Augie Meyers and The Bandoleros

Tickets:

$25 In-Advance

$30 At-The-Door

Augie Meyers, played on all the great Tex-Mex records, including Bob Dylan’s, Tom Waits and John Hammond records, founder of Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados with the great Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender and Flaco Jimenez. Augie wrote and co-wrote many hits, including: “Hey Baby Que Paso” and “Mendocino”.

- Augie Meyers is a Tex-Mex Star, his style and Vox Continental has become one of music's most distinctive keyboard sounds around. Augie Meyers is a lock on the Top 10 All-Time Rock & Roll Keyboard Riffs, boasting a career only a few can match. Ever since his Vox organ on the Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About a Mover" “Mendocino"and "Nuevo Laredo" hit with Texas twang to his Grammy-winning work with the hugely successful supergroup known as the Texas Tornados, with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, and Freddy Fender known worldwide as the creators of South Texas sound.

Meyers has stood on a Hall of Fame lifetime as the godfather of San Antonio rock, poster child for staying and playing on the Alamo City's home team in the Texas league – white boy, vato, soul man, musician. His career has crisscrossed cultural boundaries for decades. He looms large not only in the musical back pages of San Antonio, but of Austin, San Francisco, Scandinavia, and points in between. His potent stew of rock, blues, country, and conjunto is at once distinct and distinguished. Along the way, he's written songs like "Hey Baby Kep Pa So" that stand as anthems to the nowhere-but-Texas Lone Star attitude.

Augie can be heard as well as on landmark albums by Bob Dylan (”Time Out of Mind” and “Love and Theft”) and John Hammond (“Wicked Grin”). Echoes of the Meyers' style and sound can be heard in the music of the Doors, the Kinks, the Animals as well as the Beatlesjust to name a few. An im- pact that is still being felt in rock 'n' roll today.

To provide you with a taste of Augies Tex Mex sound and style, I invite you to watch the following videos on YouTube: Baby Kep Pa So:

Mendocino:

Letterman:

Quote from Bob Dylan:

"Augie's my man. He's like an intellectual who goes fishing using bookworms. Seriously though, he's the shining example of a musician, Vox player or otherwise, who can break the code. His playing speaks volumes. Speaks in tongue actually. He can bring a song, certainly any one of mine, into the real world. I've loved his playing going all the way back to the Sir Doug days when he was featured and dominant. What makes him so great is that internally speaking, he's the master of syncopation and timing. And this is something that cannot be taught. If you need someone to get you through the shipping lanes and there's no detours, Augie will get you right straight through....Augie's your man."

Quote from John Hammond:

"Augie is one of the gems of the universe and is one of the greatest musicians that I've had the honor of working with. His musical instincts are impeccable, he's just a natural."

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Small Batch Cellars, 37 Nettleton Avenue, North Haven, United States