Augie Meyers

American musician

Garage rock
Psychedelic rock
rock
soul
folk
tejano/tex-mex
country
country rock

Occupation(s)

Musician
record producer
record label owner

Instrument(s)

Keyboards
guitar
accordion
vocals

Websiteaugiemeyers.com

Musical artist

August "Augie" Meyers (born May 31, 1940)^[1] is an American musician, songwriter, studio musician, record producer, and record label owner. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados.^[2]

History

He was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States.^[3] In the early 1960s, Meyers and Doug Sahm founded the Sir Douglas Quintet.^[3] His Vox organ was a familiar element of the group's sound, as heard on tracks like "She's About a Mover" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), and "Nuevo Laredo" (1970).^[3]

In the 1990s, Meyers co-founded the successful supergroup known as the Texas Tornados with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Freddy Fender.^[3]

Since the 1970s, Meyers has operated several of his own record labels, including the Texas Re-Cord Company (co-founded with Lucky Tomblin), Superbeet Records, White Boy Records, and El Sendero.

As a studio musician, Meyers has played on numerous releases by other artists, including Bob Dylan, John P. Hammond, Tom Jones, John & Mary, Tom Waits, Raul Malo, and Doug Sahm.

Meyers lives in the Texas Hill Country town of Bulverde.

Select album discography

1971: The Western Head Music Co. (Polydor)
1972: You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite (Paramount)
1975: Live At The Longneck (Texas Re-Cord Company)
1977: Finally In Lights (Texas Re-Cord Company)
1982: Still Growin (Sonet)
1984: August in New York (Sonet)
1986: Augie's Back (Sonet)
1986: My Main Squeeze (Superbeet)
1988: Sausalito Sunshine (Superbeet)
1992: White Boy (White Boy)
1996: Alive & Well At Lake Taco (White Boy)
2002: Blame It On Love (Texas World)
2006: My Freeholies Ain't Free Anymore (El Sendero)
2013: Loves Lost and Found (El Sendero)

Select collaborations

1991: John and Mary, Victory Gardens (Rykodisc)
1997: Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
2001: Bob Dylan, Love And Theft (Columbia)
2005: John P. Hammond, In Your Arms Again (Back Porch)
2014: Ben Vaughn, Texas Roadtrip (Many Moods)
2021: The Mal Thursday Quintet, If 6 Was 5 (Chunk Archives Recordings)

References

^ "Bob Dylan Who's Who". Expectingrain.com. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ Peel, Adrian (2014). Tequila, Senoritas and Teardrops: Musicians Discuss the Influence of Mexico on Country Music. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4766-1780-0. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1680. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.