Bum Bar Bastards - Tube Bar

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Free Music Review: Sheer Hysterical Rants!
Hit: 5 Stars

During the 1970s, these folks repeatedly called the cantankerous old owner of "The Tube Bar" in Jersey City, asking him to page their friends like "Al Koholic," "Jim Nasium," and "Stan Dupp." Red falls for some, but curses in the foulest language you'll ever hear when he realizes he's been had!

It's puzzling; these calls do not have the creative characters or set-ups that the Jerky Boys utilize. Yet every time I play the simplistic and repetetive harrassment of old Red for my friends, they nearly pass out in tears of laughter. Same with me first time I listened to the CD. In fact, I still crack up at this work!

There was a lot of talk and urban legend in regards to who made these calls and the story behind Red. One story claimed Red got so angry and pent-up with the calls that he keeled over from a heart attack in the bar. Several years back, a pop-culture fanzine researched the "Tube Bar" phenomena, and found that Red, while indeed being the cranky old man he was, was a respected member of the Jersey City scene. The calls did not do him in, though. He sold the bar and retired to Florida in 1980, and lived to a ripe old age. So--- feel no guilt when you hear Red go ballistic over these wisecrackers--- he lived the good life!

This often overlooked CD is classic. Easily on the top 5 in the growing collection of crank call recordings!

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