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Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of Doug Sahm's Atlantic Sessions

Doug Sahm

Initial release : 1993

Sequel

Martin Fierro plays on some tracks on this compilation which is drawn from Doug Sahm's two Atlantic LPs from the early 1970's plus a few previously unreleased tracks from the same period.

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Tracks

  • Texas Tornado (Sahm)
  • Nitty Gritty (Sahm)
  • (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone (Kirby/Martin)
  • Poison Love (Laird)
  • Wallflower (Dylan)
  • Dealer's Blues (Sahm)
  • Ain't That Loving You (Malone)
  • San Francisco FM Blues (Sahm)
  • I Get Off (Sahm)
  • Juan Mendoza (Sahm)
  • Box Car Hobo (Sahm)
  • The Image of Me (Kemp)
  • Tennessee Blues (Charles)
  • Blue Horizon (Sahm)
  • Your Friends (Malone)
  • A Song About Myself (Sahm)
  • Hard Way (Sahm)
  • Betty Jo (Davis)
  • Chicano (Sahm)
Musicians

Martin Fierro plays on four tracks on this compilation, two of which were originally released on the Doug Sahm And Band LP and two on the Sir Douglas Quintet Texas Tornado LP. These musicians on these four tracks are as follows.

Dealer's Blues;

  • Doug Sahm - guitar, vocals
  • unknown - rhythm guitar
  • unknown - organ
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Martin Fierro - baritone saxophone
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
I Get Off;
  • Doug Sahm - guitar, vocals
  • Dr John - organ
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Martin Fierro - baritone saxophone
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
San Francisco FM Blues;
  • Doug Sahm - guitar, bajo sexto, vocals
  • Mike Nock - electric piano
  • Augie Myers - organ
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Martin Fierro - baritone saxophone
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
Hard Way;
  • Doug Sahm - guitar, vocals
  • Augie Myers - organ
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • George Rains - drums
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Martin Fierro - tenor saxophone
  • Joe Ellis - trumpet
The musicians on the other tracks of this compilation are;
  • Doug Sahm - guitar, fiddle, electric piano, bajo sexto, vocals

  • Atwood Allen - background vocals.
  • Red Angeli - electric piano
  • Jack Barber - bass
  • Willie Bridges - baritone saxophone
  • David Bromberg - dobro
  • Warren Chiasson - vibraphone
  • George Coleman - alto saxophone
  • Bob Dylan - guitar, vocals
  • Barry Goldberg - piano, organ
  • Wayne Jackson - trumpet
  • Flaco Jimenez - accordion
  • Dr. John - organ, piano
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Ken Kosek - fiddle
  • Charley MacBirney - trumpet
  • Arif Mardin - electric piano
  • Pancho Morales - percussion
  • Rocky Morales - tenor saxophone
  • Augie Myers - organ, piano
  • David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Louis Ortega - guitar, background vocals
  • Charlie Owens - steel guitar
  • Frank Paredes - guitar, background vocals
  • George Rains - drums
  • Neal Rosengarden - flugelhorn
  • Andy Statman - mandolin
  • George Stubbs - electric piano
  • Benny Valarde - congas
  • Steve Vargas - bass
Credits

Original recordings;

  • Producers - Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Doug Sahm
  • Engineer - Jimmy Douglass, Ken Hopkins
  • Mixing - Jimmy Douglass, Ken Hopkins, Lewis Hahn, Dan Healy, Arif Mardin, Bobby Warner, Doug Sahm
  • Mixing assistant - Bruce Buchanan
  • Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC and Wally Heider's Recording Studios, San Francisco

Compilation;

  • Compiled by - Doug Sahm, Yves Beauvais
  • Digital Remastering - Stephen Innocenzi
  • Liner Notes - Doug Sahm, Chet Flippo
  • Art Direction - Geoff Gans
  • Design - Sevie Bates
  • Logo design - Monster X
  • Photography - David Gahr
  • Thank you's - James Austin, Bruce Buchanan, Mark llewellyn Chapman, Jon Corbett, Tunc Erim, Chet Flippo, Michael Kull, Michael Mazzarella, Gary Stewart, Bobby Warner
Related releases

(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone, Poison Love, Wallflower, Dealer's Blues, I Get Off and Your Friends are taken from;

Texas Tornado, Nitty Gritty, Ain't That Loving You, San Francisco FM Blues, Juan Mendoza, Tennessee Blues, Blue Horizon, Hard Way and Chicano are taken from; Box Car Hobo, The Image of Me, A Song About Myself and Betty Jo are previously unreleased.


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