The song, which has a 12-bar blues structure, was once named the number one 'Texas' song by Texas Monthly. The Quintet is perhaps best known for the 1965 hit single " She's About a Mover" written by Doug Sahm. However, they soon outgrew these trappings. For a short while, the youthful members of the group emulated Beatles-like "mop-top" demeanor and antics on stage. As a consequence, the Texas-local R&B, Tex-Mex, and other veins the musicians were familiar with initially went through a period of influence by the British pop bands of the early and mid 1960s. Aware of major trends, producer Huey Meaux advised connecting the new group with the English pop-music trend. The Quintet was born in a cross-cultural south Texas musical melting pot that included the sounds and traditions of Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Appalachia, Bohemia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and African-America. Houston's recording industry had become the center of Texas R&B music. The initial success of the new group, the Quintet, on the airwaves and sales charts was achieved when they made records in conjunction with Houston music producer Huey P. Sahm went on to play in blues clubs in his teenage years and had gained experience as a band leader. Sahm had started in country music and had played (at age eleven) on-stage with Hank Williams, Sr. Doug Sahm, a veteran of the professional music scene who first sang on radio at the age of five, formed the Quintet (first called simply 'Sir Douglas') in 1964 with longtime friend Augie Meyers and the other original members, Jack Barber, Frank Morin, and Johnny Perez.
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