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- Date Released: February 23, 1999
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Folk, Traditional
- Label: Spanks A Lot / MVD Entertainment Group
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This, Asylum Street Spankers' sophomore recording, breezes in on acoustic guitar and ukulele strains and the words "Life ain't a cakewalk, it's a waltz/And they're playing my music out of time" -- and it only gets better from there. Indeed, 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 are -- 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. It's this graceful self-awareness that separates Asylum Street Spankers from such less graceful musical revivalists as the Squirrel Nut Zippers. In fact, on the cut "Smells Like Thirty-Something," the Spankers seem to, well, spank the mid-'90s swing revival craze on its rump, chiding, atop a rollicking, bluesy riff, "I like martinis/and I like cigars/But I hate martini and cigar bars." Somewhere between that sense of humor and vocalist/instrumentalist (for every Spanker is a multi-instrumentalist) Christina Marrs' sublime vocals lies the charm of Asylum Stret Spankers as expressed in these grooves. A beautiful, rocking, and rollicking unplugged beer-and-pot party populated with the most unpretentious, heartbreaking characters you're ever likely to meet.
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| 01. |  |
Cakewalk |
3:11 |
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| 02. | |
Don't Wanna |
3:41 |
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| 03. | |
Trippin' over You |
4:00 |
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| 04. | |
U.F.O. Attack |
2:35 |
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| 05. | |
If I Were You |
3:48 |
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| 06. | |
Colonel Josh's B.B.Q. |
3:12 |
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| 07. | |
Hot Lunch |
4:12 |
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| 08. | |
Blue Prelude |
5:23 |
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| 09. | |
Smells Like Thirty Something |
3:03 |
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| 10. | |
Fanny |
2:39 |
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| 11. | |
Island Angel |
4:57 |
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| 12. | |
Smooth One |
7:06 |
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| 13. | |
Bijou |
3:07 |
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| 14. | |
Sad Bomber |
4:04 |
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| 15. | |
New Jazz Fiddle |
2:39 |
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| 16. | |
Asylum Street Blues |
3:38 |
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16 Total Tracks, 61:15 Total Length
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Credits
- Bob Brozman - Guitar // Bob Brozman - Guitar (Rhythm) // Bob Brozman - Ukulele // Bob Brozman - Producer // Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar // Bob Brozman - Charango // Bob Brozman - Hawaiian Guitar // Bob Brozman - National Steel Guitar // Bob Brozman - Guest Appearance // Wammo - Harmonica // Wammo - Bongos // Wammo - Sound Effects // Wammo - Vocals // Wammo - Vocals (Background) // Wammo - Washboard // Wammo - Bottle // Wammo - Sheet Metal // Wammo - Group Member // Bobby Arnold - Assistant Engineer // Glover Gill - Accordion // Glover Gill - Guest Appearance // Rick White - Trumpet // Rick White - Guest Appearance // Asylum Street Spankers - Main Performer // Josh Arnson - Guitar // Josh Arnson - Guitar (Rhythm) // Josh Arnson - Vocals // Josh Arnson - Guitar (Tenor) // Josh Arnson - Group Member // Pops Bayless - Guitar // Pops Bayless - Ukulele // Pops Bayless - Vocals // Pops Bayless - Whistle (Human) // Pops Bayless - Slide Whistle // Pops Bayless - Guitar (Tenor) // Pops Bayless - Group Member // Stanley Smith - Clarinet // Stanley Smith - Clarinet (Bass) // Stanley Smith - Ukulele // Stanley Smith - Vocals // Stanley Smith - Soloist // Stanley Smith - Group Member // Jerry Tubb - Mastering // Mysterious John - Kazoo // Mysterious John - Vocals // Mysterious John - Soloist // Mysterious John - Group Member // Christina Marrs - Guitar // Christina Marrs - Ukulele // Christina Marrs - Vocals // Christina Marrs - Vocals (Background) // Christina Marrs - ? // Daniel Thomas - Producer // Daniel Thomas - Engineer // Daniel Thomas - Mixing // George Brainard - Photography // Sara Nelson - Cello // Sara Nelson - Guest Appearance // James Adamson - Assistant Engineer // Brad Engleking - Assistant Engineer // Eamon McLaughlin - Fiddle // Eamon McLaughlin - Mandolin // Eamon McLaughlin - Violin // Eamon McLaughlin - Group Member // Leroy Biller - Guitar // Leroy Biller - Guitar (Rhythm) // Leroy Biller - Group Member // John Salmon - Drums
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