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Asylum Street Spankers
God's Favorite Band
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Asylum Street Spankers, Johnson, Blind Will
2. Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego - Asylum Street Spankers, MacGimsey, Robert
3. Each Day - Asylum Street Spankers, Traditional
4. Right and Wrong - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
5. Jesus Walking on the Water - Asylum Street Spankers, Gano, Gordon
6. Last Mile of the Way - Asylum Street Spankers, Oatman, Johnson Jr.
7. Down by the Riverside - Asylum Street Spankers, Traditional
8. By and By - Asylum Street Spankers, Traditional
9. Volkswagon - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
10. Wade in the Water - Asylum Street Spankers, Traditional
11. It Ain't Necessarily So - Asylum Street Spankers, Gershwin, George

CD Details

All Artists: Asylum Street Spankers
Title: God's Favorite Band
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Yellow Dog Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 10/6/2009
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Americana, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 823800140925

Synopsis

Album Description

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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CD Reviews

Ok but a bit of a disappointment

W. Philipp | Waffle House | 10/10/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"While this CD is a solid entertaining effort from the SPankers as usual It is a bit disappointing this wasn't advertised or the early press did not explain what it really is. This is not a truely new studio album. It's a live recording from 2006 :-/ So it is even an older recording than their last release which was a double live CD. Hopefully they will follow up with a new CD soon with he current line up."

Guess you had to be there.. Without the visuals it fails

Steven I. Ramm | Phila, PA USA | 01/03/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The Spankers are a lot of fun. I've never seen them in person but their "live" Dvds are a lot of fun and, when they play instrumentals you can see them at work. This CD is strange. Not that the band isn't. That's the fun part of enjoying them. But this album contains six traditional or standard gospel songs, done straight - with no standout playing - and a bunch of originals (not very clever) on the "God" theme. The opening track - a Blind Willie Johnson song sung at the slowest pace ever by Gyt Forsythe - is actually painful to listen to.

This was recorded in front of an audience in 2006 - it's not current - and I can only wonder what they thought they were going to hear. Okay, it's NOW 2010. Let's chalk this one up to - what? - experience, move on to a NEW ASS album. Don't judge these guys by this CD.

Steve Ramm

"Anything Pgonographic""