Augie Meyers
Very few artists in rock and roll--save Roger McGuinn and his 12-string Rickenbacker--are as closely associated with an instrument and its sound than Augie Meyers is with the Vox Continental organ and its reedy sizzle. In 1964, Meyers joined the Sir Douglas Quintet with his boyhood friend and lifelong musical compadre, Doug Sahm. Inspired by San Antonio's conjunto accordionists, Meyers used pumping, syncopated lines to define the quintet's unique, Tex-Mex psychedelia. After their initial break-up in 1971, he embarked on a long career as a roots rocker and reteamed with Sahm continually for SDQ reunions and the Grammy-Winning roots supergroup, the Texas Tornados, which also featured Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. Meyers also provided the atmospheric intensity for Bob Dylan's critical renaissance records TIME OUT OF MIND and LOVE AND THEFT. One of the true originals of American rock, Meyers was an undeniable influence on Elvis Costello and the Attractions and the New Wave style of organ playing.
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Albums
- (1998) My Main Squeeze
Top Tracks
- Going Down To Mexico
- Come Back Home
- Kep Pa So
- La Rhonda
- Matilda
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