Live From Austin, TX

This is my favorite Sir Douglas Quintet cd. Its very enjoyable. In fact, I also have the DVD of the same title.

GREAT DEAL !!!!!

I bought this DVD while it was still available. I like their music and also taped most of their stuff when it was aired on PBS. The Cds and DVDs have a much better quality than the recorded versions and the VCRs are being phased out so I still have back up of every thing until the Cds and DVDs are phased out.

Excellent! One of my favorites of Doug Sahm

This concert by Sir Doug in January 1981 has a good sound but is very lacking in guitar. It mostly consists of Augies organ and relies on nothing else. Alot of the Quintets best songs are =missing and it lacks hardly any of the Doug Sahm blues feelings. The songs in the concert were too short and at sometimes mingled together wich resulted in a lack of feeling and soul. The cd is ok--don't get me wrong. It is just that I expected a whole lot more--more rock and blues. Followers of this group shoud try ro get the 1994 cd Daydreaming at Midnight (out of print) which is one of the best albums this group ever made. Straight out rock and roll and blues. You need to get this one.

Pretty good but not the best from Doug and the boys. I like the last Texas Blues Band much better.

Recorded for the Austin City Limits televion show in 1981, this CD is an expanded edition of that show. Doug Sahm is joined by Augie Myers and original Quintet drummer John Perez, along with son Shawn Sahm on rhytm guitar, Speedy Sparks on bass, and Alvin Crow on guitar. This is just a fantastic CD for several reasons. For one thing, there aren't many available live releases by Doug Sahm or the Sir Douglas Quintet and this fills that void; they play the hits and more - including material from the out-of-print album "Border Wave," and this CD sounds fantastic! Doug and Augie and the rest of the band sound great and the tune selection from early hits "She's About a Mover" and Mendocino" to later songs like "San Antone" and "It Was Fun While It Lasted" is wonderful. It's not a reissue, so I don't know what to call it, but if you're a fan of roots rock and/or Doug Sahm you should get it. Let's hope more great music will come from the Austin City Limits vaults.

Try this:1) Come to a peaceful point in your life where, at least for the moment, all is well with your world.2) Fire up the backyard grill and prepare some burgers, steaks, chops, whatever you want.3) Pour yourself a big drink (I recommend a margarita or a big ol' Dos Equis, something with a Tex-Mex flavor)4) While the fire is going, put on Live from Austin, Texas by the Sir Douglas Quintet5) If you're not in the best mood you've ever been in your life by the time "(Is Anybody Goin' To) San Antone" comes on, you may very well be dead.I promise you, by the time you get to "Ya No Llores," you will know the meaning of pure bliss.

The SDQ were touring their Border Wave album when they pulled into their second home of Austin Tx for this live gig back in 1981. Produced by the legendary Craig Leon, Border Wave emphasised the punk elements in the SDQ sound and brought the band both critical and commercial success. Given that, I was both surprised and disappointed by the flat and lifeless feel of the first three tracks on Live from Austin TX. In fact, the third track, The Rains Came, one of their biggest hits, is awful. Over the years I have seen the Quintet be many things on stage, ranging from wonderful to shambolic, and everything in between. But lifeless? Never! However from track four onwards - the country-rocker Down on the Border - they really get in the groove and from there on the performances are electrifying. Track after track hits the spot and makes you wish you were there on the night. It is hard to pick particular standouts, but if pushed I'd go for Groovers Paradise, once virtually the SDQ theme-song, plus the searing version of the 13th Floor Elevators standard, You're Gonna Miss Me. Listening to the album right through reminds me of just how eclectic and musically diverse Doug Sahm was. I can't think of anyone else who would deliver a set-list that juxtaposed garage band classics (96 Tears) with tex-mex polkas (Chicano), not to mention country weepies (I keep wishing for you) with driving punk-rockers (Who'll Be the next in line)This is an album that all fans of Doug Sahm and the SDQ will want to have. Docked one star for the less-than-brilliant beginning, but well worth four stars overall for everything else that follows.

'Doug is no longer with us, but you can be sure that somewhere he's still kickin' out the jams'. - Terry LickonaDoug 'Sir Douglas' Sahm war 1965 mit "She's About A Mover" Texas' Antwort auf die 'British Invasion' der Beatles & Co.Auf LIVE FROM AUSTIN, aufgenommen am 21. Januar '81 mit Sahm's Sidekick Augie Meyers an der Vox-Orgel, Johnny Perez an den Drums, Speedy Sparks am Bass und Alvin Crow an Gitarre und Fiddle, mischt er Chicano-influenced Tex-Mex Rock'n Roll beim "(Is Anybody Goin' To) San Antone/Texas Tornado"-Medley zusammen mit spicy conjunto music bei "Ya No Llores/Chicano", Garage Rock bei "96 Tears" von '?' & the Mysterians, Psychedelic Rock bei "You're Gonna Miss Me" von ex-13th Floor Elevators Roky Erickson und British Rock bei "Who'll Be The Next In Line?" von Kinkskopf Ray Davies zu 'Lone Star Party Music at it's best'!Und damit ist diese Aufnahme genauso wie die zweite aus der  Live from Austin,Tx -Serie mit den Texas Tornados sehr zu empfehlen.'You may not be able to sit down through "It Was Fun While It Lasted" or "Groover's Paradise", but that's OK'! Live from Austin,Tx

I like Tex-Mex and no one does it better than Doug.