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Doug Sahm Art by Caya Crum
The Sir Douglas Quintet first, the Texas Tornados later, and Tex-Mex, country and rock treated throughout as one continuous thing rather than three separate lanes. He never sorted them, because to him they were never separate. Caya painted the man who did that.
Who Doug Sahm Was
Born in San Antonio in 1941, he was a steel guitar and fiddle prodigy billed on the radio as Little Doug before he was ten. The story that trails him — that at eleven he was lifted onto the stage of Austin's Skyline Club to play with Hank Williams, weeks before Williams died — is the kind of thing that sounds invented and isn't.
In 1964 he put together the Sir Douglas Quintet with Augie Meyers. The British-sounding name was a marketing decision made in the thick of the British Invasion; the band was Texans, and once Augie's Vox organ came in on She's About a Mover the following year, the disguise stopped mattering. Mendocino came in 1969 after a spell in California. Two decades on he assembled the Texas Tornados with Freddy Fender, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez, and took home a Grammy for it. He died in Taos in 1999. Austin named a hill after him.
Where It Hangs
It goes where records actually get played and arguments about them get settled: a listening room, a bar wall, the corner with the turntable in it. As music wall art it sits comfortably in a row with the other musician portraits — hang him beside Willie and you have the two poles of Texas songwriting on one wall. As bar wall art it doubles as a quick test of who in the room knows their Texas music, and it earns its keep in an office for the same reason.
For anyone who claims San Antonio, it belongs with the rest of the San Antonio art. For the room where the drinks are, see bar cart art. Caya's wider body of work is in Caya Crum Art.
Original artwork by Caya Crum, working in Texas. Printed to order.
Fine Art Prints Made in Fort Worth, Texas
Since 1996, Crum Art has created original art, paintings, and fine art prints in Fort Worth, showing and selling work at hundreds of art shows across Texas.
Print Details
- Museum-grade giclee: archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper
- Unframed and sized to fit standard frames
- Studio-made, artist-signed prints only available directly from Crum Art
Made in Texas.
Made with love. Signed by hand. Shipped with care. Hung with joy.
Sir Doug Sahm
Fine Art Print by Caya Crum
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Product FAQ
Who was Doug Sahm?
A San Antonio-born Texas music legend, born 1941. He led the Sir Douglas Quintet in the sixties and the Texas Tornados from 1989, and treated Tex-Mex, country, blues and rock as one music rather than four. He died in Taos, New Mexico in 1999.
Why is he called Sir Doug?
From the Sir Douglas Quintet, formed in 1964 with Augie Meyers. The English-sounding name was a marketing move during the British Invasion. The band was Texan, and once Augie's Vox organ opened She's About a Mover, nobody was confused for long.
What room does a Doug Sahm print belong in?
Listening rooms, bar walls, and any corner with a turntable in it. It reads as a portrait, so it hangs alone or in a row of musicians. It also works in an office, where it functions as a quiet test of who knows their Texas music.
Who else should hang beside him?
Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt for the songwriting, Stevie Ray Vaughan for the blues, Freddy Fender's side of the Tornados for the Tex-Mex. Three across in a row is the arrangement people land on most often.
Will this look like an original painting or a print?
Crum Art takes the scanning and photographing of original paintings seriously — we work to capture the texture of the canvas or paper the original was created on, so that texture shows through in the print. Combined with the cotton rag paper’s own subtle surface and the hand-signing, many customers say they cannot tell if it’s an original or a print. That’s intentional. These are not flat digital reproductions — they are fine art prints that carry the soul of the original.
What sizes does this print come in?
Our fine art prints are available in standard rectangle and square sizes. Rectangles: 8x10 unframed matted to 11x14, 11x14 unframed, 16x20, 18x24, and 24x36. Squares: 8x8 unframed matted to 12x12, 12x12 unframed, 16x16, 20x20, and 24x24. Each size ships ready to frame, making it easy to find the right fit for your wall.
How do I make a gallery wall with art prints?
Start with an anchor piece and build outward — many Crum Art prints are part of series designed to group together as a statement gallery wall, or hang individually as standalone pieces. Since every image is sized to fit standard frames, mixing sizes is easy: lay the arrangement out on the floor first, keep about two to three inches between frames, and center the whole grouping at eye level.