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The Asylum Street Spankers, formed in Austin, Texas in 1994, is an American old-timey, swing, jazz, and dirty-blues band. Their tone is often raucous and irreverent. For many years, they performed their show acoustically, without any type of amplification at all.
The band derived its name from an Austin street where they would often busk that was nicknamed Asylum Street, now named Guadalupe Street, and the term “spanker” which is an old musician’s term for “one who plays his instrument vigorously and proficently”. It was along Guadalupe that the group played a number of early shows; Asylum Street led (and still leads) to a state asylum.
The band derived its name from an Austin street where they would often busk that was nicknamed Asylum Street, now named Guadalupe Street, and the term “spanker” which is an old musician’s term for “one who plays his instrument vigorously and proficently”. It was along Guadalupe that the group played a number of early shows; Asylum Street led (and still leads) to a state asylum.
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A Christmas Spanking
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coco4001 wrote:
why did you stop playing?@!
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BuddyDawg1 wrote:
Definitely one of my all-time favorite bands!
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OctoberFaerie wrote:
love these guys, lots of fun
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polythenepatric wrote:
great live band...
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Quink wrote:
guys, since it's impossible to order your records on the official site... where the heck can i purchase 'em?
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sthilearndtoday wrote:
if it weren't for heavy drinking, we'd never play sweet jane
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beatmastermatt wrote:
Great band
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HeroinBobbie wrote:
Texas Represent !
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dominicminns wrote:
Totally and utterly awesome. Great musician ship and genuinely funny. Very rare indeed
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nekobot wrote:
My friends from austin introduced these guys to me and I just cant get enough!
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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
not really my type of music, but the cover of Prince's Darling Nikki was okay.
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Jazzjiva wrote:
i love these guys ... they are amazing live!
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veselipastir wrote:
does anyone have link to some albums or torrent?
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Anjinash wrote:
I just discovered these guys and love them! http://youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8 is what initially sparked my interest. Generally this kind of music doesn't appeal to me, but damn these guys are talented!
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haren_ wrote:
great performance on the rawa blues festival:)
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VUfan wrote:
Who are the scurvy pirates?
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UncleGropey wrote:
Falling apart in bars, I like to suffer for my art
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