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Asylum Street Spankers
Hot Lunch
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Cakewalk - Asylum Street Spankers, Bayless, Pops
2. I Don't Wanna - Asylum Street Spankers, Bayless, Pops
3. Trippin' Over You - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
4. U.F.O. Attack - Asylum Street Spankers, Hershman, D.
5. If I Were You - Asylum Street Spankers, Marrs, C.
6. Colonel Josh's B.B.Q. - Asylum Street Spankers, Arnson, J.
7. Hot Lunch - Asylum Street Spankers, Biller, D.L.
8. Blue Prelude - Asylum Street Spankers, Bishop, Joe [1]
9. Smells Like Thirty-Something - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
10. Fanny - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
11. Island Angel - Asylum Street Spankers, Bayless, G.
12. A Smo-o-oth One - Asylum Street Spankers, Goodman, B.
13. Bijou - Asylum Street Spankers, Bayless, Gregory
14. Sad Bomber - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo
15. New Jazz Fiddle - Asylum Street Spankers, Marrs, C.
16. Asylum Street Blues - Asylum Street Spankers, Wammo

CD Details

All Artists: Asylum Street Spankers
Title: Hot Lunch
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cold Spring Records
Release Date: 2/23/1999
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Roots Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 788862990126

Synopsis

Album Description

The Asylum Street Spankers, a loose, unplugged collective of Austin, TX, pickers and bon vivants, seem to have little trouble, on Hot Lunch's 16 cuts, deftly blending virtuosic musicianship with seemingly effortless musical and lyrical wit. The band flits between ragtime, country, old-style am radio pop tunes, swing, and country-blues with equal ease. The Spankers ? particularly on such puckish, narrative cuts as "Trippin' Over You," "Sad Bomber," and others ? manage to walk the razor thin line between novelty and just plain fun-lovin' jamboree frolics.

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CD Reviews

Emphasizes the music, not the comedy

02/23/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've seen the Spankers dozens of times in person, and there is nothing like it. But I didn't think their albums translated well to the world outside of Austin...Until Hot Lunch. This album has the right approach; it captures the band's raw musical talent and leaves out the had-to-be-there fun that totally works live but can end up sounding campy on vinyl/other. This album brings out the true greatness that makes the Spankers so amazing: Stan's smooth, woody clarinet, Pop's poignant ukulele, and Christina's lush vocals."

It's good but not their best

01/07/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"If you are a die hard fan or have a collection of their stuff, then this is a good CD to have. There are some redeemable qualities on this one, but it's just not their best. It's not really up to their standards. If you have not heard very much from them or are experimenting with their style of music. Please start with one of their other Cd's first, then move on to this one."

So good it Hurts!

solarpluvia | Olympia, WA USA | 08/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was the first of their albums I bought, and, with the exception of LIVE, it is their best. This is some of the freshest music out there today. I give it as gifts. You cannot be depressed when listening to this lively all real instrument band of people who all just love to play."