Rockin' My Blues To Sleep

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This album is dedicated to the memory of DOUG SAHM

PLAY LIST
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1. "Rockin' My Blues to Sleep" • John Nicholas - Dynaflow Music (BMI) Admin. by Bug Music
2. Rain Down Tears • Henry Glover/Rudolph Toombs • Fort Knox Music (BMI) Trio Music Co. Inc. (BMI)/Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI)
3. The Last Meal • Hanes A,. Kabe • Arc Music (BMI)
4. I'm A Fool To Care • Ted Daffan • Peer International (BMI)
5. Where You At? • Lloyd Price • (BMI)
6. Reap What You Sow • Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones • Venice Music, Inc. (BMI)
7. Woke Up Screamin' • Willie Lee lHeaden • Lion Publishing Co. Inc. (BMI)
8. Mamma, Talk To Your Daughter • J.B. Lenoir • Arc Music (BMI)
9. In the Doorway Cryin' • Henry Ballard • Fort Knox Music inc (BMI) Trio Music Co. Inc (BMI)
10. The Hustle Is On • H.E. Owens • Travis Music Co. (BMI)
11. Things I Used To Do • Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones • Venice Music, Inc. (BMI)
12. Before I Grow Too Old • Dave Barthlomew / Antoine Domino / Robert C. Guidry EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI)
13. Boogie Back to Texas (Got the California Blues) • John Nicholas • Dynaflow Music (BMI) Admin. by bug Music

It's funny how things work out. Seems like only yesterday... sleepy afternoon at the cafe during the quiet break time twixt lunch and dinner... I'm alone, fooling around at the piano, enjhoying the peace and quiet when I hear someone hollering and banging on the door.

Probably another traveler in distress -- run out of gas or overheated pullin' the 6 mile grade from Cherry Springs to Hill Top -- 10 miles from a small town smack dab on top of a hill lookin' down two sides of lonesome Texas highway. I get up slowly and start for the door when I hear a voice from outside, "Hey man! Open the door and fix me some gumbo!" There's no mistaking that voice. A smile creeps over my face as I open the door and the Texas Tornado blows in -- Doug Sahm, talkin' trash, askin' questions without getting the answers, non-stop rapping for 20 minutes while I'm warming up the rice and some of Brenda Sue's famous Port Arthur style Gumbo.

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"Just been to California... Saw the Giants at Candlestick... Stopped off in New Mexico... On my way back to Austin..." Doug had an uncanny knack for showing up in his Cadillac, by himself, either coming or going between Austin and New Mexico or California. I'd warm up the Gumbo and we'd talk for an hour (Doug did most of the talking) then he'd be gone like the wind. The last time I saw Doug, I played a song for him I'd written back in '92 when I was on a West Coast tour with Snooky Pryor -- "Boogie Back To Texas". On his way out that day we stopped at the old Seeburn and were talking 'bout some of the many great 45s on the Hill Top Juke Box. The last thing Dough told me was: "Many, you should get the guys tegether and cut some of these sones -- nobody sisngs this stuff like you." Well, I don't know about that, but I did get the guys together and we did cut some of these songs and we hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed playing them. Yea, it's funny how things work kout -- I was really counting on him being around to hear this. You don't miss your water 'till the well runs dry and now there's a big hole in the soul of American music by way of Tix Texas. Adios Mi Compadre de Musica! This one's for you, Doug.