Sahm, Meyers, and Jiménez are from the San Antonio area. Meyers's signature sound on the Vox organ was a prominent feature of the band's sound. Doug Sahm and Augie Meyers were both members of the 1960s pop-rock band the Sir Douglas Quintet, with hits such as "She's About a Mover" and "Mendocino" to their credit.He is also a member of the Texas Music Hall of Fame. Augie Meyers has shared the stage with the likes of the Allman Brothers Band and Bob Dylan.He also is known as the "Father of Conjunto Music" (he plays the Conjunto accordion). Flaco Jiménez has played with acts such as The Rolling Stones and Dwight Yoakam.Freddy Fender was a cross-over success story around the world, with hits like " Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and " Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".Individually, this quartet has had major success: As Fender once said, "You've heard of New Kids on the Block? We're the Old Guys in the Street."
Jiménez and Meyers played on Sahm's Atlantic Records debut in 1971.
Sahm had released albums under the name Texas Tornados as early as the 1970s, some featuring Fender or Meyers. After they initially performed as the Tex-Mex Revue, they took the title Texas Tornados, after Sahm's song "Texas Tornado", from the album of the same name.Īnother account of the group's birth says they formed when record company executives looking to cash in on regional music sales approached Sahm and Meyers around 1990, and they brought in longtime friends and collaborators Fender and Jiménez. The initial combination of Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, and Doug Sahm performed in front of a San Francisco audience. Its music is a fusion of conjunto (German and Norteño Mexican fusion music of Texas) with rock, country, and various Mexican styles. Texas Tornados is a Tejano supergroup, composed of some of country music's biggest artists who modernized the Tex-Mex style including Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender.
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