Mendocino (album)

Mendocino is the second album^[6] by country rock group The Sir Douglas Quintet, released in April 1969 on Smash Records. The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a fifteen-week stay in early 1969. The album peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard 200 charts.^[7] Neon Records re-released the album in 2001 and 2008.

Mendocino
Studio album by The Sir Douglas Quintet
Released	April 1969
Recorded	Columbus Recorders, Sentinel Building, San Francisco, CA[1] Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA[2][3]
Genre	Tex-Mex, country rock
Length	31:05
Label	Smash
Producer	Amigos de Musica,[4] assisted by Frank Morin
The Sir Douglas Quintet chronology
Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = Honkey Blues (1968) Mendocino (1969) 1+1+1=4 (1970)
Singles from Mendocino
"She's About a Mover" Released: February 1965 "Mendocino" Released: October 1968

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(positive) [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Doug Sahm, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mendocino"		2:40
2.	"I Don't Want"		3:45
3.	"I Wanna Be Your Mama Again"		3:10
4.	"At the Crossroads"		4:30
5.	"If You Really Want Me to I'll Go"	Delbert McClinton	2:35
6.	"And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down"	Martin Fierro, Frank Morin, Sahm	2:30
7.	"Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City"		2:45
8.	"She's About a Mover"		3:20
9.	"Texas Me"	Augie Meyers, Morin, John Perez, Sahm	2:35
10.	"Oh, Baby, It Just Don't Matter"		3:15

Personnel

The Sir Douglas Quintet

• Doug Sahm – vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
• Frank Morin – vocals, horns
• Harvey Kagan – bass guitar
• Augie Meyers – organ, piano, keyboards
• John Perez – drums