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Background vocalist, baritone saxophonist, composer,
pianist, and producer who spent much of his career in collaboration with
Doug Sahm, as a member of The Sir Douglas Quintet, the album project Doug Sahm
and Band, and eventually as part of the first incarnation of The Texas
Tornados. He produced and
contributed background vocals to The
Return Of Doug Saldana, which was released on CD in 2002. ("Doug Saldana" was one
of Sahm's many pseudonyms.)
His compositions include "It's Gonna Be Easy",
originally included on the album Doug
Sahm and Band, released in 1973, and later covered by Bruce Robison,
"I Love The Way You Love (The Way I Love You)" which appeared
on The Texas Tornados' album Texas
Rock For Country Rollers in 1976, and "Michoacan" which Dan
Whitaker & The Shinebenders recorded on their 2006 release, Shinebender. He also wrote a few songs for the
Hank Jr. Star Country String Band, appeared on Jimmy Rabbitt's album Fast Times At The El Palomino, and
played piano and sang background vocals on Gene Vincent: The Road
Is Rocky: Complete Studio
Masters 1956-1971.
Doug Sahm
& The Texas Tornados recordings
I Love The Way You Love (The Way I Love You) (Atwood
Allen)
Sources:
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http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Atwood%20Allen:1927037391:page=discography:b=1?sort=az
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http://www.answers.com/topic/doug-sahm-and-band-1973-album-by-doug-sahm?cat=entertainment
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http://www.danwhitaker.com/lyrics/michoacan.html
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http://www.music.com/performance/cat_man/5/
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http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/songslister.html/r/robison_bruce/its_gonna_be_easy-crd.html
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http://www.jimmyrabbitt.com/rabbittkrogreunion.htm
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http://www.laughlaugh.com/samples/Patton/stories.html
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http://www.kgot.com/iplaylist/album/621916/She's+Huggin'+You,+But+She's+Lookin'+at+Me.html
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