Get a Life is a 1998 album by Doug Sahm released by the Dutch label Munich Records.[2] The tracks were recorded in Austin and San Marcos, Texas, Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. The producers of the tracks included Sahm, Mike Stewart, Billy Stull and Bob Flick.[3] Sahm wrote the liner notes for the album.[4] The recordings featured The Gourds, as well as Augie Meyers.[5] Sahm met The Gourds as he performed at a music festival in Belgium in 1997. Sahm approached the band after he heard them sing a cover of his original "At the Crossroads".[6]
The release was credited to Doug Sahm - A.K.A. The Texas Tornado.[1] Watermelon Records released the album as S.D.Q. 98' in the United States in October 1998.[7] The Austin American-Statesman gave the album three stars out of five, and called it a "happily jumbled affair".[8] Meanwhile, AllMusic rated it with four-and-a-half stars out of five. Critic Eugene Chadbourne felt that "musically there is enough (on the album) to create a tidal wave."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get a Life" | Doug Sahm | 4:21 |
| 2. | "St. Olav's Gate" | Tom Russell | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Goodbye San Francisco - Hello Amsterdam" | Doug Sahm | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Give Back The Key To My Heart" | Doug Sahm | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Malmö Mama" | Doug Sahm | 4:34 |
| 6. | "On Bended Kee" | Bobby Charles | 2:05 |
| 7. | "Louis Riel" | Doug Sahm | 3:50 |
| 8. | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | George Bruns, Thomas W. Blackburn | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Sooner Or Later" | R.L. Flick | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Invitation to the Blues" | Roger Miller | 3:01 |
Personnel
- Doug Sahm - vocals, guitar, fiddle, bajo sexto, steel guitar, hammond organ, piano
- Augie Meyers - vocals, accordion, Vox organ, piano
- Shawn Sahm - guitar
- The Gourds (Kevin Russel, Jimmy Smith, Claude Bernard) - vocals
- Clay Meyers - drums, maracas
- Ernie Durawa - drums
- George Rains - drums
- Keith Langford - drums
- Rocky morales - tenor saxophone
- Mike O'Dowd - tenor saxophone
- Tommy Detamore - pedal steel guitar, guitar
- Kevin Russell - guitar, mandolin
- Speedy Sparks - bass
- Jimmy Smith - bass
Studio:
- Doug Sahm - producer, arrangements
- Bob Flick - producer, arrangements
- Mike Stewart - producer, sound engineer
- Billy Stull - producer, sound engineer
- Bobby Arnold - sound engineer
- Gary Higganbotham - sound engineer
- Boo McLoed - sound engineer
- P.T. Huston - sound engineer
- Debora Hanson - production coordinator
References
- ^ a b "Doug Sahm - Get a Life". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (July 10, 1998). "Sahm Put the Tex in Mex". Times Colonist. Vol. 140, no. 209. p. C5. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Get a Life (CD). Munich Records. MUSA 505.
- ^ Terrel, Steve (November 20, 1999). "Late Texas musician had complained of ill health". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. "S.D.Q. 98'". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Statesman music staff (August 28, 1997). "Street Soundz". Austin American-Statesman. Vol. 127, no. 34. p. XL - 16. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Corcoran, Michael (October 20, 1998). "A green apple for 'Faculty'". Austin American-Statesman. Vol. 128, no. 86. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (October 20, 1998). "S.D.Q. 98'". Austin American-Statesman. Vol. 128, no. 86. p. E2. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.