165
00:54:43,914 --> 00:54:46,551
where's our new
Messiah coming from?
1166
00:54:46,651 --> 00:54:49,153
And unbeknownst to me, it
wasn't gonna come from,
1167
00:54:49,253 --> 00:54:51,356
you know, somebody
anywhere else,
1168
00:54:51,456 --> 00:54:53,658
it was happening
right underneath us.
1169
00:54:56,193 --> 00:54:57,528
[Doug] Hi everybody,
this is Doug Sahm,
1170
00:54:57,628 --> 00:54:59,497
I hope you enjoyed my new album
1171
00:54:59,597 --> 00:55:03,133
on KOKE FM it tops in
the new country sound
1172
00:55:03,233 --> 00:55:05,102
that's sweeping the nation.
1173
00:55:05,202 --> 00:55:06,437
- When that record came out,
1174
00:55:06,537 --> 00:55:09,407
he must've thought
it was gonna explode,
1175
00:55:09,507 --> 00:55:12,877
and I think he was pretty
shook that it didn't.
1176
00:55:12,977 --> 00:55:14,044
[Jerry] Sold a few copies,
1177
00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:18,516
but when you're too good,
you have to be very studied
1178
00:55:18,616 --> 00:55:20,418
about what kind of
record to give people,
1179
00:55:20,518 --> 00:55:24,088
'cause it's more
than they can absorb.
1180
00:55:24,188 --> 00:55:26,457
The other way of
saying it I guess is
1181
00:55:26,557 --> 00:55:30,461
it's sort of like mediocrity
prevails in America.
1182
00:55:30,561 --> 00:55:32,129
[Doug] 'Cause I know
what you did.
1183
00:55:32,229 --> 00:55:34,799
The chances of somebody
from the outside
1184
00:55:34,899 --> 00:55:38,302
going there and digging that is
about 100% that they won't.
1185
00:55:38,403 --> 00:55:39,970
I mean, really, 100%
that they won't,
1186
00:55:40,070 --> 00:55:42,407
there's not even hardly
a chance that they will.
1187
00:55:42,507 --> 00:55:44,809
[Bill] There was jazz
and blues and country
1188
00:55:44,909 --> 00:55:47,778
and rock, Latino.
1189
00:55:47,878 --> 00:55:49,514
I don't think the
public connected
1190
00:55:49,614 --> 00:55:51,649
with all the different sounds.
1191
00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:56,320
[cheering]
1192
00:55:56,421 --> 00:56:00,024
- * Whiskey River take my mind
1193
00:56:01,926 --> 00:56:05,195
* Don't let her memory
torture me *
1194
00:56:05,295 --> 00:56:06,764
[Terry] Willie got
a tremendous amount
1195
00:56:06,864 --> 00:56:11,035
of economic success rolling,
whereas Doug didn't.
1196
00:56:12,770 --> 00:56:14,705
[Bill] KOKE FM was
playing Willie all day long
1197
00:56:14,805 --> 00:56:17,408
like it was the Beatles
or something.
1198
00:56:17,508 --> 00:56:20,545
I'd go, "Man, this guy,
he's taking over."
1199
00:56:20,645 --> 00:56:22,513
- In my mind, one of
the most important guys
1200
00:56:22,613 --> 00:56:25,215
in Texas music, Willie Nelson,
Doug Sahm...
1201
00:56:25,315 --> 00:56:27,184
Willie's famous, Doug's not.
1202
00:56:28,185 --> 00:56:30,421
[Carlyne] Once you get a
subculture to a certain size,
1203
00:56:30,521 --> 00:56:33,057
it encompasses the
entire community.
1204
00:56:34,058 --> 00:56:38,028
It's a broader audience, we
saw fewer and fewer regulars.
1205
00:56:39,997 --> 00:56:42,700
[Doug] There is a certain
syndrome of some stars
1206
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,436
having this giant entourage
of people around them,
1207
00:56:45,536 --> 00:56:46,937
and that, I've tried to avoid.
1208
00:56:47,037 --> 00:56:49,073
Sometimes, like, if you get
a Bob Dylan or Willie Nelson,
1209
00:56:49,173 --> 00:56:51,509
there's just so many
people around all the time,
1210
00:56:51,609 --> 00:56:53,410
you know, just kinda going
psh, you know what I mean?
1211
00:56:53,511 --> 00:56:57,347
And it becomes like, that
kind of circus atmosphere,
1212
00:56:57,448 --> 00:56:58,849
I can't explain it.
1213
00:56:59,450 --> 00:57:01,151
- Oh, he'd bitch about it
and make records,
1214
00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:02,787
and bitch about it,
1215
00:57:02,887 --> 00:57:04,622
and then encourage everybody
to come down here,
1216
00:57:04,722 --> 00:57:07,558
so it was, it was--
1217
00:57:07,658 --> 00:57:10,027
it didn't make any sense,
but you know.
1218
00:57:10,127 --> 00:57:13,163
- Doug in some ways
had kind of peaked,
1219
00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:14,832
so Willie rose to the top,
1220
00:57:14,932 --> 00:57:18,335
and Doug only liked to
play when he was first.
1221
00:57:18,435 --> 00:57:20,505
It was sports mentality, right?
1222
00:57:20,605 --> 00:57:22,573
"I gotta be first,
I gotta be first."
1223
00:57:22,673 --> 00:57:24,509
- You'd hear my dad a lot
through his career
1224
00:57:24,609 --> 00:57:26,944
talk about all the
places he went to,
1225
00:57:27,044 --> 00:57:29,580
how the groove eventually
came to an end, you know,
1226
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,482
and I think what that
meant is in Doug's words,
1227
00:57:31,582 --> 00:57:33,450
that that meant it
got discovered
1228
00:57:33,551 --> 00:57:35,252
and tons of people came
and it wasn't the small
1229
00:57:35,352 --> 00:57:37,321
kinda intimate community thing
1230
00:57:37,421 --> 00:57:39,624
this used to be when
he first got there.
1231
00:57:43,027 --> 00:57:44,829
[Bill] Austin quit paying
attention to him.
1232
00:57:44,929 --> 00:57:46,263
[music "Stoned Faces Don't Lie]
1233
00:57:46,363 --> 00:57:49,567
* Stoned faces don't lie
1234
00:57:51,235 --> 00:57:55,139
* Baby when you're high
1235
00:57:58,108 --> 00:58:04,549
* Other day saw a picture
of an old friend of mine *
1236
00:58:07,217 --> 00:58:13,157
* Back to the days when
friends they were so mellow *
1237
00:58:15,926 --> 00:58:22,900
* It made me stop and think
as I looked on his face *
1238
00:58:25,269 --> 00:58:31,275
* And I thought about
what's goin' down today *
1239
00:58:32,442 --> 00:58:36,313
* Stoned faces don't lie
1240
00:58:36,881 --> 00:58:41,085
* Baby when you're high *
1241
00:58:41,652 --> 00:58:45,590
* Stoned faces
don't lie Austin *
1242
00:58:46,256 --> 00:58:50,427
* Baby when you're high
1243
00:58:50,527 --> 00:59:02,039
*
1244
00:59:02,139 --> 00:59:04,508
[applause]
1245
00:59:04,609 --> 00:59:05,810
- Thank you!
1246
00:59:05,910 --> 00:59:08,579
- There was always a
great respect in Europe
1247
00:59:08,679 --> 00:59:11,782
for home-grown American music.
1248
00:59:11,882 --> 00:59:13,584
- Anybody here in the
house ever been down to,
1249
00:59:13,684 --> 00:59:15,686
down to Texas at all?
1250
00:59:15,786 --> 00:59:17,554
Down on the Rio Grande
or the Guadeloupe Rivers?
1251
00:59:17,655 --> 00:59:19,056
Guy over there.
1252
00:59:19,156 --> 00:59:20,457
Been down and drank
a little tequila
1253
00:59:20,557 --> 00:59:22,727
on the border a few
times probably, right?
1254
00:59:22,827 --> 00:59:25,062
[Larry] Wherever we would go,
he would fill the place.
1255
00:59:25,162 --> 00:59:27,698
- Well, over here, they
liked the old country,
1256
00:59:27,798 --> 00:59:29,934
they've never been bombarded
with a lot of the new pop.
1257
00:59:30,034 --> 00:59:31,368
See, country music
now in America
1258
00:59:31,468 --> 00:59:32,637
is not necessarily
country anymore,
1259
00:59:32,737 --> 00:59:35,472
it's kind of a pop music thing,
1260
00:59:35,572 --> 00:59:36,941
I'm not gonna mention any names,
1261
00:59:37,041 --> 00:59:39,309
so to me, I like the
old country sound,
1262
00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:40,645
the Bob Wills Western swing,
1263
00:59:40,745 --> 00:59:42,747
and there are some
good guys playing now,
1264
00:59:42,847 --> 00:59:44,715
like Alvin Crow, but again,
1265
00:59:44,815 --> 00:59:47,151
they're not owned by giant
American corporations.
1266
00:59:47,251 --> 00:59:49,654
I'm gonna try to bring
him here next year.
1267
00:59:49,754 --> 00:59:51,421
He wants to come real bad.
1268
00:59:51,521 --> 00:59:52,489
- I can remember him saying,
1269
00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:53,624
"I'm gonna take you
guys around the way,"
1270
00:59:53,724 --> 00:59:56,761
like a tour guide almost.
1271
00:59:56,861 --> 01:00:00,831
We played Germany and France
and England, you know,
1272
01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:03,500
and basically we just
enjoyed being together.
1273
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,871
- * Meet me in Stockholm baby
1274
01:00:06,971 --> 01:00:08,906
* We'll mess around
1275
01:00:11,341 --> 01:00:14,111
* Take a real slow boat
1276
01:00:14,211 --> 01:00:16,847
* To Helsinki town
1277
01:00:19,416 --> 01:00:22,519
* And when it's over know
1278
01:00:22,619 --> 01:00:24,689
- Doug was always
the deal maker,
1279
01:00:24,789 --> 01:00:27,491
and so he got interested
in rejuvenating
1280
01:00:27,591 --> 01:00:30,494
the Sir Douglas Quintet.
1281
01:00:30,594 --> 01:00:32,562
- * We'll mess around
1282
01:00:32,663 --> 01:00:34,999
Play it, Augie,
play it pretty, boy.
1283
01:00:35,099 --> 01:00:38,769
[accordion plays]
1284
01:00:38,869 --> 01:00:41,271
- That's when we did
"Meet Me in Stockholm".
1285
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:45,009
It was a pretty big hit.
1286
01:00:45,843 --> 01:00:46,911
[Joe] This is pretty
interesting.
1287
01:00:47,011 --> 01:00:49,880
You get to play with Doug,
and then Augie shows up,
1288
01:00:49,980 --> 01:00:52,449
so what does Augie
bring to the table?
1289
01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:54,852
- Right, well the
repertoire expanded.
1290
01:00:54,952 --> 01:00:58,956
Doug loved Augie for his vibe
as much as for his talent.
1291
01:00:59,389 --> 01:01:01,458
[Doug] Sing with me, Augie.
1292
01:01:01,558 --> 01:01:04,762
* Meet me in Stockholm baby
1293
01:01:04,862 --> 01:01:06,296
- So we get ready to
go to Scandinavia,
1294
01:01:06,396 --> 01:01:09,867
and Doug goes, "I've got
something to tell you guys.
1295
01:01:09,967 --> 01:01:11,802
We gotta learn some
new material."
1296
01:01:11,902 --> 01:01:13,337
I go, "Why, why?"
1297
01:01:13,437 --> 01:01:15,706
He goes, "Well, we got
these hits in Scandinavia
1298
01:01:15,806 --> 01:01:17,374
that you guys don't
know at all."
1299
01:01:17,474 --> 01:01:20,377
and so he starts playing
and we're going, "Oh no."
1300
01:01:20,477 --> 01:01:22,913
[applause]
1301
01:01:23,013 --> 01:01:27,952
- * The train to Trondheim
was right on time *
1302
01:01:29,754 --> 01:01:32,790
* Swinging my way to baby
1303
01:01:32,890 --> 01:01:35,125
* We look alive
1304
01:01:35,225 --> 01:01:37,661
[Kerry] He sort of tried
to cater to the old country.
1305
01:01:37,762 --> 01:01:40,998
- * I made an unexpected stop
1306
01:01:41,098 --> 01:01:44,134
- We were doing songs about
European towns and everything,
1307
01:01:44,234 --> 01:01:47,905
and they wanted songs
about Texas and America.
1308
01:01:48,005 --> 01:01:49,840
It backfired on us.
1309
01:01:52,342 --> 01:01:53,744
* - Bavarian baby *
1310
01:01:53,844 --> 01:01:55,479
* Bavarian baby
1311
01:01:55,579 --> 01:01:57,347
* Running down the road
1312
01:01:57,447 --> 01:01:58,783
* Down the road
1313
01:01:58,883 --> 01:02:00,584
* Bavarian baby
1314
01:02:00,684 --> 01:02:12,662
*
1315
01:02:12,763 --> 01:02:14,664
* Nowhere like Norway
1316
01:02:14,765 --> 01:02:17,034
* Nowhere like Norway
1317
01:02:17,134 --> 01:02:20,370
* Nowhere like Norway at all
1318
01:02:20,737 --> 01:02:22,840
[Bill] Doug was a
beautiful human being,
1319
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:25,976
but he was also always
trying to maneuver
1320
01:02:26,076 --> 01:02:29,113
and Augie was a great
counterpart to that
1321
01:02:29,213 --> 01:02:30,815
in that he was always
straight ahead.
1322
01:02:30,915 --> 01:02:34,184
- I told Doug, I said,
"Doug, be real,"
1323
01:02:34,284 --> 01:02:35,886
you know, I just had
to tell him,
1324
01:02:35,986 --> 01:02:38,823
I said, "Be real, you know
that ain't gonna work."
1325
01:02:38,923 --> 01:02:40,991
- I don't think there
was a tour we did
1326
01:02:41,091 --> 01:02:43,460
that didn't end
with Augie saying,
1327
01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:45,762
"This is the last time I'm
ever working with that guy."
1328
01:02:45,863 --> 01:02:47,932
[laughter]
1329
01:02:48,966 --> 01:02:50,267
[Joe] It's just something
you have to accept.
1330
01:02:50,367 --> 01:02:52,436
- That's life with Doug.
1331
01:02:52,870 --> 01:02:55,772
[Speedy] The vibe on that
last tour wasn't great.
1332
01:02:56,807 --> 01:03:00,544
[Doug] In the year 1625,
1333
01:03:00,644 --> 01:03:03,047
King Gustav of Sweden
1334
01:03:03,147 --> 01:03:05,582
sent out an order to
build the finest warship
1335
01:03:05,682 --> 01:03:07,684
that would ever sail the Baltic.
1336
01:03:08,218 --> 01:03:09,786
- I think if you really
pressed Doug,
1337
01:03:09,887 --> 01:03:11,788
he wouldn't have seen
"Meet Me in Stockholm"
1338
01:03:11,889 --> 01:03:13,490
and those songs as his best,
1339
01:03:13,590 --> 01:03:15,425
but he did 'em and he would
never apologize for 'em.
1340
01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,194
I think that's because
there's many facets,
1341
01:03:17,294 --> 01:03:19,429
there were many kind
of Doug Sahms in a way.
1342
01:03:19,529 --> 01:03:22,066
And none of 'em, he
didn't look at any of 'em
1343
01:03:22,166 --> 01:03:24,801
being untrue, but also,
1344
01:03:24,902 --> 01:03:27,471
he was a commercial being,
he knew what it took.
1345
01:03:27,571 --> 01:03:31,375
- * That eyes of the world
were on Stockholm that day *
1346
01:03:31,475 --> 01:03:35,379
* He floated alone to
back home here to stay *
1347
01:03:35,479 --> 01:03:39,716
* He raised the mighty warship
from its watery grave *
1348
01:03:39,816 --> 01:03:44,388
* It wasn't destined
1349
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,157
[Joe] He bores easily?
1350
01:03:47,257 --> 01:03:48,592
- Yeah.
1351
01:03:48,692 --> 01:03:50,995
[Joe] What is that?
1352
01:03:51,095 --> 01:03:52,997
- No matter who he was with,
1353
01:03:53,097 --> 01:03:55,232
he was wishing he was
with somebody else.
1354
01:03:55,332 --> 01:03:57,367
[laughing] No matter
where he was,
1355
01:03:57,467 --> 01:03:59,536
he was wishing he
was somewhere else.
1356
01:04:05,075 --> 01:04:06,176
[Interviewer] Well, we
have a very special guest
1357
01:04:06,276 --> 01:04:08,378
with us this evening, Doug Sahm
1358
01:04:08,478 --> 01:04:09,513
welcome to Canada.
1359
01:04:09,613 --> 01:04:11,415
- Thank you, man,
nice to be here.
1360
01:04:11,515 --> 01:04:13,817
- I just started getting
the odd phone call from Doug
1361
01:04:13,918 --> 01:04:15,685
out of the blue and
I was so thrilled,
1362
01:04:15,785 --> 01:04:18,889
and I was, you know,
I was a huge fan,
1363
01:04:18,989 --> 01:04:21,258
so it meant a lot to me.
1364
01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:23,227
That's when we started
working together
1365
01:04:23,327 --> 01:04:26,163
on the Amis, Doug
and Jean project.
1366
01:04:27,998 --> 01:04:30,700
[music "Teardrops On
Your Letter"]
1367
01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:33,971
* Teardrops on your letter
1368
01:04:35,272 --> 01:04:37,807
* That I got from you
1369
01:04:37,908 --> 01:04:40,210
- I heard him play
some Mexican salsa,
1370
01:04:40,310 --> 01:04:42,712
baja sexto, however you say it,
1371
01:04:42,812 --> 01:04:45,349
and if you didn't know the
songs, that was no problem,
1372
01:04:45,449 --> 01:04:47,651
he'd come over and
show you your part.
1373
01:04:48,585 --> 01:04:50,554
[Holger] After we did the
record in 87,
1374
01:04:50,654 --> 01:04:51,989
we started doing festivals,
1375
01:04:52,089 --> 01:04:55,859
the Winnipeg Folk Festival,
Mariposa in Toronto.
1376
01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:57,761
- When you're on stage
with that guy
1377
01:04:57,861 --> 01:05:00,064
and everything's cooking,
1378
01:05:00,164 --> 01:05:03,800
it's like there is no ceiling.
1379
01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,602
You put up with a lot.
1380
01:05:08,372 --> 01:05:09,306
[Doug] It's 40 below zero, man.
1381
01:05:09,406 --> 01:05:10,840
I mean, people think
they've been cold,
1382
01:05:10,941 --> 01:05:12,542
they're like, at night,
they're shivering.
1383
01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:13,877
Man, this ain't nothing, I mean,
1384
01:05:13,978 --> 01:05:16,180
we're talking, you know,
10 foot drifts,
1385
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:18,748
and somebody Texas
never seen a lifetime,
1386
01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:20,517
and it blew my mind, you know.
1387
01:05:21,351 --> 01:05:24,821
- He had leased a place
on Vancouver Island
1388
01:05:24,921 --> 01:05:26,656
in the town of Victoria.
1389
01:05:27,824 --> 01:05:31,028
[Holger] He was just totally
in his own environment.
1390
01:05:31,128 --> 01:05:33,030
It seemed like he wanted to be
1391
01:05:33,130 --> 01:05:36,433
really quiet and
away from everything.
1392
01:05:37,301 --> 01:05:39,636
[Gene] He didn't
even have a phone.
1393
01:05:40,470 --> 01:05:43,207
- * Little girl
1394
01:05:43,607 --> 01:05:48,178
* Head down the road *
1395
01:05:50,414 --> 01:05:54,251
- Every time he got the fruits
of what he worked for,
1396
01:05:54,351 --> 01:05:58,455
it freaked him out to the point,
to where he'd kinda recoil.
1397
01:05:58,555 --> 01:06:02,892
And unintentionally
throw a wrench in it.
1398
01:06:02,993 --> 01:06:05,529
- * And it sure does
wig me out *
1399
01:06:06,596 --> 01:06:08,665
* When I think about
1400
01:06:08,765 --> 01:06:11,268
- As time went on,
1401
01:06:11,368 --> 01:06:13,437
um, he uh,
1402
01:06:13,537 --> 01:06:17,441
he started putting up barriers
that became a little more,
1403
01:06:17,541 --> 01:06:19,309
he said, "Well, I don't
want to play with
1404
01:06:19,409 --> 01:06:20,777
the same rhythm section,"
he said.
1405
01:06:20,877 --> 01:06:23,280
"I want to bring some
of my own guys."
1406
01:06:23,380 --> 01:06:25,082
- I heard all about it,
you know.
1407
01:06:25,182 --> 01:06:27,684
But Doug wanted his
guys from Texas.
1408
01:06:29,586 --> 01:06:32,356
- Doug also would
say from time to time
1409
01:06:32,456 --> 01:06:35,259
that he couldn't get
any good Mexican food.
1410
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:36,560
I mean, where he was
in Shawnigan Lake,
1411
01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:40,130
he had to go to Nanaimo to
go to a Mexican restaurant,
1412
01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,433
that was like, you know, about
an hour and a half drive.
1413
01:06:45,702 --> 01:06:48,004
- * That I took the time
1414
01:06:48,105 --> 01:06:51,375
* To concentrate on you
1415
01:06:52,276 --> 01:06:55,479
- Doug was never
satisfied with one thing.
1416
01:06:55,579 --> 01:06:56,846
It's almost like his DNA
1417
01:06:56,946 --> 01:06:59,349
would not allow him
to be tied down.
1418
01:06:59,449 --> 01:07:00,650
- You know, he just decided,
1419
01:07:00,750 --> 01:07:02,052
"I don't wanna do this no more,"
1420
01:07:02,152 --> 01:07:04,121
and flake off.
1421
01:07:05,255 --> 01:07:10,694
* But you just can't
live in Texas *
1422
01:07:11,528 --> 01:07:17,134
* If you don't have
a lot of soul *
1423
01:07:17,234 --> 01:07:20,370
[Jack] The other stuff
was fine, make a few bucks,
1424
01:07:20,470 --> 01:07:23,540
but he had to come
back to the real shit.
1425
01:07:24,108 --> 01:07:26,476
- * Hey baby que paso
1426
01:07:27,777 --> 01:07:30,480
* Thought I was your only vato
1427
01:07:31,815 --> 01:07:34,518
* Hey baby que paso
1428
01:07:35,785 --> 01:07:38,688
* Won't you give me un beso
1429
01:07:38,922 --> 01:07:40,357
[Joe] "Hey Baby Que Paso",
I mean,
1430
01:07:40,457 --> 01:07:42,826
I think Doug was in Canada
when Augie recorded it.
1431
01:07:42,926 --> 01:07:44,161
- I think so.
1432
01:07:44,261 --> 01:07:45,895
[Joe] And that might have
precipitated the return.
1433
01:07:45,995 --> 01:07:47,331
- I know, I think you're right.
1434
01:07:47,431 --> 01:07:48,932
Didn't Augie put
that out on his own?
1435
01:07:49,032 --> 01:07:49,866
[Joe] Yeah, it was a hit.
1436
01:07:49,966 --> 01:07:50,867
- Yeah, it was a hit.
1437
01:07:50,967 --> 01:07:52,169
[Joe] It got
picked up handsomely.
1438
01:07:52,269 --> 01:07:53,770
- Yeah, and Doug's jealous.
1439
01:07:56,005 --> 01:07:58,242
- It agitated him
that I had a hit.
1440
01:07:58,342 --> 01:07:59,443
[Joe] This was a motivator.
1441
01:07:59,543 --> 01:08:01,311
- Yeah, but that's
when he came back here
1442
01:08:01,411 --> 01:08:03,447
and got with Randy Garibay,
1443
01:08:03,547 --> 01:08:06,916
and they cut Manana, you know.
1444
01:08:07,016 --> 01:08:08,718
But it didn't hit.
1445
01:08:12,622 --> 01:08:14,224
[Interviewer] When you went
to California in the 60s,
1446
01:08:14,324 --> 01:08:16,226
when you went to
Sweden in the 80s,
1447
01:08:16,326 --> 01:08:17,994
when you went to Canada
in the late 80s,
1448
01:08:18,094 --> 01:08:20,096
you always come back to Texas.
1449
01:08:20,197 --> 01:08:23,099
[Doug] Yeah, that's what
fires up the memories.
1450
01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:30,407
[conjunto music]
1451
01:08:30,507 --> 01:08:32,576
I lived in Canada for
almost a year and half.
1452
01:08:32,676 --> 01:08:34,311
It was really lovely,
but I really missed
1453
01:08:34,411 --> 01:08:36,646
all my baseball
compadres, you know,
1454
01:08:36,746 --> 01:08:40,284
and chicano buddies,
musicians, in San Antonio.
1455
01:08:40,617 --> 01:08:44,521
- Texas was like a plate
of food for him, man.
1456
01:08:44,621 --> 01:08:48,625
He had to get some food for
him to get some satisfaction.
1457
01:08:48,725 --> 01:08:51,127
[Doug] Thursday morning,
I was cutting these polkas,
1458
01:08:51,228 --> 01:08:52,596
and recording Spanish music.
1459
01:08:52,696 --> 01:08:54,364
That night, Jimmy Dan Halvin
came down,
1460
01:08:54,464 --> 01:08:56,366
we played this
incredible country gig,
1461
01:08:56,466 --> 01:08:58,134
and then Sunday, I just
played in the park,
1462
01:08:58,235 --> 01:08:59,869
the old west side tunes,
1463
01:08:59,969 --> 01:09:02,239
for thousands of
west side chicanos,
1464
01:09:02,339 --> 01:09:04,140
I mean, nowhere in the
world can you do that.
1465
01:09:04,241 --> 01:09:11,281
[conjunto music]
1466
01:09:12,148 --> 01:09:13,350
- Doug said, "Man,
I'm talking to a guy
1467
01:09:13,450 --> 01:09:15,685
out in Warner Brothers,"
he said,
1468
01:09:15,785 --> 01:09:18,054
"They want to get a big
supergroup together
1469
01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:21,090
"thing going with
Tex-Mex music."
1470
01:09:21,191 --> 01:09:22,158
And I said, "Yeah,
but who else?"
1471
01:09:22,259 --> 01:09:23,693
He said, "Let's get Flaco,
1472
01:09:23,793 --> 01:09:25,829
and let's see if Freddy
wants to do it."
1473
01:09:27,564 --> 01:09:32,902
- I would like to introduce
the following Americans.
1474
01:09:33,002 --> 01:09:34,238
Freddy Fender,
1475
01:09:34,338 --> 01:09:37,641
[cheering and applause]
1476
01:09:37,741 --> 01:09:38,842
Flaco Jimenez,
1477
01:09:38,942 --> 01:09:42,178
[cheering and applause]
1478
01:09:42,279 --> 01:09:43,247
Augie Myers,
1479
01:09:43,347 --> 01:09:46,283
[cheering and applause]
1480
01:09:46,383 --> 01:09:47,684
and Doug Sahm.
1481
01:09:47,784 --> 01:09:50,420
[cheering and applause]
1482
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:53,823
Folks, make way for
the Texas Tornado!
1483
01:09:53,923 --> 01:09:56,926
[cheering]
1484
01:09:57,026 --> 01:10:00,864
[music "Ella Pertenece
Al Diablo"]
1485
01:10:00,964 --> 01:10:08,405
[singing Spanish]
1486
01:10:16,112 --> 01:10:18,982
* I met a little tejanita
1487
01:10:19,649 --> 01:10:22,752
* And I fell in love with her *
1488
01:10:23,587 --> 01:10:26,756
* She was so bonita
1489
01:10:27,457 --> 01:10:30,026
- Doug was just in his
natural element again,
1490
01:10:30,126 --> 01:10:31,695
being the guru.
1491
01:10:31,795 --> 01:10:34,230
"These are my boys, we're
the Tex-Mex Beatles,
1492
01:10:34,331 --> 01:10:36,266
"look at Flaco, look at
Freddy, look at Augie,"
1493
01:10:36,366 --> 01:10:38,602
he was so proud of the Tornados,
1494
01:10:38,702 --> 01:10:41,705
that was the true
blessing of his life.
1495
01:10:42,572 --> 01:10:45,742
- * So I can come back home
1496
01:10:45,842 --> 01:10:46,876
[Doug] Flaco!
1497
01:10:46,976 --> 01:10:55,051
[accordion solo]
1498
01:10:55,151 --> 01:11:03,660
*
1499
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:06,763
- When we were traveling
in the tour bus, whatever,
1500
01:11:06,863 --> 01:11:10,700
Doug just stands up in
the middle of the bus,
1501
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:14,170
"The non-groovers on
this side of the bus,
1502
01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:17,374
and the groovers on
this side of the bus."
1503
01:11:17,474 --> 01:11:28,518
[Texas Tornados singing
in Spanish]
1504
01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:30,186
- Whether you were
on stage grooving
1505
01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:31,588
or you were grooving off stage,
1506
01:11:31,688 --> 01:11:34,591
the idea was to just
enjoy what you were doing
1507
01:11:34,691 --> 01:11:37,361
24 hours a day, we were
grooving, grooving,
1508
01:11:37,461 --> 01:11:38,495
grooving on the
bus, grooving here
1509
01:11:38,595 --> 01:11:39,996
and grooving there, you know.
1510
01:11:40,096 --> 01:11:42,499
- We're like an old cockroach,
you know, in the sink?
1511
01:11:42,599 --> 01:11:44,601
You put hot water so
you can get rid of it,
1512
01:11:44,701 --> 01:11:46,302
then when you turn
the faucet off,
1513
01:11:46,403 --> 01:11:47,404
you wait about five minutes,
1514
01:11:47,504 --> 01:11:48,872
the son of a gun
comes out again.
1515
01:11:48,972 --> 01:11:50,374
[laughter]
1516
01:11:50,474 --> 01:11:51,808
- I feel like the quarterback
of a championship team,
1517
01:11:51,908 --> 01:11:53,977
I gotta, I know Flaco's
gonna kill 'em,
1518
01:11:54,077 --> 01:11:55,311
I know he's gonna kill 'em,
1519
01:11:55,412 --> 01:11:57,681
he's going for it,
Augie's gonna kill 'em.
1520
01:11:57,781 --> 01:11:59,683
- You heard of New Kids
on the Block?
1521
01:11:59,783 --> 01:12:01,317
We're the old farts
in the neighborhood.
1522
01:12:01,418 --> 01:12:02,886
Dougie saw him, and
he said, "Man, Freddy,
1523
01:12:02,986 --> 01:12:06,756
"all you draw is old women
with no teeth." [laughing]
1524
01:12:09,559 --> 01:12:16,032
[Texas Tornados singing
in Spanish]
1525
01:12:16,132 --> 01:12:18,735
[laughter]
1526
01:12:18,835 --> 01:12:20,203
[Doug] We're basically
really happy
1527
01:12:20,303 --> 01:12:21,371
now that were getting
out to other places
1528
01:12:21,471 --> 01:12:22,839
that we can get around.
1529
01:12:22,939 --> 01:12:25,308
We're just going trucking,
making good music.
1530
01:12:25,409 --> 01:12:31,981
[conjunto music]
1531
01:12:33,216 --> 01:12:41,525
[conjunto music]
1532
01:12:41,625 --> 01:12:43,860
[Beavis] I heard these
guys are bilingual.
1533
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:44,861
[Butthead] Yeah.
1534
01:12:45,829 --> 01:12:48,965
That dude in the back,
he's got two linguals.
1535
01:12:49,065 --> 01:12:51,435
[laughing]
1536
01:12:53,937 --> 01:12:55,939
- Are you familiar with
a musical phenomenon
1537
01:12:56,039 --> 01:12:57,507
known as Tex-Mex?
1538
01:12:57,607 --> 01:12:59,443
[David] Yes I am, Paul,
and are you familiar
1539
01:12:59,543 --> 01:13:01,811
with the phenomenon of a
full-length mirror?
1540
01:13:01,911 --> 01:13:03,613
[laughter]
1541
01:13:03,713 --> 01:13:05,181
- We have a group here,
the Texas Tornados,
1542
01:13:05,281 --> 01:13:06,883
and they're sitting in with us
for the entire evening,
1543
01:13:06,983 --> 01:13:09,218
and they are four of
the prime proponents
1544
01:13:09,318 --> 01:13:11,555
of the Tex-Mex sound,
each of them
1545
01:13:11,655 --> 01:13:13,790
a star in his own right.
- Call them out right now.
1546
01:13:13,890 --> 01:13:15,692
[Paul] Mr. Doug Sahm,
ladies and gentlemen.
1547
01:13:15,792 --> 01:13:17,861
[David] All right, how are ya?
1548
01:13:18,828 --> 01:13:21,931
- The Texas Tornados validated
Doug again in his mind,
1549
01:13:22,031 --> 01:13:24,367
so he was free to be,
you know, Sir Doug.
1550
01:13:24,468 --> 01:13:27,871
He was free to be the guy
that was at the top.
1551
01:13:31,107 --> 01:13:34,010
[Joe] And what did
Doug bring to the table?
1552
01:13:34,678 --> 01:13:36,345
- Doug Sahm. [laughter]
1553
01:13:36,446 --> 01:13:38,014
The whole nine yards, you know.
1554
01:13:38,114 --> 01:13:41,384
Doug, today, there's
two guitar players,
1555
01:13:41,485 --> 01:13:43,352
that's ultimate guitar player.
1556
01:13:43,453 --> 01:13:45,421
It was him and Chris Holzhaus.
1557
01:13:45,522 --> 01:13:47,256
You know, those are
my two guitar players,
1558
01:13:47,356 --> 01:13:49,025
you know, and I
love both of 'em.
1559
01:13:49,125 --> 01:13:50,393
They're both gone.
1560
01:13:50,494 --> 01:13:52,796
But...
1561
01:13:52,896 --> 01:13:55,599
And Freddy's gone too,
you know, that's...
1562
01:13:57,133 --> 01:13:58,935
You know...
1563
01:13:59,035 --> 01:14:00,436
you just keep going.
1564
01:14:00,537 --> 01:14:08,745
[somber music]
1565
01:14:08,845 --> 01:14:11,114
[Shawn] You know what I learned?
1566
01:14:11,214 --> 01:14:12,415
I always said, I told him,
1567
01:14:12,516 --> 01:14:14,250
I told him, I said,
"Dad," I remember one time
1568
01:14:14,350 --> 01:14:17,253
I wrote a song
called "One and Only",
1569
01:14:17,353 --> 01:14:19,989
and it was on Zone of Our Own ,
1570
01:14:20,089 --> 01:14:21,958
the Texas Tornado record
Zone of Our Own ,
1571
01:14:22,058 --> 01:14:26,763
and there's this line
in it that says,
1572
01:14:26,863 --> 01:14:30,166
"Empty bottle stares at me,
suitcase by the door,"
1573
01:14:30,266 --> 01:14:32,702
now, any Doug heads'll know
I'm a big honky blues fan,
1574
01:14:32,802 --> 01:14:35,505
so a song has a line that says,
1575
01:14:35,605 --> 01:14:36,673
* Suitcases packed
1576
01:14:36,773 --> 01:14:39,342
* Sitting over by the
bed by the door *
1577
01:14:39,442 --> 01:14:41,845
So when I said that
line in mine, he goes,
1578
01:14:41,945 --> 01:14:44,480
"Hey man, I think you
got that from me, man!
1579
01:14:44,581 --> 01:14:45,615
Yeah, yeah, yeah,"
you know, he was like,
1580
01:14:45,715 --> 01:14:46,816
"Oh wow," you know?
1581
01:14:46,916 --> 01:14:49,152
And I go, "What are
you talking about, Dad?
1582
01:14:49,252 --> 01:14:51,054
I got everything
from you, man."
1583
01:14:51,154 --> 01:14:55,491
[cheering]
1584
01:14:55,592 --> 01:14:57,126
- All right.
1585
01:14:57,694 --> 01:15:00,930
And now the San Antonio
portion of the program.
1586
01:15:03,066 --> 01:15:04,668
Boy, we could have a
cheering match here, man,
1587
01:15:04,768 --> 01:15:06,536
we got Texas all
over the place here.
1588
01:15:06,636 --> 01:15:08,171
This next song is
very important,
1589
01:15:08,271 --> 01:15:09,472
would you give me a drum roll,
1590
01:15:09,573 --> 01:15:11,741
Ernie, would you give
me a drum roll there?
1591
01:15:11,841 --> 01:15:13,342
This kinda song, if
you're from South Texas,
1592
01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:17,881
you can rise, as we do, the
San Antonio national anthem,
1593
01:15:17,981 --> 01:15:18,948
here we go.
1594
01:15:19,048 --> 01:15:24,287
[drum roll]
1595
01:15:24,387 --> 01:15:26,890
- * Hey baby que paso
1596
01:15:27,991 --> 01:15:30,927
* Thought I was your only vato
1597
01:15:32,428 --> 01:15:34,964
* Hey baby que paso
1598
01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:39,068
* Won't you give me un beso
1599
01:15:40,469 --> 01:15:43,006
* Come on baby turn around
1600
01:15:44,574 --> 01:15:47,143
* Let me show you how I feel
1601
01:15:48,612 --> 01:15:51,247
* Don't you know
that I love you *
1602
01:15:52,649 --> 01:15:55,585
* And my corazon is real
1603
01:15:56,820 --> 01:15:59,555
* Hey baby que paso
1604
01:16:00,890 --> 01:16:03,727
* Thought I was your only vato
1605
01:16:05,194 --> 01:16:07,764
* Hey baby que paso
1606
01:16:09,298 --> 01:16:11,935
* Won't you give me un beso
1607
01:16:15,504 --> 01:16:18,407
[Doug] Ah sweet
Augie, Augie my baby.
1608
01:16:18,507 --> 01:16:29,653
[accordion solo]
1609
01:16:29,753 --> 01:16:32,288
* Hey baby que paso
1610
01:16:33,790 --> 01:16:36,592
* Thought I was your only vato
1611
01:16:37,861 --> 01:16:40,630
* Hey baby que paso
1612
01:16:41,931 --> 01:16:44,701
* Won't you give me un beso
1613
01:16:48,037 --> 01:16:51,174
[cheering]
1614
01:16:51,274 --> 01:16:52,475
Thank you.
1615
01:16:52,575 --> 01:17:06,322
[cheering and applause]
1616
01:17:06,422 --> 01:17:07,156
[Announcer] Ladies
and gentlemen,
1617
01:17:07,256 --> 01:17:08,457
Mr. Shawn Sahm everybody.
1618
01:17:08,557 --> 01:17:11,494
[cheering]
1619
01:17:11,594 --> 01:17:13,162
- Before we go any further,
1620
01:17:13,262 --> 01:17:15,631
every show we do, man,
every time we walk
1621
01:17:15,732 --> 01:17:18,434
on the stage, it's about
celebrating Doug Sahm
1622
01:17:18,534 --> 01:17:20,169
and Freddy Fender,
man, let's hear it.
1623
01:17:20,269 --> 01:17:22,038
[cheering and applause]
1624
01:17:22,138 --> 01:17:24,040
[Shawn] Here we go,
this is what we do,
1625
01:17:24,140 --> 01:17:25,775
and this is the best
medicine right here,
1626
01:17:25,875 --> 01:17:28,845
for all of us to get together
and groove for 'em, right?
1627
01:17:30,513 --> 01:17:31,881
* Who were you thinking of
1628
01:17:31,981 --> 01:17:34,483
* When we were making
love last night *
1629
01:17:34,583 --> 01:17:37,186
There it is, baby!
1630
01:17:37,286 --> 01:17:39,488
* Was it a good
looking stranger *
1631
01:17:39,588 --> 01:17:41,657
* Or a close friend of mine
1632
01:17:44,060 --> 01:17:45,762
* You didn't want to quit
1633
01:17:45,862 --> 01:17:48,965
* When we were into it
last night *
1634
01:17:51,067 --> 01:17:52,736
* Who were you thinking of
1635
01:17:52,836 --> 01:17:55,671
* When we were loving
last night *
1636
01:17:58,074 --> 01:17:59,675
* Who were you thinking of
1637
01:17:59,776 --> 01:18:02,946
* When I was making
love to you *
1638
01:18:05,248 --> 01:18:06,883
* There was a smile
on your face *
1639
01:18:06,983 --> 01:18:08,952
* I hadn't seen in some time
1640
01:18:09,052 --> 01:18:10,787
- My first impression
of Doug was
1641
01:18:10,887 --> 01:18:14,557
"God, this guy
talks." [laughter]
1642
01:18:15,124 --> 01:18:16,926
- Doug talked in a
patois, and you know,
1643
01:18:17,026 --> 01:18:18,194
it was like there
was this cadence,
1644
01:18:18,294 --> 01:18:21,497
this da, da, da, and it was
"man," and it was "cat."
1645
01:18:21,597 --> 01:18:23,767
- Man, he would give you energy
1646
01:18:23,867 --> 01:18:25,601
just being around you.
1647
01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:27,804
- Put his attache
case on the desk
1648
01:18:27,904 --> 01:18:29,038
and open it up, and
there'd be like,
1649
01:18:29,138 --> 01:18:31,574
15 to 20 different
varieties of weed,
1650
01:18:31,674 --> 01:18:34,844
and you'd proceed to...
1651
01:18:34,944 --> 01:18:36,279
you know, smoke it,
and two hours later,
1652
01:18:36,379 --> 01:18:38,581
you're still yapping
away with Doug, you know.
1653
01:18:38,681 --> 01:18:41,050
- I mean, when he used to come
into Warner Brothers records,
1654
01:18:41,150 --> 01:18:42,752
when he had the Tornados going,
1655
01:18:42,852 --> 01:18:44,888
and all the
executives were like,
1656
01:18:44,988 --> 01:18:45,989
telling each other on the phone,
1657
01:18:46,089 --> 01:18:48,124
"Close your doors,
Doug's in the building."
1658
01:18:49,325 --> 01:18:52,161
[Joe] So, it was different than
most people back then?
1659
01:18:52,261 --> 01:18:55,899
- Yes! [laughing]
1660
01:18:57,100 --> 01:19:00,870
- Doug Sahm was different
than most people.
1661
01:19:00,970 --> 01:19:04,240
- I'd just say that
Doug was probably
1662
01:19:04,340 --> 01:19:07,243
the seminal musician
of my generation.
1663
01:19:07,343 --> 01:19:08,912
- Doug Sahm, you listen
to all those records,
1664
01:19:09,012 --> 01:19:10,579
and it's obvious that he was,
1665
01:19:10,679 --> 01:19:13,482
you know, incapable of following
1666
01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:16,052
anybody else's plan for him.
1667
01:19:16,152 --> 01:19:19,455
- Jerry Garcia said, "Man, I
sure would like to play here,"
1668
01:19:19,555 --> 01:19:22,025
and I'm just fluttered by it,
1669
01:19:22,125 --> 01:19:24,393
and he looks first,
"Why don't we just wait
1670
01:19:24,493 --> 01:19:26,162
till Doug gets here?" he said,
1671
01:19:26,262 --> 01:19:29,098
"He needs to be the band
leader of this thing,
1672
01:19:29,198 --> 01:19:32,135
he knows a thousand songs."
1673
01:19:32,235 --> 01:19:35,271
- A human jukebox, man, I mean,
1674
01:19:35,371 --> 01:19:37,773
he knew every damn, he
knew every song, man.
1675
01:19:37,874 --> 01:19:41,077
- Doug would go in and out
of a lot of the clubs
1676
01:19:41,177 --> 01:19:43,679
where the Hispanic garage
groups were playing,
1677
01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:45,882
and the Hispanics just
fell in love with him,
1678
01:19:45,982 --> 01:19:47,951
they forgot about
his color, just,
1679
01:19:48,051 --> 01:19:51,888
it did not matter, they heard
Doug was gonna play,
1680
01:19:51,988 --> 01:19:54,824
and they pumped it
up like it was us.
1681
01:19:54,924 --> 01:19:57,726
- We found there were fans
everywhere in Japan.
1682
01:19:57,827 --> 01:19:59,795
One time, there was a
record store in Tokyo
1683
01:19:59,896 --> 01:20:02,431
called Groover's Paradise.
1684
01:20:02,531 --> 01:20:05,368
- Almost astounding to me
1685
01:20:05,468 --> 01:20:10,806
that he could be this
famous, talented artist
1686
01:20:10,907 --> 01:20:14,543
and find a groove in
everyday life, you know?
1687
01:20:14,643 --> 01:20:16,012
- Put his arm
around me, he said,
1688
01:20:16,112 --> 01:20:18,414
"I want you to play
on Soap Creek team,"
1689
01:20:18,514 --> 01:20:21,684
you know, so it was
like, well, you know,
1690
01:20:21,784 --> 01:20:25,688
t-shirts or free nights
at Soap Creek?
1691
01:20:25,788 --> 01:20:28,557
I sold out to the
highest bidder.
1692
01:20:28,657 --> 01:20:31,861
- We always say Doug was in
search of the perfect taco,
1693
01:20:31,961 --> 01:20:34,130
and that's true.
1694
01:20:34,230 --> 01:20:36,632
He could only stay away
from tacos for so long,
1695
01:20:36,732 --> 01:20:37,967
it was like a heroin addict.
1696
01:20:38,067 --> 01:20:39,768
- Man, he dragged me
all over Louisiana
1697
01:20:39,869 --> 01:20:42,171
trying to find a
boudin joint for a week
1698
01:20:42,271 --> 01:20:44,040
that he couldn't
remember where it was,
1699
01:20:44,140 --> 01:20:45,808
and he wasn't just
trying to do something,
1700
01:20:45,909 --> 01:20:46,910
he wasn't thinking
with his head,
1701
01:20:47,010 --> 01:20:48,577
he was leading with his heart.
1702
01:20:48,677 --> 01:20:51,780
- Doug was kind of a,
1703
01:20:51,881 --> 01:20:55,384
he was like the, oh...
1704
01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:01,024
you might say
revolutionary hero.
1705
01:21:01,124 --> 01:21:03,392
- Doug would just stand
laughing with those guys,
1706
01:21:03,492 --> 01:21:04,961
and they're doing a
floor show, but Doug,
1707
01:21:05,061 --> 01:21:06,795
you know what I mean,
Doug would be doing this,
1708
01:21:06,896 --> 01:21:09,365
doing the splits on
stage, [laughing]
1709
01:21:09,465 --> 01:21:12,101
you know, you're gonna
break a leg or something.
1710
01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:13,869
[Joe] Who was this character?
1711
01:21:13,970 --> 01:21:14,837
Who was he?
1712
01:21:14,938 --> 01:21:18,942
- I could say it in three words.
1713
01:21:19,042 --> 01:21:21,911
I have my biological father,
1714
01:21:22,011 --> 01:21:25,048
he was my musical father.
1715
01:21:25,148 --> 01:21:27,883
- He enabled other people
to be the best they could,
1716
01:21:27,984 --> 01:21:31,554
because he kept
pulling it out of 'em.
1717
01:21:31,654 --> 01:21:34,190
- He made Freda and the
Firedogs believe in ourselves
1718
01:21:34,290 --> 01:21:38,494
I think in a way that we weren't
1719
01:21:38,594 --> 01:21:42,798
grasping and taking in,
1720
01:21:42,898 --> 01:21:45,068
into our souls at that point.
1721
01:21:45,168 --> 01:21:48,237
- What Daddy taught us is, um...
1722
01:21:49,638 --> 01:21:50,573
"be real".
1723
01:21:50,673 --> 01:21:52,541
- I don't know that a Doug Sahm
1724
01:21:52,641 --> 01:21:54,743
could ever break through today,
1725
01:21:54,843 --> 01:21:58,547
because it's just,
1726
01:21:58,647 --> 01:22:00,183
it's so improbable.
1727
01:22:00,283 --> 01:22:02,318
- How did I ever come out of
the west side of the barrio,
1728
01:22:02,418 --> 01:22:05,588
ended up in the
Arctic Circle of Finland,
1729
01:22:05,688 --> 01:22:07,056
you know what I'm saying?
1730
01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:09,792
- I don't think there'll
ever be another Doug Sahm,
1731
01:22:09,892 --> 01:22:12,595
and I've looked
out there for him,
1732
01:22:12,695 --> 01:22:13,963
and I can't find him, you know?
1733
01:22:14,063 --> 01:22:16,165
- I mean, he was
put on this earth
1734
01:22:16,265 --> 01:22:18,968
like a Texas tornado
that he was,
1735
01:22:19,068 --> 01:22:21,104
came in, left us
all this beautiful,
1736
01:22:21,204 --> 01:22:23,939
great body of work and music,
1737
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:25,441
and went, "I'm out of here."
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