{"product_id":"texas-tornado-the-times-music-of-doug-sahm-brad-and-michele-moore-roots-music-series-9780292721968","title":"Texas Tornado: The Times \u0026 Music of Doug Sahm (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoug Sahm was a singer  songwriter  and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion  Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet  whose hits included \"Shes About a Mover \" \"The Rains Came \" and \"Mendocino.\" He made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 and 1971 and performed with the Grateful Dead  Dr. John  Willie Nelson  Boz Scaggs  and Bob Dylan. Texas Tornado is the first biography of this national music legend. Jan Reid traces the whole arc of Sahms incredibly versatile musical career  as well as the manic energy that drove his sometimes turbulent personal life and loves. Reid follows Sahm from his youth in San Antonio as a prodigy steel guitar player through his breakout success with the Sir Douglas Quintet and his move to California  where  with an inventive take on blues  rock  country  and jazz  he became a star in San Francisco and invented the \"cosmic cowboy\" vogue. Reid also chronicles Sahms later return to Texas and to chart success with the Grammy Award-winning Texas Tornados  a rowdy \"conjunto rock and roll band\" that he modeled on the Beatles and which included Sir Douglas alum Augie Meyers and Tejano icons Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. With his exceptional talent and a career that bridged five decades  Doug Sahm was a rock and roll innovator whose influence can only be matched among his fellow Texas musicians by Buddy Holly  Roy Orbison  Janis Joplin  and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas Tornado vividly captures the energy and intensity of this musician whose life burned out too soon  but whose music continues to rock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529616187445,"sku":"ByrdShop_029272196X","price":251.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780292721968.jpg?v=1780939194","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/texas-tornado-the-times-music-of-doug-sahm-brad-and-michele-moore-roots-music-series-9780292721968","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}