Mark McDonald

Calling the Hogs and lovin life in the beautiful Arkansas Ozarks.

[Texas Music Office @txmusicoffice]

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Augie Meyers over the weekend. He was a true pillar of Texas music, and he will be sorely missed. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Augie Meyers was born in San Antonio, Texas, a city whose rich blend of Mexican, German, and country traditions helped shape the distinctive sound he would later bring to American roots music. Growing up surrounded by conjunto, rhythm and blues, and rock ’n’ roll, Meyers developed a lifelong love of the keyboard. His early fascination with the Vox organ would become one of the most recognizable sounds in Texas rock, giving his music a warm, swirling tone that fans instantly recognized.

Meyers first rose to national prominence in the 1960s as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, the band behind the hit song “She’s About a Mover.” His signature organ riffs helped define the group’s Tex-Mex rock style and made the song a classic of the era. Over the decades he collaborated with numerous artists across the Texas music scene, including longtime friend Doug Sahm, and remained a respected figure in roots, rock, and conjunto-influenced music.

Later in his career, Meyers continued to build his legacy as a member of the Texas Tornados alongside Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez. The group blended country, rock, and Tex-Mex traditions and earned a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance in 1991. Through decades of touring, recording, and mentoring younger musicians, Augie Meyers became not just a keyboard player but a cultural ambassador for the musical traditions of South Texas, leaving behind a sound and spirit that will continue to inspire generations.

[Traces of Texas @TracesofTexas]

You KNEW I was going to post this tonight. The San Antonio national anthem as sung by Augie Meyers.

https://t.co/N8T7M6T0W3

RIP Augie!

[Galleywinter @galleywinter]

Augie. Doug. Freddy. Flaco. At their peak Texas Tornado power.

Everything bands from Texas do now rides in their wake. Just pure talent and entertainment. This is Texas Music.

[Arkansas Men’s Basketball 🐗 @RazorbackMBB]

SEC All-Defensive Team! Billy 🐐 shut it down all season. 💥

[Arkansas Men’s Basketball 🐗 @RazorbackMBB]

Leek has barely scratched the surface. 😤🎯

[Arkansas Men’s Basketball 🐗 @RazorbackMBB]

🏆 SEC Player & Freshman of the Year! 5️⃣ owned the season and he’s not done yet. 💪🔥 #AcuffPOY

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

There’s baseball in the forecast

[Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan @SecNavPhelan]

A day that lives in infamy. December 7, 1941, changed America forever. We honor the 2,403 fallen at Pearl Harbor and the Sailors and Marines who refused to yield; the grit that forged a Fleet that still stands watch, ready and relentless.

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@CoachBPetrino Thank you Coach!

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@Super70sSports Lassie!

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@thequeenofrust Mt. Rainier.

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@thequeenofrust Santa Cruz De Le Sierra, Bolivia

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@thequeenofrust Back in the 1990's we were surveying for the McCurtain Co. Airport in Idabel, Oklahoma and found 2 graves on top of a little hill. The headstones were laid over, but were still legible. They both died around the time Oklahoma became a state. We located the graves on our topo.

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@USMarineVet1969 @braesikalla @atrupar That must be why there are no whales in Holland. All those windmills...

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@StillRadNotaFad @GovPressOffice You do realize this is a parody, right? It's actually quite brilliant.

[Arkansas Razorbacks 🐗 @ArkRazorbacks]

The best on the diamond play in the Natural State 💎🐗

[Acyn @Acyn]

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings. We will punish you economically for dissenting from the Affordable Care Act or the Iran deal. We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.

It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me, or a whole bunch of my predecessors.

[Darrell Walker @CoachWalker_LR]

We forget how good Ronnie Brewer, Sr. was. His jersey, along with Marvin Delph's, should be hanging up in the rafters with Sidney Moncrief's. The Triplets were the foundation for Razorback men's basketball. 🏀

[WarMachine2013 @WarMachine2013]

44 years ago today US Reed hit a shot from half court to stun defending champion Louisville, 74-73, to advance the Hogs to the 1981 Sweet 16.

[Mark McDonald @markmchog83]

@sosodef1984 @pyrususer @creepydotorg He had brain surgery to relieve a subdural hematoma in 1989.