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For an incorrigiblly effete Easterner, I have always had a real affection for the state where my mom settled for the last years of her life. Once you get out of the twin execrescences of Dallas and Houston, it is a strange, rich, complicated place. And for me, nobody sums up the sounds and feel of Texas - no, not even Willie Nelson - better than the late, great Doug Sahm. Here he pays tribute to fellow Texas Tornado and star-in-his-own right Freddie Fender with his own tak... MORE
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Been thinking about this topic for awhile. Has anyone else here found that their appreciation of a certain kind of music grows after they’ve visited the place where that music originates from? This has come to mind because for the last couple of weeks I’ve been listening (over and over again, and with great pleasure) to the last Doug Sahm album, “The Return Of Wayne Douglas.” Sahm, I think, is a treasure, for many reasons: his hoarse, brash, earnest singing; the honesty ... MORE
