Various Artists - On The Honky Tonk Highway With Augie Meyers & The Texas Re-cord Co: High Texas Rider (Various Artists) (CD)

In the 1970s era of country rock, the Texas Re-Cord Company stood out from the crowd. It was a time when country music and blues and redneck rock all collided with west-coast hippie-ness. But the TRC was based in Bulverde near San Antonio, where Augie Meyers' Western Head Band added a good dose of Tex-Mex dance hall music and western-swing polka to the mix. Meyers was, and is, a lanky, bearded, laid-back character with a waist-length pigtail and a reputation in San Antone music that's longer even than that. Meyers' Texas Re-Cord label issued some thirty singles and seven albums between 1975 and 1980, and much of the music has not been reissued since. This 26 track CD puts that right. The Texas Re-Cord Co. Is 'finally in lights,' to quote one of their LP titles. Of the 26 tracks here, 17 are from rare 45 rpm singles and 9 are from albums.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Deed to Texas
2. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Deep in the Heart of Texas
3. Sir Douglas Quintet - Dynamite Woman
4. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Baby Baby (Won't You Come Back Home)
5. Doug Sahm - Country Groove
6. Buckboard Boogie Boys - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
7. Augie Meyer and the Texas Head Band - I Would Like to See You Again
8. Carol Meyer and the Western Head Band - Meet Me in Seguin
9. El Molino - Mezcal Road
10. Augie Meyers and Domingo Saldivar - Why Don't We Make Love Like We Used to
11. Denny Ezba - Domingo
12. Brother Al Stricklin - Faded Love
13. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Hen Pecked Polka
14. Augie Meyer and the Texas Head Band - Wedding Bells
15. Augie Meyers and Domingo Saldivar - Just Because
16. El Molino - Tell Me
17. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - You Win Again
18. Doug Sahm - Henrietta
19. "Wild Man" Ray Liberto - Boogie Woogie Country Girl
20. Carol Meyer and the Western Head Band - Where I Belong
21. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Down in Mexico
22. Publio Casillas - Tequila Sam
23. Buckboard Boogie Boys - Tomorrow Will Do It Again
24. Carol Meyer and the Western Head Band - Dusty Roads
25. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - Sun Shines Down on Me in Texas
26. Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band - High Texas Rider