Day of the Doug / Son Volt.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: TS2024CD | Transmit SoundPublisher: [Jersey City, NJ] : Transmit Sound, [2023]Description: 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Jay Farrar.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | COUNTRY Son Volt | Available | 33111009996212 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Day of the Doug is the latest chapter of Jay Farrar's lifelong love of Doug Sahm, a connection the Son Volt leader underscores by having Day of the Doug open and close with voicemails the Texas Groover left Farrar many, many years ago. Back then, Farrar's old band Uncle Tupelo invited Sir Doug to play on their version of Sahm's "Give Back the Key to My Heart" on their final album, Anodyne, a move that seemed a bit like the passing of a generational torch. Thirty years later, Sahm is long gone and Son Volt, the band Farrar formed after Tupelo, are part of the Americana old guard, so Day of the Doug hits slightly differently. Certainly, the record is a loving tribute to a key influence on Farrar, but it also feels a bit like a way to keep Sahm's legacy alive, a way to introduce listeners to a pivotal 20th century American musician whose body of work remains underappreciated. Farrar celebrates Sahm not by reviving Sir Doug's familiar tunes -- "She's About a Mover" and "Mendocino" are nowhere to be seen -- but by concentrating on the breadth of his catalog, balancing hippie ballads like "Beautiful Texas Sunshine" with the honky tonk blues of "Keep Your Soul" and multicultural rockers like "Juan Mendoza." Son Volt sharply select tracks that illustrate Sahm's range while also playing right in their own sweet spot, finding songs that benefit from stripped-down, earthy delivery. It also helps that Son Volt clearly are having a great time laying into these songs as if they're playing a packed beer joint on a Saturday night: while there are plenty of tearjerking moments here, Day of the Doug is essentially a party, a celebration not only of a musical titan but Son Volt's own virtues. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Son Volt (Jay Farrar, vocals and guitar ; Andrew DuPlantis, vocals and bass ; Mark Spencer, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar ; John Horton, guitar, slide guitar, baritone, bass ; Mark Patterson, drums, percussion) ; with Brad Sarno, pedal steel guitar on "Beautiful Texas sunshine" ; Gary Hunt, fiddle on "Dynamite woman".
Produced by Jay Farrar.
Recorded Red Pill Studio, St. Louis, MO.
All songs written by Doug Sahm, except "Poison love" by Elmer Laird and "It's gonna be easy" by Atwood Allen.
Son Volt's latest record revisits the music of legendary Texas troubadour Doug Sahm. But it's much more than fond remembrance and colorful tribute. It is a summoning and a celebration of a songwriter and performer whose work forged country, Tex-Mex, rock, rhythm and blues, folk, and psychedelia into an utterly unique American sound.
Doug intro -- Sometimes you've got to stop chasing rainbows -- What about tomorrow -- Beautiful Texas sunshine -- Float away -- Yesterday got in the way -- Keep your soul -- Dynamite woman -- Huggin thin air -- Juan Mendoza -- Poison love -- Seguin -- It's gonna be easy -- Doug outro.