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Doug Sahm: A Review

Geoffrey Himes, Harp, Spring 2002

LIKE DR. JOHN in New Orleans and Paul Butterfield in Chicago, Doug Sahm was a white kid whose musical curiosity led him to the wrong side of the tracks. And because Sahm grew up in San Antonio, there were both R&B and Tex-Mex on the other side of the rails.

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