Saturday, July 5, 2008

Spanked

My wife, daughter and I were joined by an old friend and fellow Spankee from Atlanta, Bill Mitchell, at the Asylum Street Spankers show in Chattanooga on Friday evening.
It was a fine time.
The weather was near-perfect. The crowd was large and receptive and the band was in fine form.
Speaking of the band. In its many incarnations a lot of talented performers have come and gone. The first time I saw them play, there were at least 10 players on stage. The core members are Christina Marrs and Wammo and both delivered the goods last night. Charlie King was a revelation and he earned major style points for the Ron Paul t-shirt. (It went particularly well with his CIA-conspiracy-girlfriend song.)
The Spankers are terrific musicians and showed their stuff. They're also great entertainers and kept the crowd laughing, as well as clapping along with the tunes.
If you didn't catch 'em this time, make a note to see the Spankers at some future date.
And kudos to the Nightfall Series in general. Nice venue and an interesting array of performers on the schedule.

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