Get a Life (Doug Sahm album)
| Get a Life | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:19[1] | |||
| Label | Munich Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Stewart, Billy Stull, Doug Sahm and Bob Flick | |||
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| S.D.Q 98' | ||||
 Cover for the release in the united states | ||||
Get a Life is a 1998 album by Doug Sahm released by the Dutch label Munich Records.[2] The tracks were recorded in Austin and San Marcos, Texas, Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. The producers of the tracks included Sahm, Mike Stewart, Billy Stull and Bob Flick.[3] Sahm wrote the liner notes for the album.[4] The recordings featured The Gourds, as well as Augie Meyers.[5] Sahm met The Gourds as he performed at a music festival in Belgium in 1997. Sahm approached the band after he heard them sing a cover of his original "At the Crossroads".[6]
The release was credited to Doug Sahm - A.K.A. The Texas Tornado.[1] Watermelon Records released the album as S.D.Q. 98' in the United States in October 1998.[7] The Austin American-Statesman gave the album three stars out of five, and called it a "happily jumbled affair".[8] Meanwhile, AllMusic rated it with four-and-a-half stars out of five. Critic Eugene Chadbourne felt that "musically there is enough (on the album) to create a tidal wave."[5]
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Get a Life" | Doug Sahm | 4:21 |
| 2. | "St. Olav's Gate" | Tom Russell | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Goodbye San Francisco - Hello Amsterdam" | Doug Sahm | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Give Back The Key To My Heart" | Doug Sahm | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Malmö Mama" | Doug Sahm | 4:34 |
| 6. | "On Bended Kee" | Bobby Charles | 2:05 |
| 7. | "Louis Riel" | Doug Sahm | 3:50 |
| 8. | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | George Bruns, Thomas W. Blackburn | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Sooner Or Later" | R.L. Flick | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Invitation to the Blues" | Roger Miller | 3:01 |
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Doug Sahm - Get a Life". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (July 10, 1998). "Sahm Put the Tex in Mex". Times Colonist. 140 (209). p. C5. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Get a Life (CD). Munich Records. MUSA 505.
- ^ Terrel, Steve (November 20, 1999). "Late Texas musician had complained of ill health". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chadbourne, Eugene. "S.D.Q. 98'". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Statesman music staff (August 28, 1997). "Street Soundz". Austin American-Statesman. 127 (34). p. XL - 16. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Corcoran, Michael (October 20, 1998). "A green apple for 'Faculty'". Austin American-Statesman. 128 (86). Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (October 20, 1998). "S.D.Q. 98'". Austin American-Statesman. 128 (86). p. E2. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1998 albums
- Doug Sahm albums