Austin Sound

It’s about time, we say. Doug Sahm, the Tex Mex master and pinnacle of cosmic cowboyness is getting an all star tribute, the Chronicle reports this week. Called Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm, the album is being curated by Bill Bentley, who was also responsible for the Roky Erickson homage Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye. On board to record some Sahmmage are Marcia Ball’s former band Freda and the Firedogs, Terry Allen and Joe Ely together, Alejandro Escovedo, and Jimmie Vaughan. The Gourds will also offer up “Nuevo Laredo” and Sahm scion Shawn enlists help from Augie Meyers for “Mendocino.” No word yet on when the album might be seeing release, but we’ll be keeping watch.