Dougherty Arts Center
The Unidentified Person in Photo Was ...
RECEIVED Mon., July 17, 2006
Dear Editor,
You can be quite sure that the unidentified (unknown) cowboy in the Jerry Wexler photo [“TCB,” Music, July 14] is none other than the late and great Doug Sahm, who was in the same recording sessions in New York on that groovy day. You should have (really) picked it up.
Overly critical?
You can be quite sure that the unidentified (unknown) cowboy in the Jerry Wexler photo [“TCB,” Music, July 14] is none other than the late and great Doug Sahm, who was in the same recording sessions in New York on that groovy day. You should have (really) picked it up.
Overly critical?
Michael Cosper
[Music Editor Raoul Hernandez responds: Yes, dear readers, the unidentified person's back in the picture in question looks an awful lot like Doug Sahm to us as well. Unfortunately, that's unconfirmed. The photo came from the personal archives of Atlantic Records pioneer Jerry Wexler for a story the Chronicle did on him in 2000 (Vol. 20, No. 14). He was asked at that point if it was in fact Doug Sahm, and he simply could not say either way. Anyone with incontestable verification, please step forward.]
