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Born Douglas Wayne Sahm, November 6, 1941, in San Antonio, TX; died of heart disease, November 18, 1999, in Taos, NM; married and divorced; children: sons Shawn and Shandon; daughter Dawn; two stepchildren.
Though best known for the toe-tapping 1965 hit "She's About a Mover" with his early band, the Sir Douglas Quintet, Doug Sahm also helped usher in progressive country and stirred interest in the Tex-Mex sound.
Doug sahm biography
His music combined a variety of styles, including Western swing, jazz, country, cajun, rock and roll, rockabilly, and the polka strains of Mexican conjunto bands. And, as a Lebanese American who grew up in a mainly African American area, Sahm was also exposed to the blues, catching Bobby Blue Bland and T-Bone Walker at local venues.
Though his popularity quickly waned after the Sir Douglas Quintet's early success, he maintained a small but loyal following and toured incessantly around the globe; he was particularly admired by fellow musicians. In the 1990s, he began