Buster's Spanish Rocketship Explained

Buster's Spanish Rocketship
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Buster Poindexter
Cover:	Buster's Spanish Rocketship.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1995–1997
Length:	52:57
Label:	PolyGram^[1]
Producer:	Brian Koonin
Prev Title:	Buster's Happy Hour
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
Next Year:	2000

Buster's Spanish Rocketship is an album by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of singer David Johansen.^{[2] [3]} Following ...Rocketship, Johansen returned to recording albums under his real name.

The album was named after Buster's new backing band.^[4]

Critical reception

The Sun-Sentinel wrote: "Turning his slightly jaded eye toward salsa, merengue and the most broken Spanish ever spoken, Buster brings on the bongos and dancing girls."^[5] Tulsa World thought that "his voice is giving out, but his spicy reverie will always flip skirts up."^[6]

AllMusic wrote that "the Latin-tinged Buster's Spanish Rocketship is a minor triumph, demonstrating that David Johansen has an ear for material and a self-deprecating sense of humor that keeps Poindexter enjoyable."

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Johansen.

1. "Ondine" – 2:55
2. "Nueva Broadway (They Don't Smoke)" – 4:18
3. "Downtown Dream" – 4:10
4. "Inez (Is Just a Big Rage Queen)" – 4:13
5. "The Closer I Get to Heaven" – 4:15
6. "My First Sin" – 4:28
7. "Let's Take It Easy" – 3:43
8. "Linda Lee" – 3:41
9. "Iris Chacon" – 3:43
10. "Skin & Bones" – 3:36
11. "Mean Spirited Sal" – 4:17
12. "Lay Down" – 3:42
13. "Rhumba (Dance Fever)" – 5:56

Personnel

• Buster Poindexter – vocals

The Banshees of Blue

• Soozie Tyrell – vocals
• Richard Barone – vocals
• Brian Koonin – guitar, cuatro
• Jack Bashkow – saxophone, piccolo
• Kenny Fradley – trumpet
• Byron Stripling – trumpet
• Mark Pender – trumpet
• Conrad Herwig – trombone
• Jimmy Bosch – trombone
• Randy Andos – bass trombone
• Charlie Giordano – accordion, piano
• Andy Gonzales – bass
• Brian Hamm – bass
• Tony Machine – drums
• Fred Walcott – percussion
• Ismael "Bongo" Bruno – percussion
• Mike Jacobson – percussion

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica. PETER. KRAMPERT. March 23, 2016. Mel Bay Publications. Google Books.
2. Web site: Buster's Spanish Rocket Ship. January 9, 1998. Washington City Paper.
3. News: Makin . Robert . David Johansen returns with a Latin twist . USA Today . January 25, 1998 . ARC.
4. News: Catlin . Roger . BUSTER POINDEXTER AT MOHEGAN . Hartford Courant . October 22, 1998 . CAL . 19.
5. News: Schulman . Sandra . POINDEXTER A MERENGUE CABALLERO . Sun-Sentinel . 11 Nov 1997 . 3E.
6. Web site: Reviews of Recently Released CDs. Tulsa World.