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"Nancy
White...
"...Canada's funniest
singer-songwriter." - Toronto Star
"...masterfully
credible, wholly theatrical." Greg Quill, Toronto Star
"...The laughs come
fast and furious.." NAPRA Review.
"...a riot from
beginning to end... funny, funny, funny." Gerry Taylor, St.John Telegraph
Journal
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"Roger
James is a scream ... comedians have not always made the best musicians,
James defies this history, he is accomplished on several instruments.."
The Ottawa Citizen
...dazzling agility
and an unprecedented enthusiasm...Terry McRae, Shantero Productions.
"Could just as
easily been a doctor, but no..." Roger's Mother
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BEHAVIOURS" AN EVENING WITH CANADA'S FUNNIEST SINGER-SONGWRITERS NANCY WHITE
& ROGER JAMES. Nancy White, winner of three ACTRA awards for humour, shares
the stage with Roger James who is "possibly the most hilarious man on earth,"
says Nancy. In solo and shared sets, Nancy and Roger bring ninety minutes of
inspired, original humour. Both are witty observers of the twitches and turns
of popular culture. Born in the Maritimes, hardened in Toronto, Nancy White
rose to national prominence as the writer and singer of topical songs on the
CBC radio show, "Sunday Morning". But she's perhaps best appreciated for her
cd on the torture of motherhood: "Momnipotent: Songs for Weary Parents" which,
like the Pope's album, has been slow but steady seller over the years. Her latest
recording is "Stickers On Fruit" and features comic gems like "Jesus At Tim's",
"Nova Scotia Squirrel Stuffer" and "The Shabbas Goy C'est Moi". Nancy's been
the recipient of many honours, most recently an Ontario Motor League 25-year
certificate and Sticker of Warning. Her foundation, The Palmerston Institute
of Inquiry into Peculiar Behaviours has just commissioned a study of why some
people remove the husks from corn IN THE SUPERMARKET. Although Nancy is a woman
of considerable sophistication, she has never made a martini, lanced a boil,
or corresponded with a prisoner. Roger James describes his performance this
way, "OK, I'm playing a song, if you're laughing it's comedy. If you're not,
it's music." Roger does sea shanties for babies. He does a square dance song
about spouse swapping. His scholarly translations of "Wooly Booly" and "Louie,
Louie" are not to be missed. A terrific banjo and guitar player, Roger also
plays bodhran (Irish drum), bones, Celtic harp, and piano. Combine this with
musical styles as diverse as Celtic, English 50's& 60s rock and roll, blues,
folk, bluegrass and you have a entertaining collision of humour and musical
skill. Film historians, please note, Roger appeared onscreen as a fishmonger-
street musician in the 1999 HBO movie "Vendetta". His role lasted 52 seconds.
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Nancy's cd's, including
"Stickers on Fruit", available from Borealis Records, 1-877-530-4288,
info@borealis.com Listen to an Mp3 of "And I Copied It" on the Borealis
website www.borealisrecords.com
. CD's also available from 1-800-JOE-RADIO, or amazon.com, or from Nancy's
Website: nancy-white.com
Roger doesn't have
CDs because he doesn't want to peak too soon. Check out www.RogerJames.com
No animals were harmed
in the development of the Peculiar Behavours show.
©2003 Peculiar
Behaviors all rights reserved webdesign by Roger James, and I pump the gas,
and I'm the mayor.
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