Buster's Happy Hour is the third album from Buster Poinddexter, the alter ego

Alter ego

An alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...

 of singer David Johansen

David Johansen

David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...

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Like his previous album Buster Goes Berserk

Buster Goes Berserk

Buster Goes Berserk is the second album from Buster Poindexter, an alter ego of singer David Johansen.It features his backing band "The Banshees of Blue," aided by "The Uptown Horns". Released in 1989, the album continued the "lounge rock" style of its predecessor, Buster Poindexter in covering...

, 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
   Fats Waller
   Fats Waller , born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer...
   
   , Andy Razaf)
4. "Let Me In"
5. "I Got Loaded"
6. "Saturday Night Fish Fry
   Saturday Night Fish Fry
   Saturday Night Fish Fry is a popular song, written by Louis Jordan and Ellis Lawrence Walsh , best known through the version recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five....
   
   " (Louis Jordan
   Louis Jordan
   Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
   
   , Ellis Walsh)
7. "Lavender Coffin"
8. "Rocket 88
   Rocket 88
   "Rocket 88" is a rhythm and blues song that was first recorded at Sam Phillips' recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 March or 5 March 1951...
   
   " (Jackie Brenston
   Jackie Brenston
   Jackie Brenston was an African American R&B singer and saxophonist, who recorded, with Ike Turner's band, the first version of the proto-rock and roll song "Rocket 88".-Biography:...
   
   )
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"
15. "I'll Die Happy"
16. "Butcher Pete (Parts 1 & 2)"
17. "Alcohol" (Ray Davies
    Ray Davies
    Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
    
    )

Personnel

• Bill Morrissey - Vocals
• Buster Poindexter
  David Johansen
  David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
  
   - Vocals
• Randy Andos - Tuba
• Crispin Cioe - Flute, Alto, Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
• Laurence Etkin - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet
• Bob Funk - Trombone
• Tony Garnier
  Tony Garnier (musician)
  Tony Garnier is an American bassist , best known as an accompanist to Bob Dylan, with whom he has played since 1989...
  
   - 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
  Soozie Tyrell
  Soozie Tyrell, , formerly known as Soozie Kirschner, is an American violinist and vocalist, most known for her work with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band.-Biography:...
  
  - Violin, Vocals
• Fred Walcott - Percussion, Vocals