Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = Honkey Blues

• Artist: The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2
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• Release Date: 1968
• Genre: Rock

Review

It is hard to believe that this is the first entry in the extensive Sir Douglas Quintet discography, as it seems like the kind of experimental venture an artist might throw out after a handful of successful albums have already been released. The electic nature of bandleader Doug Sahm is undisputed, but this has got to be his album with the most experimental jazz leanings, again not something one would expect. The type of themes that Sahm would return to again and again in his songwriting are here, delivered by a grouping that lacks one of the essential sparkplugs in the Sir Douglas Quintet engine, keyboard man Augie Meyers. There is presumed to be compensation in the form of a total of five horn players, including Bay Area session whiz Mel Martin, but someone decided to record them with enough reverb to submerge a whale. A total of seven songs, none of them really extended enough to account for paucity of titles, get a loping, jamming treatment that gets the message across, although a little vaguely at times. Certainly a promising, original album well above the level of most rock-bands-with-horns experiments of this era, but not as inspiring as this band's music would soon become. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Are Inlaws Really Outlaws?	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(3:15)
Sell a Song	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(5:25)
Song of Everything	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(4:04)
Can You Dig My Vibrations?	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(3:12)
I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine)	Public Domain	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(4:30)
Whole Lotta Peace of Mind	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(5:50)
You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy That You ...	Doug Sahm	The Sir Douglas Quintet + 2	(2:37)

Credits

Mel Martin (Horn), Frank Morin (Horn), Doug Sahm (Violin), Lee Charlton (Sound Effects), Bill Atwood (Horn), Wayne Talbert (Piano), Doug Sahm (Vocals), George Rains (Drums), Doug Sahm (Guitar), Doug Sahm (Fiddle), Terry Henry (Horn)