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ROY ZIMMERMAN @ The Coffee Gallery Backstage June 24th

Submitted by Barbara House on June 22, 2009 – 9:11 am
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roy-zimmermanClever songs, high humor, political parodies. funny songs about politics and the state of humanity. Find out What’s funny about war, poverty, ignorance, bigotry, neo-conservatism, homophobia, greed, lust and fear…

Roy Zimmerman, who “plays well with others,” has shared the stage with such diverse talents as George Carlin, Arlo Guthrie, Kate Clinton, Bill Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Bill Maher and Paul Krassner.

Zimmerman founded and wrote all the material for the satirical folk quartet The Foremen, who recorded for Warner Reprise throughout the Nineties. As a solo artists, he’s released five albums.

A video of Roy’s performance of his song “Creation Science 101” made the front page of YouTube recently and garnered over 730,000 views, and 11,000 comments, many of them coherent.

The Los Angeles Times says, “Zimmerman displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness of society’s foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer.”

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Contributed by Barbara House

Barbara is the Editor-in-Chief for the Directory of Pasadena, as well as Directory of Burbank and Directory of Glendale. We think coffee is the only thing that keeps her going! Want to connect? Follow her on Twitter or FriendFeed. As a semi-professional photographer, Barbara also runs the Directory of Digital Photography with resources listings and a blog with photography tips and tutorials.

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