The Best Of – SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET***

She’s About A Mover/Beginning Of The End/The Tracker/You’re Out Walking The Streets Tonight/It Was In The Pines/In The Jailhouse Now/Quarter To Three/It’s A Man Down There/The Rains Came/Please Just Say No/We’ll Take Our Last Walk Tonight/Walking The Streets

The Sir Douglas Quintet were an American pop group from Houston that attempted to pass themselves off as part of the British Invasion. Their album, The Best Of is not a compilation and includes the top twenty hit single She’s About A Mover.

“This is an original album, instead of a compilation, as the title might suggest. Not too consistent, but with some real hidden gems.”

“Attempting to ape The Beatles, Sir Douglas Quintet came off more like a gritty amalgam of every strain of music that drifted through the airwaves of Texas. Leader Doug Sahm had wide ranging musical tastes, but he attached himself to every performance with such pure and utter confidence that the tendency to label his music falls away as its wonderful wholeness becomes apparent. She's About A Mover, the number that put the Quintet on the map, opens things up. Delights abound, from the riveting The Rains Came to the bluesy drama of It Was In The Pines."

“Doug Sahm was one of the dozen or so unique musical personalities of the 20th century; he and the quintet created a fabulous blend of Liverpool, New Orleans, Mexico, New York and San Francisco influences. This, their first contribution to the historical record, contains the original version of She's About A Mover.”

“Doug Sahm was a treasure and the pleasures of his music have been documented extensively. Most agree that his early period was his best.” “The whole album has a simple sound that the kids nowadays might scoff at, but the memories of the 60s and early blues clubs come flooding back when you play this LP.”

“If you're looking for She's About A Mover and some more tunes in the same vein, here you go. Sadly, the so-called classic rock and oldies stations' playlists don't include much of Sir Douglas Quintet. You'll recognize almost all of these tunes immediately if you didn't know them by name, and it won't take long to love all the songs on this LP.”