Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
(Freddy Fender - Wayne Duncan)

1971 version:
Doug Sahm: guitar, fiddle and vocals
Augie Meyers: keyboards
Jim Stallings: bass
John Perez: drums
Rocky Morales: tenor sax
Leonidas Beaty: percussion
Atwood Allen: harmony singing
  original first pressing/release:
 
  SIR DOUGLAS QUINTETT
VARIOUS ARTISTS
PHILIPS 6300 044
MAGGIE MAY & OTHER WORLD HITS
A5: Wasted Days Wasted Nights
1971, Germany, LP (more info)
USA-2640 DOUG SALDAÑA and SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
ANGIE RECORDS 1000
A-side: Wasted Days, Wasted Nights (3:37)
(F. Fender - W. M. Duncan)
197?, USA, 7" 45rpm (more info)
cd 1483 DOUG SAHM
FUEL 2000 RECORDS 302 061 393 2
HE'S ABOUT A GROOVER
CD2/5: SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
()
March 23, 2004, USA, 2CD (more info)
   
usa-20089 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
SUNDAZED LP 5338
THE MONO SINGLES '68-'72
D3: Wasted Days, Wasted Nights (3:39)
(F. Fender - W.M. Duncan)
2011, USA, 2LP (more info)
cd 31036 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
SUNDAZED LP 5338
THE MONO SINGLES '68-'72
track 20: Wasted Days, Wasted Nights (3:39)
(Fender - Duncan)
2011, USA, digipack (more info)
   

 

1975 live version:
the band:
Doug Sahm - vocals, guitar
Augie Meyer - piano (Steinway & Sons)
Jack Barber - bass
Steve McDaniels - drums
Harry Hess - steel guitar
 

original first CD pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM
NEW WEST RECORDS NW6133
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX
track 12: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (0:55)
(Freddy Fender)
recorded October 14, 1975 (more info)
October 2, 2007, USA, CD (more info)

 

original first DVD pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM
NEW WEST RECORDS NW8047
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX
track 8: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
(Freddy Fender)
recorded October 14, 1975 (more info)
October 2, 2007, USA, DVD (more info)

   

 

1981 live version:
pic 10126

original first pressing/release:

FREDDY FENDER & SIR DOUGLAS (Quintet.)
CRAZY CAJUN CC-LP-1013
RE-UNION OF THE COSMIC BROTHERS
A1: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
(Fender)
early 1981, USA, LP (more info)

FREDDY FENDER & SIR DOUGLAS (Quintet.)
CRAZY CAJUN CC-LP-1013
RE-UNION OF THE COSMIC BROTHERS
B3: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
(Fender)
early 1981, USA, LP (more info)

   
   
   

 

1990 live version:
 

original first pressing/release:

TEXAS TORNADOS
NEW WEST RECORDS NW6083 (CD)
NEW WEST RECORDS NW8013 (DVD)
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX
track 13: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (3:55)
(Freddy Fender)
November 1, 2005 - USA, CD and DVD (more info)

   
   
   

 

1997 live version:

original first pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM / THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND
SAN ANTONIO RECORDS - DOUGALIVE 1
LIVE - IN STOCKHOLM
track 11: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
(Freddy Fender - Wayne Duncan)
August 11, 2012, Sweden, digipak CD (more info)

original version:
   
 

FREDDY FENDER

(more info)

   
   

 

also covered by:
  BILLY BACON
CONJUNTO LOS POCHOS
CONJUNTO LOS POCHOS CLP 1253
DAME MÁS AMOR
track 11: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (3:02)
()
August 4, 2009, USA, CD (more info)
  FREDDY FENDER JR.
homemade CD-R
MY SONGS TO A LEGEND
track 2: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
()
2007, USA, CD-R (more info)
JOHN EVANS BAND
VARIOUS ARTISTS
ZENHILL RECORDS ZHR-11-11-SHRS
HITS FROM THE HILL - SUGARHIT RECORDS
track CD2/14: JOHN EVANS BAND - Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (3:08)
(Freddy Fender & Wayne Duncan)
November 1, 2011, USA, 2CD (more info)
  PINCHITOS CALIENTE
LIMBO MUSIC JLCD093
PINCHITOS CALIENTE
track 16: Wasted Days & Wasted Nights (2:46)
(F. Fender)
2003, Netherlands, CD (more info)
  THE DRAGONS
GEARHEAD RECORDS RPM 019
B-side: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
(Baldemar Huerta - Wayne Duncan)
2000, USA, 7" 45rpm with picture sleeve (more info)
   

 

live versions by Doug Sahm:
1974-08-15 DOUG SAHM - USA - Houston, TX - Liberty Hall 
1975-10-14 DOUG SAHM - USA - Austin, TX - KLRU-TV studios
1975-12-05 DOUG SAHM - USA - Fort Worth, TX - Northside Colisseum  
1979-xx-xx DOUG SAHM - USA - New York City, NY - Lone Star Café   
1980-01-14 DOUG SAHM - USA - New York City, NY - Lone Star Café   
1981-02-24 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Cambridge, MA - Jonathan Swift's
1981-04-26 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Rotterdam - De Lantaarn 
1981-04-27 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Paradiso   
1981-05-01 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Turnhout - Oase  
1981-05-02 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Deinze - Brielpoort   
1981-05-03 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Borgerhout - Hof Ter Lo   
1981-05-04 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Brussels - Passage 44
1981-05-08 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Stockholm - ???   
1981-05-10 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Lund - Akademiska Föreningen   
1981-05-11 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Denmark - Copenhagen - Montmartre   
1981-05-13 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - France - Paris - Le Palace    
1981-08-31 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Palo Alto, CA - ???   
1982-07-14 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - New York City, NY - Lone Star Café   
1983-05-13 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Stockholm - The Ritz    
1983-05-20 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Malmö - Baldakinen    
1983-05-21 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Lund - Alma Fater     
1983-05-22 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Sweden - Falkenberg - Grand Hotel    
1983-05-26 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - France - Paris - Phil'One      
1983-05-28 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Apeldoorn - De Gigant
1983-05-29 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Belgium - Borgerhout - Hof ter Lo
1983-05-31 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Rotterdam - Parkzicht
1983-06-02 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - United Kingdom - London - Dingwalls  
1983-06-03 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - United Kingdom - London - Dingwalls  
1984-07-27 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Austin, TX - Liberty Lunch 
1984-08-04 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Austin, TX - Antone's   
1985-06-01 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Germany - Tübingen - Mensa II Morgenstelle      
1985-06-06 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Nijmegen - O42      
1985-06-07 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Leeuwarden - Zalen Schaaf         
1985-06-08 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Paradiso        
1985-06-18 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Norway - Balestrand - Kvikne's Hotel      
1985-06-20 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - Norway - Bergen - Oleana   
1985-11-23 DOUG SAHM & THE WEST SIDE HORNS - USA - Austin, TX - Antone's 
1987-04-09 THE TEXAS MAVERICKS - Netherlands - Groningen - Vera
1988-04-23 DOUG SAHM - USA - Austin, TX - Liberty Lunch
1989-09-29 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Lawrence, KS - The Jazzhaus   
1990-04-11 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Buffalo, NY - Nietzsche's
1990-09-24 TEXAS TORNADOS - Canada - Toronto - Horseshoe Tavern  
1990-10-16 TEXAS TORNADOS - USA - Austin, TX - KLRU-TV studio
1991-04-16 TEXAS TORNADOS - Netherlands - Geleen - De Hanenhof
1991-04-17 TEXAS TORNADOS - Netherlands - Groningen - De Oosterpoort
1991-04-18 TEXAS TORNADOS - Netherlands - Tilburg - Noorderligt
1991-04-21 TEXAS TORNADOS - Netherlands - Rotterdam - Parkzicht
1991-07-03 TEXAS TORNADOS - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Paradiso
1991-07-04 TEXAS TORNADOS - Switzerland - Montreux - Montreux Casino
1995-08-11 DOUG SAHM & THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND - Belgium - Lokeren - "Lokerse Feesten"
1996-10-31 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - USA - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
1997-08-01 DOUG SAHM & THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Paradiso
1997-08-02 DOUG SAHM & THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND - Belgium - Lokeren - "Lokerse Feesten"
1997-08-11 DOUG SAHM & THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND - Sweden - Stockholm - Riksscenen
1998-05-09 THE LAST REAL TEXAS BLUES BAND featuring DOUG SAHM - USA - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room

 

live versions by other artists:
COFFEE CREEK 1992-06-11 USA - St. Louis, MO - Cicero's
1993-07-30 USA - St. Louis, MO - Cicero's
SHAWN SAHM & THE TEX-MEX EXPERIENCE 2006-05-05 Netherlands - Ospel - Moulin Blues Festival
2006-05-08 Belgium - Brugge - Stadsschouwburg
TEXAS TORNADOS 2009-10-17 USA - Alpine, CA - "Viejas BBQ Champignonship"