[Dixielandjazz] Austin TX jazz band article

[Dan Augustine]

     Yes.  Good on ya, Dave.  (But "antique music"?  Please.  As 
someone else said, "Anything that's not busy bein' born is busy 
dyin'." [or something like that]  This style of music may have been 
born a century ago, but it is in no way dying.)
     Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butlers have a CD out that i like a 
lot, and it's available at:
             http://cdbaby.com/cd/aspencer

     Dan
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>From: David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:22:06 -0700
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Austin TX jazz band article
>Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I was reading tubist Mark Rubin's blog and found this article
>  ( he posts at http://markdrubin.blogspot.com/ - much of interest 
>for OKOM and many other KOM )
>
>Dave RIchoux
>
>
>The (Monkey) Butlers Did It
>http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/nightlights/2007/02/the_monkey_butlers_did_it.html
>The butler did it. And no one got hurt.
>
>Actually, the Monkey Butlers, led by singer Alice Spencer, did it. 
>They put on an excellent show, built on antique music, Friday night 
>(2/9) at Luna.
>
>The Austin-based quintet of Spencer (vocals), Pops Bayless (banjo, 
>vocals), Mark Rubin (helicon a relative of the tuba, vocals), Ben 
>Saffer (clarinet, C melody saxophone) and Joe Cordi (piano) staged 
>their first show outside of Austin and made new friends and fans in 
>the process.
>
>"This is a fun little band, isn't it?," asked Rubin. Indeed. Rubin, 
>a veteran of Bad Livers and many other groups, and the other 
>Butlers, had a good time making the music and that fun infected the 
>crowd, a group that started out small but grew to fill the place by 
>11 p.m.
>
>With her big, expressive, crystal clear voice, Spencer effortlessly 
>did a fine job of turning back the clock with songs by Sophie 
>Tucker, Louis Jordan, Memphis Minnie and other artists from the '20s 
>into the '50s. Far from being some sort of museum piece band, the 
>Monkey Butlers seemed to simply be playing, very well, songs they 
>love to play.
>
>Selections such as "I Miss You So," "Some of These Days," "Is You Is 
>Or Is You Ain't My Baby" and "My Man Stands Out" sounded fresh, new 
>and ready to be hits again.
>
>When Spencer took a breather now and again, the band, experienced at 
>playing everything from deep blues to hokum, from avant folk to 
>klezmer, took over with the likes of "Limehouse Blues."
>
>"Like jazz," Rubin said, "but fun."
>
>Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butler are hoping to work Luna on a 
>regular basis. Good.
>
>( http://www.alicespencer.com/monkey.htm has some music )

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