The Return of the Formerly Brothers

The Return of the Formerly Brothers is an album by Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor, released in 1987 on Stony Plain Records.[1]

The Return of the Formerly Brothers
Studio album by
Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor
Released1987
Genreroots music
Length43:12
LabelStony Plain Records
ProducerHolger Petersen
Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor chronology
The Return of the Formerly Brothers
(1987)		 Live in Japan
(1991)

The album was recorded after the three musicians played a collaborative set together at the Edmonton Folk Festival in 1986.[1] The album's title was a self-mocking reference to the fact that all three of the musicians were frequently billed by the media as "formerly of" various notable bands.[1] Although the album was credited to the musicians as individuals, some later sources have reified "The Formerly Brothers" into the actual band name of the project.[2] The album was supported by a tour, which also included supporting musicians Bohdan Hluszko on drums and Kit Johnson on bass guitar.[1]

The album won the Juno Award for Best Roots & Traditional Album at the Juno Awards of 1989.[3] In the same year, it was released in the United States on Rykodisc.

The trio released a second album together, Live in Japan, in 1991.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smack Dab in the Middle"Chuck Calhoun3:44
2."Big Mamou"Link Davis2:51
3."Teardrops on Your Letter"Henry Glover4:02
4."Drunk"Jimmy Liggins4:08
5."Don't Tell Me"Amos Garrett, Gene Taylor3:14
6."Coming Back Home"Gene Taylor1:59
7."Sure Is a Good Thing"Gene Taylor3:40
8."Amarillo Highway"Terry Allen4:01
9."Banks of the Old Pontchartrain"Ramona Vincent, Hank Williams3:19
10."Just Like a Woman"Bob Dylan5:15
11."Gene's Boogie"Gene Taylor3:02
12."Queen of the Okanagan"Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm3:57

References
  1. "Roots traditionalists play it safe". Toronto Star, August 14, 1987.
  2. "Clarity, order out of the chaos". The Province, August 28, 1991.
  3. "Blue Rodeo ropes two Junos: And k.d. lang makes it four big ones for the country folks". Toronto Star, March 13, 1989.
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