Spankin’ Good
Asylum St. Spankers. Thursday, February 15, at Knuckleheads.
Review by Chris Packham
I attended an evening of acoustic, mostly unamplified old-timey-esque music by the Aylum Street Spankers at Knuckleheads Saloon last night, down in Kansas City’s spectacular Railyard District. If Knuckleheads is any indication, Kay Barnes’ railyard revitalization program is finally yielding a more exciting nightlife, like Denver’s much-vaunted railyard district.
The Asylum Street Spankers sought asylum in KC last night.
We need to follow the Denver model, and encourage the KC arts community to put down roots in the railyards. First, the sculptors and the alternative theater groups and amateur fire-eating crews move in. Then the condo developers come. And pretty soon, you’ve got lawyers and architects living in rehabbed switchyard outbuildings.
Sorry about the digression. I have a secret fascination with city planning and zoning ordinances which I will suppress for the duration of this music review. The Asylum Street Spankers are a talented music combo from Austin, a large Busking District in Texas. They’ve been playing together in various configurations since 1994, but the band’s mainstays are Christina Marrs and the mononymous Wammo.
