Augie Meyers

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

History

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 hugely successful supergroup known as the Texas Tornados with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Freddy Fender.

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, and White Boy Records.

As a studio musician, Meyers has played on numerous releases by other artists, including Bob Dylan, John P. Hammond, John & Mary, Kevin Kosub, Tom Waits and Doug Sahm.

Augie

Augie is a Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Augie.

Major Towns in the area include Bagaye, Birnin Tudu, Bubuce, Illela. The area is primarily agricultural producing sugarcane, mango,banana etc. The major language groups are Hausa, Fulani and Zabarmanci, and the population is predominantly Muslim.

It has an area of 1,185 km² and a population of 117,287 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 861.

References

Augie (disambiguation)

Augie is the name of a settlement in Nigeria.

Augie is also used as a nickname for August and variations of the name, which derives from the Latin Augustus. It may refer to:

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