Production · Performance
Huey P. Meaux
real name Huey Purvis Meaux
Huey P. Meaux is credited on 1,932 releases across 517 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,932
Credits
517
Albums
8
Decades active
140
In collections
Biography
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American music producer and recording studio owner, nicknamed "The Crazy Cajun", born 10 March 1929 in Wright, Louisiana; died 23 March 2011 in Winnie, Texas. His family moved to Winnie, Texas when he was 12.
Meaux made most of his career in Houston, Texas, where he worked at the Gold Star Recording Studio in the 1960s. In 1972 he took over the studio and renamed it to Sugar Hill Studios. He sold the studio in 1986 but kept an office there.
In 1996, police raided Meaux's office and found evidence of child pornography and Polaroids of sex with underage girls. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting a teenage girl and other charges. He was released in 2007.
Son of Pappy 'Te Tan' Meaux.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,932 releases · 517 albums · active 1959–2023
- Production · 1,615
- Performance · 733
- Other credits · 49
- Engineering · 5
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Sugar Hill Studios · Pasadena Sounds · Cosimo Recording Studio · Third Coast Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)
1972

The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler
1995

The Best Of Freddy Fender
1977

Before The Next Teardrop Falls
1974

Here Is
1968

Ghost Riders
2022

The Dark Side (30 Sixties Garage, Punk And Psych Monsters)
2017

Texas Tornados
1990

My Toot Toot
1985

Rock En Español Vol. 1
2007

Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 (Volume 5 1962 - 1966)
1985

Rock 'N' Country
1976

Texas Rock For Country Rollers
1976

Together After Five
1970

Soulshake
1969

Smash Sounds
1967

The New Orleans Sound
1991

Tex-Mex
1979

SuperStars In Country Music
1978

If You're Ever In Texas
1976

Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
1975

Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Waiting For Your Love
1974

You'll Lose A Good Thing
1962

GarciaLive Volume Three (December 14-15, 1974 Northwest Tour)
2013
Frequent collaborators
- Freddy Fender (2)
- Various
- Barbara Lynn
- Johnny Copeland
- B.J. Thomas
- Sir Douglas Quintet
- Tommy McLain
- Jerry Lee Lewis
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