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Asylum Street Spankers / Guy Forsyth
Asylum: an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors.
Street: a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks.
Spankers: the fore-and-aft sail on the mast nearest the stern of a square-rigged ship.
Asylum Street Spankers: Crazy band from Austin featuring such instruments as the ukulele, dobro, musical saw, and washboard.
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Posted on April 12, 2006 at 1:54 p.m.
the bands (well, not us local nobodies) didn't get paid. i'm not really sure what our incentive for playing was...
i'm sure the national acts had nice little guarantees, but i'd bet that Yocum was cutting it close seeing as how he was so stingy with any sort of guest discount. my wife - who was helping me load/unload - had to pay $25 to see us for the 400th time. just glad it's over...
ps. - hey cindy - i know you're probably swamped, but do you mind taking a look at our (pleasant grove) recording from the WOS? the file posted is actually an old recording from Dan's w/centromatic. thanks!
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