Augie Meyers "The Western Head Music Company" (Polydor, 1971) (LP)
(Produced by Rue Barclay, Augie Meyers & Ray Stolle)
Augie Meyers "You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite" (Paramount, 1972) (LP)
(Produced by Augie Meyers)
Augie Meyers & The Western Head Band "Live At The Longneck" (The Texas Re-Cord Company, 1975) (LP)
(Produced by Augie Meyers & Joey Lopez)
Augie Meyers "Finally In Lights" (The Texas Re-Cord Company, 1977) (LP)
Augie Meyers "Still Growin' " (Sonet, 1982) (LP)
Augie Meyers "August In New York" (Sonet, 1984) (LP)
Augie Meyers "Augie's Back" (Sonet, 1986) (LP)
Augie Meyers "My Main Squeeze" (Superbeet, 1986) (LP)
Augie Meyers "Sausalito Sunshine" (Superbeet, 1988)
Augie Meyers "White Boy" (White Boy, 1995)
Augie Meyers "Alive And Well At Lake Taco" (White Boy Records, 1996)
Augie Meyers "Blame It On Love" (Texas World, 2002)
Augie Meyers "My Freeholies Ain't Free Anymore" (El Sendero, 2006)
Augie Meyers "Through The Years" (El Sendero, 2008)
Augie Meyers "Country" (El Sendero, 2009)
Augie Meyers "Trippin Out On Triplets" (El Sendero, 2010)
Augie Meyers "Loves Lost And Found" (El Sendero Records, 2013)
Augie Meyers & The Fandangos "The Fandangos" (Old Chivo, 2013)
Augie Meyers "Santa Fe" (El Sendero Records, 2014)
Augie Meyers "When You Used To Be Mine" (El Sendero Records, 2016)
Gene Vincent "Gene Vincent/If Only You Could See Me Today" (Kama Sutra, 1970) (LP)
(Produced by Tom Ayres & Dave Hassinger)
A founding member of the original 1950s rock'n'roll explosion, Gene Vincent (1935-1971) recorded this slightly nutty country-rock-folk album in a bid to remain relevant in the acid-soaked hippie era. The album was released under two different titles, Gene Vincent and If Only You Could See Me Today. It's kind of a fun record, with several notable pickers thanked in the liner notes (and presumably backing him on the tracks) including Meyers, along with roots music renaissance man Chris Darrow. Many tracks sound a little loose-knit and spaced-out, though also groovy and relaxed... Meyers contributes two tunes, the kooky nine-minute, stream-of-consciousness jam "Slow Times Comin'," and the bouncy, ultra-Dylanesque title track... It's tempting to write this one off as a "nice-try-but" kinda record, but you gotta give Vincent credit for working with a pretty hip band, and letting them go off in a pretty funky direction. Sadly, this was one of the last recordings by the hard-living, hard-drinking Vincent, who died from a severe ulcer the following year. If "Be-Bop-A-Lula" is the only song of his you know, you might wanna give this a spin.
Keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist Augie Meyers co-founded the Sir Douglas Quintet with his pal Doug Sahm, rising from regional to national fame in the late 1960s. They scored modest Top Forty hits with songs such as "She's About A Mover" and "Mendocino," bringing a funky Tex-Mex groove into the world of hippie-era rock'n'roll, with Meyers' buoyant organ and piano playing giving the band its distinctive sound. At the peak of its fame, the Quintet moved to California, but broke up in 1973 with Meyers and Sahm coming back to Earth (and Texas) just in time to preside over the Lone Star indie-outlaw scene. They re-formed and perpetually mutated the band for years to come, working together on countless records, as well as projects with other roots-music artists. In the 1990s they teamed up with country star Freddy Fender and conjunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez to form the commercially potent Texas Tornados. Meyers also released numerous solo albums on his own indie labels. Here's a quick look at his work...
