Big Marv And The Hodads - Stanky Thang!

 Big Marv and The Hoodads are for the most part a dixieland jazz band out of New Orleans that play all kinds of events such as wedding receptions, family get-togethers, anything that involves people wanting to have a good time. Big Marv is the leader of the group, and is mostly known for his virtuoso ability playing ragtime, dixieland, and anything else that suits his fancy. He's a classically trained pianist, and at one time pursuing a career as a piano recitalist, but he fell back on his love of dixieland, and has been playing it with his band ever since.

This recording is a little different in that it spotlights Big Marv in a singing role, something he rarely does. He's got a voice that has been described as 'Broken glass mixed with steel balls rolling down a tin gutter'. We don't know about that, but his voice is unique! Here sings a son of his own devising, said he made it up as he went along one night after the band got through with a gig and were just 'playin' round' afterwards. Who is it he's singing about? Maybe no one. Just the result of a fertile imagination, sometimes 'fertile' as in the same way a cow pasture is fertile! word is that it was recorded way early in the morning, and Big Marv may have been 'in his cups', as they say...

Big Marv

Dang, you got a stanky thang!Don’t ya’ll ever wash!

Soap and water don’t cost much for ya’ll to scrub it! 

Dang, you ‘spect any body wanna get close to it? 

Don’t be so lazy, and break down and wash it! 

Stankey thang, no smelly feet can match it! Stankey thang, no armpit can top it! 

The stank ya got driftin’ off you is worse than I ever smelt!

 Don’t be so damned lazy and scrape off the crust 

from that funky, stankey ol’ Daisy! 

Stankey Thang, no stench can rise above it! 

Stankey thang, take a lot get the funk off of it! 

 

The stank you got is hard to describe, 

kinda like a mixture of old dirty socks, 

mixed with pickled egg farts and dirty jock strap! Woman, your stank ain’t good, 

like old dead horse cock stirred in with rotten cow livers and 30 day ol’ dog shit!

Stankey thang, makes my gut retch!

Stankey thang, be a terrible stench! 

Stankey Thang, Stankey Thang, Stankey Thang, 

 

Stankey thang  I remember when we were just kids,

you told me if I show you mine, you'd show me yours. 

Well, I showed mine alright, but when you pulled your 

drawers down, it was a terrible fright! 

 

Stankey Thang, no words can really describe it! 

Stankey thang, shit would even say that it stinks!