Live music alert

The Asylum Street Spankers from Austin, Texas are headlining the Nightfall Concert series in Chattanooga (at Miller Plaza) tomorrow night.
I saw an earlier incarnation of this all-acoustic band several years ago at the Star Community Bar in Atlanta. They were fantastic -- gifted musicians with a wonderful ear for offbeat and sometimes powerful tunes. They are militantly accoustic and will let uncooperative -- noisy -- audience members know during a show, which is as it should be considering the band's keen craftsmanship.
The Spankers do a tremendous mix of what could be called roots music, country, western, jazz, bluegrass, pioneer rock and roll, blues, etc. etc, including some of the randiest material you've ever heard. (However, they've promised to make their Friday night show a G-rated family affair).
Christina Marrs is a powerhouse singer and everyone in the band -- everyone -- can flat out pick it. And the big fellow called Wammo ... well, you gotta get a load of him.
Opening act Natural Habitz plays at 7 p.m. with the Spankers due up at 8 p.m.