2:42 - Sometimes/Cryin' Inside

Doug Sahm: Gene Thomas Medley: Sometimes/Cryin' Inside

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Doug Sahm ... as Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados ... released this tune as a single in 1976, the same year that Boston released the song that inspired the post that inspired this theme. Doug's single is actually a medley of two Gene Thomas songs from the early '60s and features a spoken bridge rife with nostalgia: "Yeah, I remember those times. Back in the old nightclubs in 1961 in San Antone." In other words, Doug's medley not only flies in the face of the cocaine-fueled self-indulgence of its own time (1976), it's an intentional throwback to that pre-FM time when singles and AM radio ruled the earth (1961). Furthermore, Doug cherry-picks the best parts of two separate songs to maximize the concision of his 2:42. All meat, no potatoes, and absolutely gorgeous harmonies from Sahm and his longtime compadre, Atwood Allen. God bless Sir Doug.