Two tunes are by other songwriters Sahm memorably covered, Elmer Laird’s “Poison Love” and Atwood Allen’s “It’s Gonna Be Easy.” The former is well-traveled, via versions by T Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller, among others. Just two tracks on Day of the Doug appeared on the aforementioned tributes: “Float Away” kicked off the Bottle Rockets disc, while Dave Alvin did “Dynamite Woman” on the Vanguard set. As a result, the tracklist here is refreshingly adventurous: Instead of more takes on Sir Douglas Quintet hits such as “Mendocino” and “She’s About a Mover,” we get songs that richly deserve a wider audience: the gutsy roots-rock of “Yesterday Got in the Way,” the richly melodic glow of “Beautiful Texas Sunshine,” the beer-and-BBQ-bash good times of “Seguin.” A pleasant surprise: Duplantis steps out with a couple of lead vocals, kicking “Float Away” and “Juan Mendoza” into a higher gear with his spirited delivery.ĭay of the Doug apparently happened in part because Farrar spent early pandemic downtime listening to a box set of Sahm reissues, reminding him of what he loved about Sahm’s music but also turning him on to deeper cuts. Bassist Andrew Duplantis and drummer Mark Patterson help cement the Texas connection alongside Farrar, guitarist Mark Spencer, and multi-instrumentalist John Horton. It’s maybe just as well that Son Volt’s tribute took a while, thanks to lineup evolutions over the past couple of decades that brought two musicians from Sahm’s Central Texas home turf into the mix.
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