Asylum Street Spankers - God's Favorite Band
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Artist: Asylum Street SpankersEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-10-06
Music Label: YELLOW DOG RECORDS
Soundtracks:
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
- Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego
- Each Day
- Right and Wrong
- Jesus Walking on the Water
- Last Mile of the Way
- Down by the Riverside
- By and By
- Volkswagon
- Wade in the Water
- It Ain't Necessarily So
Music reviews of God's Favorite Band
Music Review: Out of the Park
Rating: 5 Stars
Guy Forsyth is back. Need I say more?
OK, maybe I do.
As likely the swan song for the Spankers (unless they cut a CD from the "Spanks for Everything" farewell tour--and I wish they would), the album showcases the vocal range and musical depth of Christina, Wammo, Charlie, Guy, Nevada, Stanley(!) and Sick (the only band member I've never seen perform live). If you like resonator guitar played by a master, you'll love Guy's work throughout the album. If you like old-time spirituals delivered by some of the strongest vocalists you're likely to hear today, you'll love the ones they've selected (particularly the ones sung by Christina), but you might be a bit non-plused by Wammo's secular original compositions--maybe they're a little hokey at times ("with Jesus his jack and Buddha his spare"?), but can anyone deny that Wammo's still got pipes after hearing "Right and Wrong"?
It's also probably the most family friendly album they've produced since "Mommy Says No" (which did have mother pheasants, after all).
Now, I can't deny being a huge Spanker fan, but my wife, who is more Spanker-neutral, loved the songs from the album that they performed last time we saw them live.
So, if you love musicality, virtuoso-level voices and instrumentation, as well as a rousing set of amazing tunes, you should love the album. If you're a Spanker fan but prefer "Dirty Ditties" over, say, "Spanks for the Memories", you may like it more than love it. Obviously, I loved it.
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Description of God's Favorite Band
Austin's postmodern jug band takes a wide left turn with the world's first agnostic gospel album. Mixing raucous old traditionals with wryly humanistic originals from co-bandleader Wammo, the all-acoustic roots mob pays homage to one of America's seminal musical styles while staking out a theology of healthy skepticism leavened with tolerance.Taking a turn in the producer's chair, co-bandleader Christina Marrs decided to feature the group's incredible vocal technique. Not only did she and Wammo record their best lead vocals to date, all five vocalists shine in rhythmically intricate and harmonically varied group arrangements.
With special appearances from emeritus band members Guy Forsyth and Stanley Smith, God's Favorite Band is a witty, warm collection of wonderful songs, joyously sung.
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