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6 unusual facts about Augie Meyers


Augie Meyers

In the 1990s, Meyers co-founded the hugely successful supergroup known as the Texas Tornados with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Freddy Fender.

In the early 1960s, Meyers and Doug Sahm founded the group known as the Sir Douglas Quintet.

As a studio musician, Meyers has played on countless releases by other artists including those by Bob Dylan, John P. Hammond, John & Mary, Kevin Kosub, and Doug Sahm.

Bad as Me

Augie Meyers – vox organ (2), piano (3), accordion (6)

Sir Douglas Quintet

Augie Meyers continues to tour, and record on his own independent record labels, based out of Bulverde, Texas.

Doug Sahm, a veteran of the professional music scene who first sang on the radio at the age of five, formed the Quintet (first called simply 'Sir Douglas') in 1964 with longtime friend Augie Meyers and the other original members, Jack Barber, Frank Morin and Johnny Perez.



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Ron Kavana

During this era, Kavana and members of the band toured and recorded with many legendary American acts, including Big Jay McNeely, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Willie Egan, Dr. John, Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiminez, Wallace Davenport, Gatemouth Brown, Memphis Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, and Slim Gaillard.