Modern Man
Saturday, November 12th at 8pm
Maplewood Memorial Library
http://www.modernman3.com
A cross between Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Marx Brothers - David Buskin, Rob Carlson and George Wurzbach are three celebrated singers and songwriters, "terrific instrumentalists with gorgeous voices and hilarious wits." Together they are fast redefining something-or-other and delighting audiences as they interweave themes ranging from God to Godzilla, from manliness to cluelessness, from ESPN to the FBI with a vocal blend that has not been heard since Ella and F. Scott Fitzgerald went their separate ways.
Folk fans will no doubt remember David Buskin from "Buskin and Batteau," (he was Buskin) and from his songs recorded by such artists as Judy Collins, Johnny Mathis, Roberta Flack, Peter Paul & Mary, Tom Rush, Pat Benatar and Sadao Watanabe. His "jingles" for Coca Cola, J.C. Penny, Stauffer's, Goodyear, Burger King, NBC, US Air, AmTrak, Continental Airlines, Jif and the US Postal Service have won him advertising's Oscar, a "Clio." David recently helped create the animated children's TV show, "Generation O" on the WB Kid's Network.
Rob Carlson is a writer, producer and comedian. He is a regular contributor to "The American Comedy Network, a national syndicator of radio comedy. He also runs "The Producers," his own Creative Services studio in Fairfield, CT. Rob was almost famous for fifteen minutes as half of "Carlson and Gailmor." Their debut album "Peaceable Kingdom," on Polydor Records, was a critical and commercial success. However, Gailmor took off to Europe with his girlfriend before a second album could be done, leaving Rob the broken and bitter man he is today.
Brooklyn's George Wurzbach is "The best thing that ever happened to David and Rob" - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. An award winning composer, performer and producer, Wurzbach's songs and arrangements have been performed by Johnny Cash, Kathy Mattea, Roy Clark and a whole bunch of guys nobody's ever heard of. He is author of "Country Riffs for Piano," published by Hal Leonard, and operates Odo Island Music, a music scoring and production studio in Brooklyn. "You got a problem with that?"
Over the last six years audiences up and down the East Coast and in such far-flung outposts of civilization as Ohio, Florida and Texas, have found them a delightful change of pace. As Showbusiness Weekly put it: "Buskin, Carlson and Wurzbach should be arrested for being so funny." Or as Back Stage put it, "...these guys are the Thomas Alva Edisons of humor. They're inventive. You know, the bulb goes on." Don't miss MODERN MAN, because like Christine Lavin said, "You'll love these guys; they are the cleverest band of the new millennium."
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