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- Date Released: September 30, 2008
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Traditional Folk
- Label: Yellow Dog / MVD Entertainment Group
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Topical, humorous, multifariously virtuosic, and never afraid of a dirty joke, the Asylum Street Spankers have always been more at home on-stage than in the studio. This two-disc set documents the highlights from a two-week stint at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, and offers a fairly predictable program of fan favorites ("Beer," "Winning the War on Drugs," "Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV") augmented by extensive between-song patter. Not all of the patter is quite as funny as it really ought to be, but the performances are tight and energetic and anyone who misses the Squirrel Nut Zippers or enjoys the political Great Folk Scare stylings of the Foremen will get a big kick out of this band. There's also some throat singing, a musical saw, a blistering version of "Got My Mojo Workin'" (sung by the brilliant Christina Marrs), more than one puerile novelty number (most notably the sniggering "My Country's Calling Me"), and a handful of brilliant, fully realized originals as well: note in particular Marrs' spectacular period piece "Monkey Rag." The album's most potentially embarrassing moment -- a putative country-rap fusion titled "Hick Hop" -- somehow manages to avoid being deeply embarrassing and succeeds at being merely boring. Overall, this is a good two-disc set that would have been an excellent one-disc set -- but since it's priced like a single disc, there's no reason to complain.
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| 01. |  |
Ladies and Gentlemen... I've Wasted My Life |
2:02 |
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| 02. | |
Everybody Loves My Baby |
3:20 |
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| 03. |
Nice Theater |
0:16 |
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My Country's Calling Me |
0:48 |
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Winning the War on Drugs |
4:16 |
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| 06. | |
Blue Prelude |
5:40 |
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| 07. | |
It's Good to Be Here in, Uh... |
0:50 |
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| 08. | |
Why Do It Right? |
3:41 |
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Stanley and Wammo |
1:49 |
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Since I Met You Baby |
6:25 |
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| 11. | |
Gig from Hell |
1:09 |
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| 12. | |
Monkey Rag |
3:42 |
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The Morning Moron Mob |
1:01 |
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| 14. | |
Medley of Burned Out Songs |
2:45 |
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Beer |
3:50 |
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| 16. | |
Strange Talents |
1:38 |
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| 17. | |
Leaf Blower |
3:55 |
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| 18. | |
The Bus Story |
7:10 |
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| 19. | |
Think About Your Troubles |
3:15 |
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Daddy Drinks Because You Cry |
0:57 |
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| 21. | |
You Only Love Me for My Lunchbox |
6:27 |
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21 Total Tracks, 64:56 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Y'All Like Love Songs? |
1:36 |
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| 02. | |
My Baby in the CIA |
5:39 |
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| 03. | |
Read Thinner Books |
1:07 |
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| 04. | |
Asylum Street Blues |
5:15 |
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| 05. | |
Breathin' |
3:07 |
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| 06. |
Bathroom Break |
0:40 |
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| 07. | |
Big Noise from Winnetka |
4:10 |
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Hick Hop |
4:56 |
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Got My Mojo Workin' |
4:04 |
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| 10. | |
Take a Good Look... |
1:21 |
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| 11. | |
My Favorite Record |
5:47 |
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Encore! |
1:12 |
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| 13. | |
Blade of Grass |
4:21 |
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Requests? |
0:47 |
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| 15. | |
Pakalolo Baby |
4:10 |
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| 16. | |
Tight Like That |
5:10 |
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| 17. | |
Wake and Bake |
3:22 |
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| 18. | |
TV Party |
4:14 |
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| 19. |
Goodnight |
0:36 |
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Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV |
3:30 |
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20 Total Tracks, 65:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Charlie King - Dobro // Charlie King - Harmonica // Charlie King - Mandolin // Charlie King - Vocals // Charlie King - Throat Singing // Wammo - Harmonica // Wammo - Percussion // Wammo - Vocals // Wammo - Washboard // Wammo - Whistle (Human) // Wammo - Producer // Wammo - Executive Producer // Tom Durack - Mastering // Rich Lamb - Engineer // Rich Lamb - Mixing // Scott Marcus - Percussion // Scott Marcus - Drums // Scott Marcus - Vocals // Stanley Smith - Clarinet // Stanley Smith - Guitar // Stanley Smith - Vocals // Christina Marrs - Guitar // Christina Marrs - Ukulele // Christina Marrs - Vocals // Christina Marrs - Saw // Christina Marrs - Producer // Christina Marrs - Executive Producer // Christina Marrs - Tenor Banjo // Christina Marrs - Guitar (Tenor) // Joshua Cain - Stage Manager // J.P. Riedie - Director // J.P. Riedie - Producer // Brooke Barnett - Graphic Design // Patrick Jacobs - Audio Engineer // Todd Sebastian Williams - Photography // Todd Sebastian Williams - Cover Photo // Nevada Newman - Guitar // Nevada Newman - Mandolin // Nevada Newman - Vocals // Justin Fox Burks - Photography // Korey Simeone - Violin // Korey Simeone - Vocals
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