This week we’re taking a look back at a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, musician, and performer who helped to enlighten a younger set to Tex Mex music, even making inroads into the sixties San Francisco ‘summer of love’ with a top 20 hit in 1965. Considered a child prodigy, he would appear on the Louisiana Hayride by the age of eight and would find his influences in blues, country, r&b, and conjunto sounds from across the border. Our retrospective will feature contemporaries and music from his close-knit cadre of compadres that would go on to form a sort-of supergroup called The Texas Tornados. Tune in on a Spring morning in April for a collection of pure Americana treats from Texas as we overlook (for a brief two hours) its abhorrent decline into a state of hate and anti-democratic principles.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
2	Doug Sahm & The Knights	Crazy Daisy	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
3	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
4	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
5	Sir Douglas Quintet	Mendocino	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
6	Freddie Fender	Before the Next Teardrop Falls	Classic Country 1975 – 1979
7	Doug Sahm	It's Gonna Be Easy	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
8	Doug Sahm	Faded Love	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
9	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
10	The Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada	4 Aces
11	The Texas Tornados	Who Were You Thinkin' Of	The Best Of Texas Tornados
12	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
13	Jerry Lee Lewis	The Revolutionary Man	Southern Roots
14	Townes Van Zandt	Pancho & Lefty (with Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer)	Texas Rain
15	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Big Mamou	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
16	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Smack Dab in the Middle	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
17	The Mavericks	Nitty Gritty (Bonus Track)	Mono
18	Uncle Tupelo	Give Back The Key To My Heart (feat. Doug Sahm)	Anodyne
19	Dwight Yoakam/Flaco Jimenez	Carmelita	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
20	Flaco Jiminez	The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version)	Partners
21	Flaco Jiminez	Las Golondrinas (Album Version)	Partners
22	Augie Meyers	Matilda	Trippin Out On Triplets
23	Dave Alvin	Dynamite Woman	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
24	Los Lobos	It Didn't Even Bring Me Down	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
25	Delbert McClinton	Texas Me	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
26	The Gourds	Nuevo Laredo	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
27	Freda and the Firedogs	Be Real	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
28	Doug Sahm	Crazy Crazy Baby	The San Antonio Hipster
29	Doug Sahm	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
30	The Texas Tornados	Soy De San Luis	Texas Tornados