Augie Meyers

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| name = Augie Meyers

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| caption = Augie Meyers (middle) in the Sir Douglas Quintet in 1966

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| birth_name = August Meyers

| alias = Lord August

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|5|31}}

| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

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Keyboards
guitar
accordion
vocals

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Musician
record producer
record label owner

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| website = {{URL|augiemeyers.com}}

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August "Augie" Meyers (born May 31, 1940){{Cite web|url=https://expectingrain.com/dok/who/m/meyersaugie.html|title=Bob Dylan Who's Who|website=Expectingrain.com|access-date=September 28, 2021}} is 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.{{cite book|last=Peel|first=Adrian|title=Tequila, Senoritas and Teardrops: Musicians Discuss the Influence of Mexico on Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qU8mBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT23|access-date=December 24, 2015|year=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1780-0|page=23}}

History

He was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1680}} 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.

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, White Boy Records, and El Sendero.

As a studio musician, Meyers has 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 lives in the Texas Hill Country town of Bulverde.