Dig Lord Buckley!
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 @ 8pm
Theater Grottesco ensemble member Rod Harrison will perform his interpretation of the infamous Lord Buckley. The original "slam poet", Hipster, Beatnik, Jazz Monologist Lord Buckley was a man born before his time. A product of vaudeville and the early jazz scene, Buckley performed his monologues in the "hipster" language of the time, telling the stories of heroes such as Jesus Christ (The Nazz) and the Marquis de Sade (The Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade) and Shakespeare with a reverence and humor uniquely his own.
A true virtuoso performer almost forgotten in our time, Lord Buckley has influenced artists such as The Beatles, Henry Miller, and David Bowie to name just a few. Rod Harrison, inhabits the skin of His Royal Hipness, Lord Buckley, and will perform an evening of his material as the master himself would have done. No boring biographical material (that would be a show in itself), just the words and ideas of a man so full of love and poetic humor that everyone around him became a instant convert to his royal court.
This event is free.
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