Asylum Street Spankers - Spanks for the Memories
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Artist: Asylum Street SpankersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Music Label: Yellow Dog Records
Soundtracks:
- Introduction
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Superchief
- Song With No Words
- Introduction
- Lee Harvey
- I'll See You In My Dreams
- Hesitation Blues
- Startin' To Hate Country
- Walkin' & Whistlin' Blues
- Shave 'Em Dry
- Brazil
- Trade Winds
- Introduction
- Funny Cigarette
- Hometown Boy
- Drunkard's Wave
- Black Eyed Blues
Music reviews of Spanks for the Memories
Music Review: At Their Best
Rating: 5 Stars
I first encountered The Asylum Street Spankers through a friend, who let me take a listen to this record and Spanker Madness, and from there the music just kind of stuck. I now own all their recordings that I can get my hands on (some are harder to snag), and I have to say that this might very well be their best recording of the kind of music that is undeniably "theirs," and definitely the best place to start.
But what are you starting with, eh? I guess since I'm the first review, I should handle that. The Asylum Street Spankers perform what has been labeled "Acoustic Music", but would be better characterized as "Old-Timey." Somewhere between what you would expect to hear a jug band play and something you might hear coming out of a saloon in a spaghetti western and some early 20th century jazz. Think Squirrel Nut Zippers without a horn section and a lot more talent if that makes any sense. They're champions of this relatively small genre, and also a very much Austin-eque band, since that's where they base their operations from.
As for this CD, I've got to say that I prefer it to most of the other alternatives. So far as capturing all of the different dimensions of that old-time sound that characterizes their genre, this one hits more bases and does so better than most of their subsequent records. There's a lot to love on this CD. My personal favorite tracks are Superchief, I'll See You in My Dreams, and (the eerily prescient, seeing as this record is over ten years old) Hometown Boy, but there's something here for everybody. Instrumentally, this is from the beginning days when Stanley Smith was the group's regular clarinetist and Guy Forsyth was still lending his songwriting and performing talents, and the group is better for it.
For new fans looking for a taste of what the Asylum Street Spankers' music is all about, this is probably the best place to start, and I'd venture to say that most open-minded appreciators of music should include it in their collections. Fans of later records may not find this to be as alternative-friendly (My Favorite Record) or as jazzy or kitschy (Hot Lunch or Mercurial), but for my money, this is easily the best they've done to date.
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