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Augie Meyers

Person · male · United States · San Antonio · born 1940 · died 2026 · recording since 1971

American musician, songwriter and record producer (1940-2026)

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Also known as August E. Meyer Jr. · オーギー・マイヤーズ

Debut: 1971
Recording span: 52 years
Release groups: 13
Timeline events: 14
Wiki language versions: 9

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Timeline

14 events▣ Album 11◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1940s
1. 31 May 1940 · Birth
  Born 1940-05-31
  source: wikidata
1970s
1. 1971 · Debut release
  Debut release: Augie's Western Head Music Co.
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1971 · Album
  Album: Augie's Western Head Music Co.
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1973 · Album
  Album: You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1977 · Album
  Album: Finally in Lights
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1984 · Album
  Album: August In New York
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1986 · Album
  Album: My Main Squeeze
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1992 · Album
  Album: White Boy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1996 · Album
  Album: Alive and Well at Lake Taco
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2006 · Album
  Album: My Freeholies Ain't Free Anymore
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2009 · Album
  Album: Country
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2013 · Album
  Album: Loves Lost and Found
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2014 · Album
  Album: Santa Fe
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 7 March 2026 · Death
  Died 2026
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography375 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370356642

Biography

August Edmond George Meyer Jr. (May 31, 1940 – March 7, 2026), known professionally as Augie Meyers, was an American musician, songwriter, studio musician, record producer and record label owner. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados.

Life and career

Meyers was born August Edmond George Meyer Jr. in San Antonio, Texas, United States on May 31, 1940. In the early 1960s, Meyers and Doug Sahm founded the Sir Douglas Quintet. His Vox organ was a familiar element of the group's sound, as heard on tracks like "She's About a Mover" (1964), "Mendocino" (1969), and "Nuevo Laredo" (1970).
In the 1990s, Meyers co-founded the successful supergroup known as the Texas Tornados with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Freddy Fender.
From the 1970s on, Meyers 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 played on numerous releases by other artists, including Bob Dylan, John P. Hammond, Tom Jones, John & Mary, Tom Waits, Raul Malo, and Doug Sahm.
Meyers lived in the Texas Hill Country town of Bulverde. He died from pneumonia at his home in San Antonio on March 7, 2026, at the age of 85. At the time of his death he was the last survivor of the four original members of The Texas Tornados.

Select album discography

1971: The Western Head Music Co. (Polydor)
1972: You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite (Paramount)
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 (Rykodisc)
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)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	13	84th
Studio albums	11	91.9th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	14	90.5th
Recording span (years)	52	92.5th
Genres	4	84.7th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (13 release groups · 11 studio albums)

Albums · 11

Augie's Western Head Music Co.
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:01
A1Only a Hobo3:19
A2Blue Mountain Eagle2:30
A3Riding Down the Canyon2:15
A4Ogla Mahula2:00
A5Roll Up Some Inspiration3:46
B1Don't You Take Your Love From Me2:43
B2Magnolia2:10
B3Slow Times Coming2:05
B4Wild Rain Storm3:56
B5Hen-Pecked Polka1:16
B6Society 4-F3:01
You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:38
A1Sugar Blu2:39
A2Five Cent Bag2:18
A3Rosetta1:40
A4California Blues3:21
A5You Ain't Rollin' Your Roll Rite3:20
B1Down in Mexico2:57
B2She Belongs to Me2:39
B3Fly With Me3:05
B4Heartaches by the Number3:03
B5Lover Boy1:42
B6Wheatcheck Waltz1:54
Finally in Lights
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:27
A1Release Me4:02
A2Deep in the Heart of Texas2:18
A3Cryin' Out Loud2:34
A4It's Alright3:28
A5My Friend3:20
B1Sky High5:04
B2Deed to Texas2:58
B3Miller's Cave3:31
B4Don't Let Me3:37
B5Baby, Baby2:35
August In New York
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:42
A1Baby Of Mine2:25
A2Before I Grow Too Old2:54
A3Don't Turn Away3:07
A4Looking For The Money2:00
A5Cruising (On A Saturday Night)3:16
A6I'm Not Someone You Want2:51
B1All My Life2:45
B2Missing You2:22
B3Sugar Blue3:33
B4Money3:11
B5To Nothing At All3:18
My Main Squeeze
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:17
A1Open Up Your Heart2:48
A2Sittin' Up at Nite3:33
A3Kep Pa So2:36
A4Lover Please2:43
A5Velma From Selma2:17
A6To Nothing at All3:04
B1La Ronda2:46
B2Going Down to Mexico2:53
B3Matilda2:41
B4Did I Tell You3:30
B5Just Because3:16
B6Come Back Home2:10
White Boy
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:15
1Looking for You3:04
2Call on Me2:36
3Pledging My Love2:46
4Red Dress On2:42
5I Don't Wanta Lose You3:58
6Yes, It's Me2:48
7Damn, Damn Shame2:31
8High Texas Rider3:49
9Song for Sara3:25
10She's the Blues2:31
11Ain't That Just Too Bad3:28
12Leave Me Alone2:37
Alive and Well at Lake Taco
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 40:13
1Michoacan2:22
2Valley of the San Juaquin3:10
3Dinero3:21
4Sittin' Up at Nite3:28
5Down to Mexico2:50
6Open Up Your Heart2:45
7Sausalito Sunshine3:32
8Hey Baby Kep Pa So2:05
9Matilda2:43
10Velma From Selma2:14
11La Rhonda2:44
12I'm Not a Fool Anymore3:13
13Dos Tacos2:33
14Chiquita3:13
My Freeholies Ain't Free Anymore
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 33:38
1I Found Love3:06
2My Freeholies Ain't Free Anymore2:32
3Go Down to Mexico2:34
4Heart of Mine3:31
5Wishing for You3:39
6Hey La Ronda2:50
7Life's to Short2:57
8Get This Pain3:29
9Lupe Hernandez2:29
10Crazy Heart2:33
11Rain3:58
Country
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 39:11
1Sometimes4:11
2I Can't Believe My Eyes3:29
3Hey Sarita3:00
4I'd Be Ashamed2:44
5The Pain of Her Leaving2:47
6I Cried My Last Cry2:39
7She's Not You3:50
8Good Chance for Romance2:34
9Walkin the Back Streets2:36
10Just Another Day2:41
11Just Can't Let Myself3:08
12Here I Go Again2:22
13Going Back to Tijuana3:10
Loves Lost and Found
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:40
1But Not Now3:00
2I Found Love3:02
3Deed to Texas2:33
4I Love You a Thousand Ways4:49
5Side Effect2:19
6Be Real3:14
7Where Were You When I Needed You3:11
8Pick Me Up on Your Way Do2:50
9The Sun Is Shining Down on Me in Texas2:36
10Prosperity Street3:06
Santa Fe
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:36
1Santa Fe3:38
2Something's Wrong2:37
3Crazy Heart2:48
4Borrow Me Some Money2:43
5Dreaming On3:58
6Counting Drops of Rain2:12
7Came Into My Life3:15
8God Gave You to Me2:53
9Never Thought I'd Never Fall in Love Again1:55
10Joints Really Jumping1:45
11I Did, You Did2:52

Album · 2

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2008	Through the YearsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 53:02 1Don't Let Me3:39 2Cryin' Out Loud2:34 3It's Alright3:28 4My Friend3:18 5Sky High5:05 6Deed to Texas2:57 7Miller's Cave3:31 8Release Me4:01 9Baby, Baby2:34 10Blame It on Love4:15 11I Cried a Tear3:00 12I Wonder Why3:21 13High Texas Rider (live)4:45 14You Win Again (live)2:20 15Memories (live)4:14	Compilation	2008
	2023	High Texas RiderSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:16:56 1Deed To Texas3:02 2Deep In The Heart Of Texas2:18 3Dynamite Woman5:16 4Baby Baby (Won't You Come Back Home)2:37 5Country Groove2:26 6Dim Lights, Thick Smoke4:03 7I Would Like To See You Again3:18 8Meet Me In Seguin3:19 9Mezcal Road2:44 10Why Don't We Make Love Like We Used To2:17 11Domingo2:35 12Faded Love2:43 13Hen Pecked Polka1:46 14Wedding Bells3:47 15Just Because2:31 16Tell Me2:48 17You Win Again2:21 18Henrietta2:43 19Boogie Woogie Country Girl2:32 20Where I Belong3:16 21Down In Mexico2:52 22Tequila Sam2:50 23Tomorrow We'll Do It Again1:50 24Dusty Roads3:19 25Sun Shines Down On Me In Texas2:58 26High Texas Rider4:45	Compilation	5 May 2023

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Augie Meyers head-to-head →

Augie Meyers metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	13	84th
Studio albums	11	91.9th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	14	90.5th
Recording span (years)	52	92.5th
Genres	4	84.7th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Sir Douglas Quintet(band)	—	present
Texas Tornados(band)	—	present	original
John Hammond's Wicked Grin(band)	—	present	keyboard
Sir Doug & the Texas Tornados(band)	—	present
Denny Ezba & The Goldens(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir-Douglas-Quintet-1966.png
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a777bdd-74e7-4bfb-8aa1-494061ee7dbd
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a777bdd-74e7-4bfb-8aa1-494061ee7dbd
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329018
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329018
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augie_Meyers
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augie_Meyers

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Image: Mercury Records · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q329018 · MusicBrainz: 7a777bdd-74e7-4bfb-8aa1-494061ee7dbd

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