Happy Birthday to the American keyboard player Augie Meyers, who is turning 85 today. He is probably best known as co-founder of The Sir Doglas Quintet, who had a hit in 1965 with She’s About A Mover. The song peaked at number 8 in Canada, number 13 in the US and at 15 in the UK. It has since become a staple in the Nuggets/garage rock canon. Augie Meyer’s simple and catchy Vox-organ riff is prominent in the song.
Sir Douglas Quintet kept going more or less regularly until singer and co-fonder Doug Sahm’s death in 1999. In addition Augie Meyers has been running small record labels and has worked as a studio musician for among others Bob Dylan, Tom Jones and Tom Waits. So Augie Meyers has paid his dues. Happy Birthday 
Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s About A Mover
