[Dixielandjazz] Back to Asylum Street Spankers

[Allan Brown]

I hear you Ginny. That's the case for me too. 

Allan

On 11 Apr 2010, at 23:53, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

> Hi, Yes Asylum Street Spankers have been brought up a time or two in the  
> past, but not for a good while.  Because I was so taken with a couple of  
> their You Tubes, I went to see them live a couple of years ago.  They  
> apparently are a constantly touring group which results in fair amount of  turnover 
> of personnel.  But I thought they provided outstanding  entertainment, saw 
> some awesome musicians among the group.  Love to hear  the main gal, whose 
> name escapes me, sing blues or anything else for that  matter. 
> 
> An interesting point which seems to be true of Asylum Street, but  alsoof 
> many other musical entertainers -- what works very well  visually and one 
> time does not wear well for repeated listening -- at least for  me.  So while I 
> would go watch them at any opportunity, I don't have any of  their CDs. 
> 
> I've also noticed that even in my favorite Dixieland genre, what may  
> delight me seen and heard live, does not necessarily mean I will want to listen  
> to it multiple times on CD, or I-pods or whatever more modern listeners  
> use.  Yet, their are ensembles who manage to record tunes that I want to  
> listen to again and again.  Some of this has to do with the right amount of  
> interplay and complexity.  That is, I can listen to next time and focus on  
> something different from my focus the time before.  However, this  "complexity" 
> has to be tightly woven among the players in a group that's hitting  
> together.
> 
> Ginny
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