Since birth, Douglas Wayne Sahm had music pumping through his veins.
"Doug was the kind of musician that could play the blues, he could play jazz, play country, play steel guitar, play fiddle, play sax. He'd arranged horns and things,” musician Augie Meyers said.
Born the grandson of a German traditional-style bandleader in San Antonio, Little Doug, as he was known, was a musical child prodigy. He hit radio airwaves by the age of 5.
In 1965 when he was in his early 20s, Sahm formed the Sir Douglas Quintet, which brought him international attention. Meyers, his lifelong friend and fellow musician, joined him for the interesting ride.
Promoters asked the Texas musicians to pass as English to capitalize on the wave of the British Invasion.
"We got the quintet back in the day as one thing. Then when we went on TV and Trini Lopez says, 'I can't lie. These guys ain't British,’” Meyers said.
That story and dozens more are detailed in "Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove." Produced by Texas music historian Joe Nick Patoski, the documentary streams together decades of the Sahm legacy.
"You know, one of the joys of Doug Sahm is he has a catalog of music that spans over 60 albums and lord knows how many singles,” Patoski said.
Now the movie's makers have turned to Kickstarter, hoping fans old and new will raise $75,000. That money would pay music permissions and distributions fees to help give the movie a global audience.
"I cried when saw the movie. I think it was fantastic that somebody stepped up and did it. It needed to be done. It should have been done when Doug was here,” Meyers said.
The Kickstarter campaign wraps up July 29. So far, more than $40,000 of the $75,000 goal has been raised.
For more, check out DougSahmDoc.com.