Get a Life is a 1998 album by Doug Sahm released by the Dutch label Munich Records.[2] The tracks were recorded in Austin and San Marcos, Texas, Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California. The producers of the tracks included Sahm, Mike Stewart, Billy Stull and Bob Flick.[3] Sahm wrote the liner notes for the album.[4] The recordings featured The Gourds, as well as Augie Meyers.[5] Sahm met The Gourds as he performed at a music festival in Belgium in 1997. Sahm approached the band after he heard them sing a cover of his original "At the Crossroads".[6]
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Released | 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 36:19[1] | |||
Label | Munich Records | |||
Producer | Mike Stewart, Billy Stull, Doug Sahm and Bob Flick | |||
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S.D.Q 98' | ||||
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The release was credited to Doug Sahm - A.K.A. The Texas Tornado.[1] Watermelon Records released the album as S.D.Q. 98' in the United States in October 1998.[7] The Austin American-Statesman gave the album three stars out of five, and called it a "happily jumbled affair".[8] Meanwhile, AllMusic rated it with four-and-a-half stars out of five. Critic Eugene Chadbourne felt that "musically there is enough (on the album) to create a tidal wave."[5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Get a Life" | Doug Sahm | 4:21 |
2. | "St. Olav's Gate" | Tom Russell | 4:28 |
3. | "Goodbye San Francisco - Hello Amsterdam" | Doug Sahm | 3:31 |
4. | "Give Back The Key To My Heart" | Doug Sahm | 3:12 |
5. | "Malmö Mama" | Doug Sahm | 4:34 |
6. | "On Bended Kee" | Bobby Charles | 2:05 |
7. | "Louis Riel" | Doug Sahm | 3:50 |
8. | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | George Bruns, Thomas W. Blackburn | 3:28 |
9. | "Sooner Or Later" | R.L. Flick | 3:49 |
10. | "Invitation to the Blues" | Roger Miller | 3:01 |
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