Buster's Happy Hour

Buster Poindexter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033A4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #74 in Music > Blues > Jump Blues
  • #85 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Novelty Music

Track Listings

1. Breakin' up the House

2. Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again

3. Doin' What I Please

4. Let Me In

5. I Got Loaded

6. Saturday Night Fish Fry

7. Lavender Coffin

8. Rocket 88

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. Butcher Pete (Parts 1 & 2)

14. Pink Champagne

15. Drunk

16. I'll Die Happy

17. Alcohol

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Come on cats an' kittens, give it a listen, September 24, 2002

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"hbsvt" (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buster's Happy Hour (Audio CD)

Buster might of just been a figment of his own imagination but it did not keep him from puting out some swingin' smokin' music. Check it out man he brought one BIG band along for the party. Hey, it's all about fun anyway. Get your sweetie, your granny and the young un's and dance around the house like it's happy hour

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The REAL Buster Poindexter, June 25, 2005

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C. Koch (Philadelphia, PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buster's Happy Hour (Audio CD)

In 1984-85, after commercial failures with the New York Dolls and later as a solo artist, critically-acclaimed rocker David Johansen finally found his true voice -- in of all things, big-band jump R&B covers! Re-emerging as Buster Poindexter, his shows at Noo Yawk clubs (Tramps, The Bottom Line) were loose, raucous, hambone fun.

The late 80s brought two overly slick major-label albums and 15 minutes of TV talk-show fame with the now-dreaded "Hot Hot Hot." Fortunately, BUSTER'S HAPPY HOUR (1994) takes us back to the bars, where this music belongs. Guitarist Brian Koonin's impressively dry, straightforward production showcases such legendary live Busterworks as Lucky Millinder's "Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style" and "The Worst Beer I Ever Had," a hilarious Johansen original.

This is a fun, generous CD (17 songs!) which provides the missing link between the Buster era and Johansen's fine acoustic roots-n-blues work with the Harry Smiths (2000-02) and the Dolls "reunion" of 2004-05.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swing This Baby!!!!, May 19, 2004

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Martin 13 (Slovenia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buster's Happy Hour (Audio CD)

Songs about alchohol, big fat mamas. Verrrry Dirrrty! A lot of fun!! Jump blues of Louis Prima, Cab Calloway and Louis Jordan at their best. Stand-up bass player is still Tony Garnier (ex. Brian Setzer Orchestra, Robert Gordon, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan,...). Soozie Tyrell (ex. Bruce Springsteen)sings duet on Saturday Night Fish Fry and of course violin, drummer Tony Machine (ex. New York Dolls, David Johansen)are still in a band too. Must buy for all swingers and rock 'n' roll fans.