[Dixielandjazz] Asylum Street Spankers

[Randy Fendrick]

I have their tune, done to "tie a yellow..." Metal Ribbon on your SUV 
on my Ipod.  Funny and poignant!
later,
rf
On Nov 10, 2006, at 8:23 PM, Steve Barbone wrote:

> This is a funny group. Not sure what genre, by Everybody Loves My Baby 
> is a
> hoot. Kinda like a young band version of the Boondockers?
>
>> From the Roanoke VA paper.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
> Washboards? Ukuleles? Musical saws? The inmates are running the Asylum
> Street Spankers.
>
> The crazy vagabonds return to Southwest Virginia from Austin, Texas, 
> toting
> a musical grab bag of hillbilly, Dixieland jazz and Delta blues. When 
> these
> multiple musicians rosin up the washboard and tune up the saw, they 
> make
> fantastic American music that bridges centuries and sounds more 
> contemporary
> and relevant than anything on the radio.
>
> Bawdy, brash and more than a little risque, the Spankers are the kind 
> of
> band that would make a children's album and call it "Mommy Says No!" 
> and
> include such family-friendly hits as "You Only Love Me for My 
> Lunchbox" and
> "Boogers."
>
> The band also has a new live DVD, "Re-Assembly," taped during the 
> band's
> 10th anniversary "reunion" in 2004. But don't just watch the band on 
> TV.
> Experience the madness yourself.
>
> Where: Sun Music Hall, downtown Floyd (inside the building that holds 
> the
> Winter Sun clothing store and Cafe del Sol coffee shop)
>
> When: Tonight at 9
>
> Tickets: $18
>
> Info: (540) 745-7880, online at wintersuninc.net/thesun and
> asylumstreetspankers.com
>
>
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Randy Fendrick,
Southside Chicago Seven
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra