Day Dreaming at Midnight

Day Dreaming at Midnight
Studio album by Sir Douglas Quintet
Released	1994
Label	Elektra [1]
Producer	Doug Sahm, Doug Clifford
Sir Douglas Quintet chronology
The Best of Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968–1975 (1990) Day Dreaming at Midnight (1994) S.D.Q. '98 (1998)

Day Dreaming at Midnight is an album by the American band the Sir Douglas Quintet, released in 1994. ^{[2] [3]} Doug Sahm was motivated to reform the band due to his son Shawn's musicianship and the encouragement from Metallica's manager Cliff Burnstein. ^{[4] [5]}

Production

The album was produced by Sahm and Doug Clifford; Clifford also played drums. ^{[6] [7]} Doug's sons, Shandon and Shawn, played drums and guitar, respectively. ^{[8] [9]} Augie Meyers contributed on Vox organ. ^[10] John Jorgenson played guitar; Speedy Sparks played bass. ^{[11] [12]}

Sahm wrote "Dylan Come Lately" in Copenhagen; he told an amused Dylan about it during Bill Clinton's inaugural festivities. ^[13] "You Don't Know How Young You Are" is a cover of the 13th Floor Elevators song. ^[14] Several songs reflect on the band's early days and life in the 1960s. ^[15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[16]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution	[15]
Calgary Herald	B+ [17]
Robert Christgau	[18]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[19]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [20]
The Indianapolis Star	[21]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[6]
The Province	[14]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[22]

Entertainment Weekly dismissed the album, writing that "mostly it’s just rote bar-band junk: clumsy and powerless." ^[20] Robert Christgau praised "She Would If She Could, She Can't So She Won't". ^[18] The Indianapolis Star noted the "mixture of twanging, Tex-Mex and bluesy rock, simple Vox organ chords that got kids dancing at the high school hop 30 years ago, and some power 'wall of guitars' sound to remind you that it's 1994." ^[21]

The Baltimore Sun admired that "one of the best things about this new Sir Douglas Quintet is that it has no qualms about updating its sound, be it through the guitar crunch in 'Intoxication' or the wah-wah guitar and synths that flesh out the title tune." ^[23] The Calgary Herald determined that "the ol' cosmic cowboy-rocker leads his new Sir Douglas Quintet through vintage and yet still vital territory, somewhere between John Hiatt and Roky Erickson, between the '60s and the '90s, and somewhere all its own." ^[17]

AllMusic called the album "the first one that featured Sahm in a totally hard rocking context, the tracks jumping from one heavy groove to the next like some kind of old Saturday night FM underground radio show hosted by rowdies." ^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Too Little Too Late"
2.	"Twisted World"
3.	"Darling Dolores"
4.	"Day Dreaming at Midnight"
5.	"Into the Night"
6.	"Dylan Come Lately"
7.	"She Would If She Could, She Can't So She Won't"
8.	"You Don't Know How Young You Are"
9.	"County Line"
10.	"Romance Is All Screwed Up"
11.	"Freedom Is Mine"
12.	"Intoxication"

References

1. Reid, Jan; Sahm, Shawn (February 1, 2010). Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm. University of Texas Press.
2. "Timeline/Discography". The Austin Chronicle.
3. Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press.
4. Asakawa, Gil (April 1, 1994). "Sound Advice". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. p. E2.
5. Beal Jr., Jim (May 1, 1994). "Sir Doug and Augie". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1H.
6. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 971.
7. "Sir Douglas and friends rock out". Stereo Review. Vol. 59, no. 5. May 1994. p. 82.
8. "The Sir Douglas Quintet Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
9. Miller, Michael (April 15, 1994). "New releases". The State. Columbia. p. D10.
10. McLeese, Don (January 20, 1994). "On another front, the March 1 release of the Sir Douglas Quintet's...". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 6.
11. Bledsoe, Wayne (March 25, 1994). "Tops in their field, the Hellecasters still prefer to play at their work". Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 14.
12. Mitchell, Rick (March 20, 1994). "'Day Dreaming at Midnight' Sir Douglas Quintet". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 6.
13. Toombs, Mikel (May 9, 1994). "Yes, sir — Douglas Quintet is staging another comeback". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. E5.
14. Harrison, Tom (August 18, 1994). "Sir Douglas Quintet: Day Dreaming at Midnight". The Province. p. B8.
15. Townsend, Bob (March 26, 1994). "Album Reviews". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L22.
16. "The Sir Douglas Quintet Day Dreaming at Midnight". AllMusic.
17. Muretich, James (April 3, 1994). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
18. "Sir Douglas Quintet". Robert Christgau.
19. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. pp. 490–491.
20. "Day Dreaming at Midnight". Entertainment Weekly.
21. Schoch, Eric B. (April 11, 1994). "Sir Douglas Quintet 'Day Dreaming at Midnight'". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
22. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 713.
23. Considine, J.D. (March 18, 1994). "Day Dreaming at Midnight Sir Douglas Quintet". Features. The Baltimore Sun. p. 7.