Augie Meyers
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August "Augie" Meyers is an American musician. He is best known as keyboard-player with the Sir Douglas Quintet
and the Texas Tornados
.
, a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet. His Vox
organ was a main ingredient in the sound of the quintet, as heard in hits like "She’s About A Mover" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), "Nuevo Laredo" (1970) and many others. Later Meyers also played on many of Sahms solo albums and released his own solo records, also in Tex-Mex
-style.
In the 1990s Meyers was, with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez
and Freddy Fender
, a member of Tex-Mex-supergroup Texas Tornados
. He was also sought after as a studio musician. He worked, amongst others, with folk-duo John & Mary
on their debut album Victory Gardens
(1991) and with Bob Dylan
on his albums Time Out of Mind
(1997) and Love and Theft (2001).
In 2005 he played on John Hammond
's CD covering Tom Waits
songs, Wicked Grin, and toured with Hammond.
Meyers lives in Bulverde, Texas
. Since the 1970s he runs his own record labels from there, namely The Texas Re-Cord Company, Superbeet Records and White Boy Records.
Sir Douglas Quintet
Sir Douglas Quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Despite their British sounding name, they came out of San Antonio, Texas. Their career was established when they began working with Texas record-producer Huey P. Meaux, after which the band relocated to the West Coast...
and the Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados is a Tejano band. Its music is a fusion of rock, country and various Mexican styles.-History:The initial combination of musicians of the Texas Tornados happened almost by chance at a concert performance of a mutual acquaintance...
.
History
In the early 1960s Meyers was, with Doug SahmDoug Sahm
Douglas Wayne Sahm , was an American musician from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music, but became a significant figure in blues rock and other genres. Today Sahm is considered one of the most important figures in what is identified as Tejano music...
, a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet. His Vox
Vox (musical equipment)
Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer which is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, the Vox Continental electric organ, and a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars...
organ was a main ingredient in the sound of the quintet, as heard in hits like "She’s About A Mover" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), "Nuevo Laredo" (1970) and many others. Later Meyers also played on many of Sahms solo albums and released his own solo records, also in Tex-Mex
Tejano music
Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas...
-style.
In the 1990s Meyers was, with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez
Flaco Jiménez
Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez is a Tejano music accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He began performing with his father at age seven and recording at age fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales...
and Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender , born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados...
, a member of Tex-Mex-supergroup Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados is a Tejano band. Its music is a fusion of rock, country and various Mexican styles.-History:The initial combination of musicians of the Texas Tornados happened almost by chance at a concert performance of a mutual acquaintance...
. He was also sought after as a studio musician. He worked, amongst others, with folk-duo John & Mary
John & Mary
John & Mary is a U.S. based folk music duo featuring John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey who have had a long-time close association with alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs.-1989-1993:...
on their debut album Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens is the debut album from John & Mary, recorded in 1990 just six months after the two met in December 1989 and immediately following their signing with Rykodisc. John Lombardo, former member of 10,000 Maniacs and responsible for much of their early music, brought elements of the...
(1991) and with Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
on his albums Time Out of Mind
Time out of Mind
Time Out of Mind is the 30th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 30, 1997 on Columbia Records. It is his first double studio album since 1970's Self Portrait...
(1997) and Love and Theft (2001).
In 2005 he played on John Hammond
John P. Hammond
John Paul Hammond is an American blues singer and guitarist. The son of record producer John H. Hammond, he is sometimes referred to as "John Hammond, Jr.".-Background:...
's CD covering Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
songs, Wicked Grin, and toured with Hammond.
Meyers lives in Bulverde, Texas
Bulverde, Texas
Bulverde is a city in Comal County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,761 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bulverde is located at , about 23 miles north of downtown San Antonio....
. Since the 1970s he runs his own record labels from there, namely The Texas Re-Cord Company, Superbeet Records and White Boy Records.
Discography
- The Western Head Music Co. (Polydor 1971)
- You Ain’t Rollin’ Your Roll Rite (Paramount 1972)
- Live At The Longneck (Texas Re-Cord 1975)
- Finally In Lights (Texas Re-Cord 1977)
- Still Growin (Sonet 1982)
- August in New York (Sonet 1984)
- Augie’s Back (Sonet 1986)
- My Main Squeeze (Superbeet 1986)
- Sausalito Sunshine (Superbeet 1988, cassette-tape only)
- White Boy (White Boy 1995)
- Alive & Well At Lake Taco (White Boy 1996)
- Blame It On Love (Texas World 2002)
- My Freeholies Ain’t Free Anymore (El Sendero 2006)