August "Augie" Meyers (born May 31, 1940) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, performer, studio musician, record producer, and record label owner. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of the

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and the Texas Tornados.

History

He was born in

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, United States. In the early 1960s, Meyers and

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founded the Sir Douglas Quintet. His Vox organ was a familiar element of the group's sound, as heard on tracks like "

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" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), and "Nuevo Laredo" (1970). In the 1990s, Meyers co-founded the successful

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known as the Texas Tornados with

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, and

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. Since the 1970s, Meyers has operated several of his own record labels, including the Texas Re-Cord Company (co-founded with Lucky Tomblin), Superbeet Records, White Boy Records, and El Sendero. As a studio musician, Meyers has played on numerous releases by other artists, including

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, Tom Jones,

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, and

. Meyers lives in the

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town of Bulverde.

Select album discography

*1971: ''The Western Head Music Co.'' (

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) *1972: ''You Ain’t Rollin’ Your Roll Rite'' (

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) *1975: ''Live At The Longneck'' (Texas Re-Cord Company) *1977: ''Finally In Lights'' (Texas Re-Cord Company) *1982: ''Still Growin'' (Sonet) *1984: ''August in New York'' (Sonet) *1986: ''Augie's Back'' (Sonet) *1986: ''My Main Squeeze'' (Superbeet) *1988: ''Sausalito Sunshine'' (Superbeet) *1992: ''White Boy'' (White Boy) *1996: ''Alive & Well At Lake Taco'' (White Boy) *2002: ''Blame It On Love'' (Texas World) *2006: ''My Freeholies Ain’t Free Anymore'' (El Sendero) *2013: ''Loves Lost and Found'' (El Sendero)

Select collaborations

*1991: John and Mary, ''Victory Gardens'' (

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) *1997: Bob Dylan, '' Time Out Of Mind'' ( Columbia) *2001: Bob Dylan, '' Love And Theft'' (Columbia) *2005: John P. Hammond, ''In Your Arms Again'' ( Back Porch) *2014: Ben Vaughn, ''Texas Roadtrip'' (Many Moods) *2021: The Mal Thursday Quintet, ''If 6 Was 5'' (Chunk Archives Recordings)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyers, Augie 1940 births Living people Musicians from San Antonio American country singer-songwriters American country rock singers American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Texas Texas Tornados members Sir Douglas Quintet members People from Bulverde, Texas Country musicians from Texas