Blog: Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog

When the Tejas Brothers sing Lazy Lester's "Same Thing Could Happen to You," it sounds as if there's a Cinco de Mayo festival in the Louisiana swamps. Tex-Mex meets the blues. When you think about it, Tex-Mex and Cajun blues are really first cousins; Doug Sahm and Augie Meyers proved that. The connection is especially apparent on the Tejas Brothers' spicy rendition of Magic Sam's "That's All I Need" with the driving waves of an accordion commanding you to dance. The Tejas Brothers take their Tex-Mex sound to Bakersfield via Memphis on "Boogie Woogie [...]