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Sir Douglas Quintet
Sir Douglas Quintet
band
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Texas Tornados
Texas Tornados
American country rock band
2
Flaco Jiménez
Flaco Jiménez
Tejano accordionist, performer, Grammy winner
3
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
American musician
4
Augie Meyers
Augie Meyers
American musician and singer
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Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
American musician
6
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
American band
7
Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
8
Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson
American recording artist, singer, songwriter
9
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
American country music singer-songwriter
10
Lavelle White
Lavelle White
American Texas blues and soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
11
Bobby Whitlock
Bobby Whitlock
American musician
12
Leon Payne
Leon Payne
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
13
Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
14
Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton
American guitarist
15
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
American country music singer, songwriter, and musician (1937-2002)
16
Denny Freeman
Denny Freeman
American Texas and electric blues guitarist
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Malford Milligan
Malford Milligan
American musician
18
Roy Head
Roy Head
American musician
19
Powell St. John
Powell St. John
American singer-songwriter
20
Steve Earle
Steve Earle
singer-songwriter, recording artist and producer
21
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker
American singer
22
Los Lobos
Los Lobos
American Chicano rock band
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Mel Brown
Mel Brown
American jazz guitarist
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Clifford Antone
Clifford Antone
Club founder and music publisher
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Will Knaak
Will Knaak
American guitarist
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Nick Curran
Nick Curran
American musician
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
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Guy Forsyth
Guy Forsyth
American Texas blues and blues rock singer, harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter
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W. C. Clark
W. C. Clark
American blues musician
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Blaze Foley
Blaze Foley
American country singer and songwriter
32
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
33
Ralph White
Ralph White
singer-songwriter
34
Scott H. Biram
Scott H. Biram
American blues, punk and country musician
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David Bromberg
David Bromberg
American musician
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Protein
Protein
musical group
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American country music and blues rock musician
Record Labels
Awards Received
Americana Music Association President's Award

Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in San Antonio, Texas. Sahm began singing at age five and learned to play the steel guitar at age six. He was considered a child prodigy on the instrument. By the age of eight, he had appeared on the Louisiana Hayride. Sahm performed with popular country music acts of the time, influenced by the San Antonio music scene that included conjunto and blues.

Sahm made his recording debut as "Little Doug" in 1955. During his teenage years, rock and roll influenced him. He enjoyed success performing in clubs around San Antonio with a band playing a style of music known as the "West Side Sound", a blend of music genres popular in San Antonio. Sahm had local hit records, while he played clubs as a musician for other bands. In 1965, music producer Huey P. Meaux, recorded Sahm and his new band the Sir Douglas Quintet. They had a top-twenty hit in the United States and the United Kingdom with "She's About a Mover" and toured the United States and Europe.

Following an arrest for possession of marijuana in 1965, Sahm moved to California, as the Hippie scene grew in San Francisco. He performed in local venues, including The Fillmore, and frequented the Haight-Ashbury district. In 1971, he returned to San Antonio, and soon after moved to Austin, Texas, as the burgeoning hippie scene grew in the area. Atlantic Records signed Sahm and released his debut solo album Doug Sahm and Band in 1973.

After a continuing decline in record sales, Sahm kept performing in clubs in Austin; he moved through different record labels. He enjoyed success in Sweden and in Canada, where one of his releases received a Juno Award. In 1989, Sahm formed the supergroup the Texas Tornados with fellow Tex-Mex musicians Augie Meyers, Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez. The Texas Tornados toured successfully, and one of their releases earned a Grammy Award. In 1999, Sahm died during a vacation trip. A posthumous album, The Return of Wayne Douglas, was released in 2000. Sahm was regarded as one of the main figures of Tex-Mex music, and he received multiple honors in the state of Texas, including hall of fame inductions and memorials in public places.