As much as he deserves one, late San Antonio native Doug Sahm is a tricky subject for a tribute album. He was a true musical polymath, a master of just about every form of post-WWII popular music, ...

More than a decade ago, a grassroots effort to push for the late San Antonio musical giant Doug Sahm’s nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of fame died quietly. But now, on the strength of famed ...

Joe Nick Patoski has accomplished much in his 64 years. He has worked at Rolling Stone magazine, Texas Monthly and written books about Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Selena Quintanilla and the ...

If the Texas music scene ever had a soul, it belonged to Doug Sahm, the leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet who passed away ten years ago Wednesday. It didn’t matter whether he was knee-deep in the ...

Doug Sahm would’ve turned 74 today. Happy birthday, Sir Doug — a Groover’s Paradise is in store this weekend. The folks at the South Texas Popular Culture Center decided to celebrate it with a bunch ...

Doug Sahm, who has been referred to as the “the father of Americana music,” was honored Wednesday night at the Austin Music Awards. Along with an award presentation, a performance from fellow Texan ...

The 38th Mill Valley Film Festival, which opened last night and runs through Oct. 18, shines a much-deserved and long overdue spotlight on the late Doug Sahm, one of the unsung heroes of American ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Doug Sahm story comes to life tonight at the Guadalupe Theater with the screening of music journalist Joe Nick Patoski’s acclaimed documentary “Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic ...

A Tex-Mex supergroup of unrivaled proportions, the Texas Tornados — with an original lineup consisting of Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm — make a damn-near-perfect (and ...

Doug Sahm was many things to many people. He was a musical polymath with a cool streak as long as his hair. He sang with soul and played the steel guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and piano. He was deft at ...

Three kings: (l-r) Jerry Jeff Walker, Roky Erickson, and Doug Sahm perform at Margaret Moser’s private birthday party bash on May 16, 1977, at Gemini’s Club on Guadalupe. Credit: Photo by Ken Hoge As ...