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Released
  
1994

Length
  
52:30

Release date
  
1994

Label
  
Forward

Recorded
  
1993 - 1994

Artist
  
David Johansen

Producer
  
New York Dolls

Genre
  
Lounge rock

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Buster's Happy Hour (1994)
  
Buster's Spanish Rocketship (1997)

Similar
  
Buster Goes Berserk, Buster's Spanish Rocketship, David Johansen and the H, Sweet Revenge, Here Comes the Night

Busters happy hour


Buster's Happy Hour is the third album from Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of singer David Johansen.

Contents

Like his previous album Buster Goes Berserk, it features his backing band The Banshees of Blue, continues the "lounge rock" style of its predecessors in covering rhythm 'n' blues songs of the 1940s and 1950s. The cover of the album is a painting by David Johansen himself.

Track listing

  1. "Breakin' Up the House"
  2. "Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style"
  3. "Doin' What I Please" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf)
  4. "Let Me In"
  5. "I Got Loaded"
  6. "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (Louis Jordan, Ellis Walsh) - duet with Soozie Tyrell
  7. "Lavender Coffin"
  8. "Rocket 88" (Jackie Brenston)
  9. "The Worst Beer I Ever Had"
  10. "Who Drank My Beer (While I Was in the Rear)?"
  11. "Rockin' All Nite Long"
  12. "Knock'm Down Whiskey"
  13. "Pink Champagne"
  14. "Drunk" - duet with Bill Morrissey
  15. "I'll Die Happy"
  16. "Butcher Pete (Parts 1 & 2)" (Roy Brown)
  17. "Alcohol" (Ray Davies)

Personnel

  • Bill Morrissey - Vocals
  • Buster Poindexter - Vocals
  • Randy Andos - Tuba
  • Crispin Cioe - Flute, Alto, Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
  • Laurence Etkin - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet
  • Bob Funk - Trombone
  • Tony Garnier - Upright Bass, Vocals
  • Charlie Giordano - Piano, Accordion, Vocals
  • Arno Hecht - Clarinet, Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
  • Brian Koonin - Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
  • Lisa Lowell - Vocals
  • Tony Machine - Drums, Vocals
  • Sherryl Marshall - Vocals
  • Catherine Russell - Vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell - Violin, Vocals
  • Fred Walcott - Percussion, Vocals

    • Songs

    1Breakin’ Up the House2:37
    2Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style2:06
    3Doin’ What I Please2:49

    References

    Buster's Happy Hour Wikipedia
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