Augie Meyers, the Texas musician whose organ playing defined the sounds of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados, as well as the Tex-Mex genre itself, died Saturday. He was 85. Meyers' family ...
This is FRESH AIR. Augie Meyers, who helped shape the sound of Tex-Mex music with the '60s band Sir Douglas Quintet and then with the Texas Tornados, died earlier this month. He played keyboards, ...
Augie Meyers, whose Tilt-a-Whirl stylings on his trebly Vox organ shaped the sound of Tex-Mex music with the celebrated Sir Douglas Quintet and the Grammy-winning Texas Tornados, and lent flavor to ...