Doug Sahm

Classic Americana Albums: Doug Sahm “Doug Sahm And Band”

May 17, 2023 Paul Kerr 2

By the time the 70s arrived, Doug Sahm already had several careers behind him. The original Texas cosmic cowboy, Sahm was a child prodigy (allegedly appearing on stage with Hank Williams aged just 11, back in […]

Americana Bedrock: Doug Sahm

December 21, 2022 Tom Ellis 0

Here in Texas it’s easy to throw around the term ‘icon’ at our homegrown musicians from a host of different styles of music. Willie Nelson – icon. Lyle Lovett – icon. Lightnin’ Hopkins – icon. T-Bone […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: Doug Sahm “(Is Anybody Goin’ To) San Antone” live in Austin 1975

June 10, 2021 Clint West 0

Welcome to a new weekly series where I will be trawling through the archives to find video gems both from across the americana spectrum and through the years. For the first of my choices I have […]

AmericanA to Z – Doug Sahm

March 26, 2020 Paul Kerr 3

Doug Sahm, AKA Sir Douglas, AKA Doug Saldana, AKA Wayne Douglas, a man of many names and one of the prime movers in concocting what we nowadays call Americana. The embodiment of Texas music, a child […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers