John Valby
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| Birth name | John R. Valby |
| Born | November 22, 1944 |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Genres | blue comedy, musical comedy, insult comedy, improvisational comedy |
| Subject(s) | human sexuality, race relations, American politics, religion, everyday life |
| Website | Official website |
John R. Valby (born November 22, 1944)[1] is a musician and comedian who plays in barrooms and college campuses up and down the East Coast. Using an old-fashioned piano, he creates comedic, obscene parodies of classic songs. Known as Dr. Dirty, he typically performs in a classic white tailcoat and black bowler hat. His songs and shows focus mainly on sex and racial slurs, with a mix of current and historic people and events.
Career
While Valby is best known for his Dr. Dirty act, he has recorded and produced pop and rock albums for himself and other artists. One unusual act he was responsible for producing was that of Buffalo Sabres defenseman Jim Schoenfeld, with whom Valby recorded two albums: 1972's Schony and its follow-up, The Key Is Love (1974). He also had a small role as a piano player in a Tijuana brothel in the 1983 film Losin' It, which featured an early performance by Tom Cruise.
Personal life
As of August 2012, he lived in a house in Clarence, New York; the house burned down due to suspected arson that month.[2] As of 2016, he still lived in Clarence.
References
- Richard A. Reuss, An Annotated Field Collection of Songs From the American College Student Oral Tradition (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Masters Thesis, 1965).
- Ed Cray, The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs (University of Illinois, 1992).
Discography
- 1974 – The Key Is Love (collaboration with Jim Schoenfeld)
- 1974 – Philosophical Bull Shit
- 1975 – Dirt
- 1977 – Hotel Buffalo
- 1978 – Concerto for Piano, Voice and 500 Screaming Assholes
- 1979 – Lily White And Burnout Blue
- 1980 – Give Me Dirt or Give Me Death
- 1982 – Sit on a Happy Face
- 1982 - Jingle Balls
- 1982 - Dr. Dirty in Pixieland
- 1986 - What I Did on My Summer Vacation
- 1986 - A Sawmill River Christmas
- 1987 – A Midsummer's Wet Dream
- 1988 – Beaver Fever
- 1999 – Compact DIRT: Digital Ditties
- 1989 – Double Valby: Don't Go Soft on Me Now/Your Face or Mine
- 1990 – Cherry Poppin' in Grand Rapids
- 1992 – Butt Seriously Folks
- 1992 - Live from Jackinsack New Jersey
- 1994 – Double D CD
- 1995 – Butt's Up Doc
- 1995 - Super Pixies
- 1996 – Fruits of an Idle Mind
- 1998 – WWW.VALBY.CUM
- 1999 - Half in the Fuckin' Bag
- 2000 – Best of Dr Dirty
- 2000 - The Not Yet On CD, CD
- 2001 – Dr. Dirty's Sphincter Unplugged
- 2001 – Herniated Jingle Balls
- 2001 – Dr. Dirty: O&A and T&A Video
- 2002 – Greatest Tits
- 2003 - Operation Fuck Iraq
- 2003 - Up for Re-Erection
- 2004 – The Old Fart Cuts Another One
- 2005 – American Troubadour
- 2005 – Scratch N Sniff
- 2005 – Valby Rocks
- 2005 - Bootleg Valby
- 2006 - Treasury of XXXMas Classics
- 2007 – Coming Soon on a Face Near You
- 2007 - I'm Here for the Gangbang
- 2008 – Sheep Thrills
- 2009 - The Dirt Poems
- 2009 - Tequila Mockingbird (DVD)
- 2012 – Tickling the Ovaries
- 2013 – It's a Small Dick After All and Other Short Subjects (live album)
- 2015 – Survival of the Stiffest
- 2016 – Keep Calm and Valby On
- 2016 - Democracy Is Working Again
Unknown Years
- Live at the Pine Inn
- Ivy
- The Doctor Is In
References
- ↑ "The Stafford Palace Theater - John Valby aka Dr.Dirty's Special Christmas Show - Stafford Springs, CT". December 14, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Tokasz, Jay (August 26, 2012). "Musical entertainer's home heavily damaged by fire". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
External links
- Official website
- http://johnvalbynation.com/
- John Valby on IMDb
- "John Valby". Last.fm.
- John Valby discography at Discogs
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/john-valby/id59490768
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