The Genuine Texas Groover

The Genuine Texas Groover Artist: Doug Sahm
Label: Rhino Handmade
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 603497784523
EAN: 0603497784523
ASIN: B0001MMGCW


Release Date: 2004-01-01

The Genuine Texas Groover


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Tracks:

  1. (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
  2. It's Gonna Be Easy
  3. Your Friends [Album Version]
  4. Poison Love
  5. Wallflower
  6. Dealer's Blues
  7. Faded Love
  8. Blues Stay Away from Me
  9. Papa Ain't Salty [Album Version]
  10. Me and Paul
  11. Don't Turn Around
  12. I Get Off
  13. Goodbye San Francisco, Hello Amsterdam [#]
  14. Never No Mo' Blues [#]
  15. Sometimes [#]
  16. Miller's Cave [#]
  17. On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain [#]
  18. Hey, Good Lookin' [#]
  19. Please Mr. Sandman [#]
  20. Chicken and the Bop [#]
  21. Columbus Stockade [#]
  22. Blues Walked on In [#]

Tracks:

  1. San Francisco FM Blues
  2. Someday
  3. Blue Horizon
  4. Tennessee Blues
  5. Ain't That Loving You
  6. Texas Tornado
  7. Juan Mendoza
  8. Chicano
  9. I'll Be There
  10. Hard Way
  11. Nitty Gritty
  12. From a Jack to a King [#]
  13. Leave Me Alone With the Blues [#]
  14. I'm Just Tired of Getting Burned [Alternate Version][#]
  15. Blue Horizon [Take 5][#]
  16. Nitty Gritty [Backing Track][#]
  17. Sometimes You've Got to Stop Chasing Rainbows [#]
  18. Bobby's Blues [#]
  19. Your Friends [Full-Length Version][#]
  20. Papa Ain't Salty [Full-Length Version][#]

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Collection to Die For..........2006-01-14

The brilliant musicianship, combined with the clear
spontaneity and joyousness of these Atlantic recording sessions make this collection a must have. It is a timeless treasure that lovingly traverses a broad range of musical styles from country to toe-tappin' Texas blues. Doug Sahm was not only a fine, underrated guitarist but an exceptional singer. He also was a talented songwriter but on these cd's he shows he had a great , ala Rod Stewart (it's true), ability to recognize great songs from other pens and make them his own.

Rhino only made 5000 of these gems; for you audiophiles the sound quality is superb . Surprisingly, there still are some left. Do yourself a favor and buy it while you can. It's the ultimate testament to an underrated artist. You'll be playing, "Papa Ain't Salty," at all your parties for the rest of your life.





5 out of 5 stars Doug Sahm's Highwater Mark.......2005-02-21

I would rate these two records the best of his career which, considering all the great records he's made, is saying something. The reasons being the involvement of Atlantic Records honcho Jerry Wexler and the variety (Country, Blues, Tex-Mex) and strength of the material on both DOUG SAHM and BAND and TEXAS TORNADO. The former includes an all-star line up including Dylan, Fathead Newman et al., the latter includes some of the leftovers from the all-star recording session and some killer work layed down in California. The horn arrangements on TEXAS TORNADO,put together by longtime associate Rocky Morales, are fantastic! As noted above ORIGINAL TEXAS GROOVER is spendy but if you're a fan, these are indispensible and if you're curious and not too familair with this underappreciated artist it's an excellant place to start.

5 out of 5 stars Terrific music from a great Texan.......2005-02-19

The price for this two-disc set is steep, but the music inside makes it worth every penny. Both the albums "Doug Sahm and Band" and "Texas Tornado" are here complete, along with numerous outtakes and alternate takes. The outtakes are worthwhile, too. They're not the usual cutting-room floor leftovers.

The music here is eclectic, as always. Doug jumps from straight blues on "Your Friends" and "Tennessee Blues" to country on "Faded Love" to rock on "Texas Tornado" to Tex-Mex on "Nitty Gritty." Not to mention the songs that are almost to classify as this or that.
It's great American music and as the reviewer wrote below, it is indeed the real thang.

5 out of 5 stars

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  3. Underground ~ The Electric Prunes
  4. Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman ~ Various Artists
  5. Flashback: The Best of .38 Special ~ .38 Special
  6. Music from The Body ~ Roger Waters , and Ron Geesin
  7. Essential Elvis Vol. 4: A Hundred Years From Now ~ Elvis Presley
  8. The Carnegie Hall Concert 1971 ~ Carole King
  9. The Fan & the Bellows ~ The Chameleons UK
  10. Souther Hillman Furay Band ~ Shf Band

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Ven Aca Paca! ~ Paco Ortega

New Standards

Ohayo! Hoahio! ~ Hoahio

The Cologne Concert, Vol. 2 ~ Stan Kenton

System Overload ~ Akira Inoue

Return to the Brecker Brothers ~ Brecker Brothers

Ave Maria ~ Shogo Hamada

Mississippi Rollin' Stone ~ Muddy Waters

Latin Essentials, Vol. 8 ~ Violeta Parra

Untitled ~ Mariko Kohda