Asylum Street Spankers, Dala: UkeTube

15 Comments

1. Manitoba Hal May 28th, 2011 4:12 pm
   

   Great to see Pops in the spankers again. Love that band. Also Dala pretty much rocks Moon River, and Sanford is doing it up right too. Heck they’re all so great this week. What a collection of great videos!

2. Josh Gordon May 28th, 2011 4:54 pm
   

   Wow! The Four Spirits of Rhythm have something I’ve never seen before: a Martin tiple in use.

3. Phredd May 29th, 2011 12:06 pm
   

   Loved the Asylum Street Spankers – Superchief. Whatever the “it” of performance is, Pops has “it”. I love how he’s leading the band and how they are all listening to each other…just marvelous. I also enjoyed Tom Tom the elevator man. Great stuff. How many vidoes do you watch in a week? And Moon River was fabulous. All the videos were great and I really noticed how the uke is used in so many styles this week and yet retains it’s own personality within those styles. Very enjoyable viewing/listening. Thanks Al!

4. ukuleletim May 29th, 2011 12:53 pm
   

   Pops is the man. His new gig is Pops Bayless and his Dark City Orkestra. I can’t resist name-dropping as he has graced our local Austin uke club on various occasions and fortunately enough, I regularly get to play with his bandmate from Shorty Long, Bob Guz.

   Sanfordandsong rocks.. and I’m off to find some more Dala to listen to.

   Thanks for sharing the good stuff!

5. Foinnse May 29th, 2011 4:08 pm
   

   I was quite impressed with Eva Walshs original song, she is a talented lady.
   Cheers -F

6. steve-o-reno May 29th, 2011 7:44 pm
   

   Great videos. Pure ukulele pleasure from start to finish. Thanks for the great finds!

7. L.bo Marie May 29th, 2011 8:52 pm
   

   I do love me some Dala Girls! Thanks for adding them this week.

   Best surprise for me this week was Eva, I’ll have to check out her other tunes, also really liked the spankers, very fun…. But, it makes me want to be in a band!

8. Rob NY May 29th, 2011 10:16 pm
   

   Nice selection.Krabbers never disappoints.

9. sanford(andsong) May 30th, 2011 6:15 am
   

   thanks for putting me in such fine and diverse company, Al…and good to see that as of late sunday evening (Canadian prairie time) ukehunt is back online.

10. cardboardfrog May 31st, 2011 6:16 pm
    

    sanford(andsong) normally don’t do it for me but FUCK YEAH did he nail it right there. absolutely kick ass.
    eva walsh was lovely too and alba was delightful too.
    ukulelezo lovely as always. nice.

11. Mike May 31st, 2011 10:18 pm
    

    I Love Ukulelezo’s So Long and Thanks for All the Fish ! Does anyone have that tabbed ?

12. Woodshed June 2nd, 2011 10:46 am
    

    Hal: I love the spankers too. Such a shame they called it a day.

    Josh: Hahaha! That’s a good point. I can’t think of a time I’ve seen it before.

    Phredd: I do watch a lot of videos (although it’s not often I listen to the whole of a video).

    ukuleletim: Thanks for the info. I didn’t know about Pops Bayless and his Dark City Orkestra (and neither have many other people it seems – I Googled it and this post was in the top 5).

    Foinnse: She certainly is. Well worth a subscribe.

    steve-o-reno: Glad you enjoyed!

    L.bo: Thanks for alerting me to the video.

    Rob: Great song from krabbers this week. One of best I reckon.

    sanford: Thanks, as always, for your contribution. It’s really good to be back online. With a bit of luck the problems will be behind us.

    cbf: sanford nails it every time in my opinion.

    Mike: I actually wrote it up for Zoe (although she changed it a bit). The chords should be up next week.

13. Reia June 8th, 2011 6:22 pm
    

    Will you puhleeeze put tab or chords out for that ragtime goodness like Asylum Street Spankers? I love that ole’ timey stuff. Or Squirrel Nut Zippers? Or do you sell stuff like that? I would have a hard time not spending my money on it :)

14. Woodshed June 9th, 2011 12:22 am
    

    Reia: I do love those bands so there’s certainly a chance.

15. Matt March 19th, 2014 12:43 am
    

    I’ll +1 Reia. I was lucky enough to be living in Austin in the early 90’s, so I’ve been watching and listening to the Spankers since they first formed. They were huge inspiration for me to learn the ukulele and I would love to be able to find more tabs/chords for their songs. Particularly Superchief, Amsterdam, Funny Cigarette and Wake and Bake. Christina, Wammo, Guy, Olivier, Pops and all of the other various musicians who’ve played with them over the years were a joy to watch because they were playing for the love of music.