Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet - The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975

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The Sir Douglas Quintet was one of the all-time great American rock bands. In the Sixties and Seventies they whipped up a fascinating roots-rock stew from the blues, r&b, country, and tejano music, with a little dash of psychedelia thrown in (check out the organ on "Mendocino"). Such fusionist ambitions are very rare among roots-oriented musicians, who too often are content to plow already tilled fields. This compilation doesn't have their early Tribe recordings, which includes the classic "She's About a Mover", but it has just about anything else you might want to hear from these guys, including the aforementioned "Mendocino", the Allman Brothers-like "At the Crossroads", "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights", and "Baby Let's Go to Mexico". These guys were geniuses, and this is required listening.

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Tracklist:
01 Mendocino Sahm 2:38
02 Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Sahm 3:26
03 I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine) Lawrence, Tinturin 3:39
04 Texas Me Sahm 2:36
05 You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Sahm 3:18
06 Song of Everything Sahm 4:04
07 Catch the Man on the Rise Sheppard 2:18
08 At the Crossroads Sahm 4:37
09 In the Dark Malone, Parker 3:00
10 Nuevo Laredo Sahm 2:40
11 I Wanna Be Your Mama Again Sahm 2:20
12 I Don't Want to Go Home Sahm, VanZandt 2:42
13 Be Real Sahm 2:34
14 Papa Ain't Salty McDaniel, Walker 3:49
15 The Gypsy Reed 3:32
16 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Duncan, Fender, Meaux 3:37
17 Michoacan Allen, Fowley 3:20
18 Westside Blues Again Sahm 6:17
19 (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Kirby, Martin 3:01
20 Texas Tornado Sahm 2:51
21 Baby, Let's Go to Mexico Perez 2:42
22 I'm Not That Kat Anymore Sahm 3:14

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