Roy Zimmerman, Cannon Falls
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ROY ZIMMERMAN SINGS “REAL AMERICAN” SONGS
How do you fight recession, war, ignorance, greed and the scourge of Right Wing punditry? Why, with satire, of course.
Satirical songwriter Roy Zimmerman brings his one-man show "Roy Zimmerman: Real American" to Cannon Falls High School, 820 E Minnesota St for a performance Friday, April 2 at 7 pm. The show is sponsored by Friends and Members of the Cannon Falls Freethinkers. There is a $5 suggested donation, and all proceeds benefit the Cannon Falls Community Food Shelf.
Roy's YouTube videos have garnered over four million views and tens of thousands of comments, many of them coherent. His songs are heard on NPR and Air America and he's a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.
“Real American” is 90 minutes of Zimmerman’s funny songs and comic commentary, a tuneful examination of the American political landscape in the era of Hope and Change. Health care, the economy, same-sex marriage, climate change, Creationism, guns, taxes, abstinence and, yes, Obama all come under satirical scrutiny.
There’s a limbo-like song about Rush Limbaugh. “How low can you go?” Zimmerman sings. There’s a song about the Orange County Rolling Acres Senior Center Cannabis Club.” There’s even a “Sing-along Second Amendment.” ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNEq7gHqF8 )
There's a decidedly Lefty slant to Roy's lyrics. "We used to have a name for Right Wing satire," he says. "We called it 'cruelty.'"
The HBO documentary “The Trials of Ted Haggard,” directed by Alexandra Pelosi features Roy’s song, “Ted Haggard is Completely Heterosexual.” And his tune “Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars?” landed him a mention on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an unaccustomed honor for a folkie. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoshMpYfmg&feature=channel_page )
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.”
During the election year of 20008, he took his satirical songs to Real America, driving 12,000 miles and flying 12,000 more to do 107 shows in 47 states. “The idea was to get out of my little Liberal cocoon of Marin County, CA, and meet some of the most Progressive people in the least Progressive places in the country.”
Roy Zimmerman, Cannon Falls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
contact: meta4records@aol.com
(photo available)
ROY ZIMMERMAN SINGS “REAL AMERICAN” SONGS
How do you fight recession, war, ignorance, greed and the scourge of Right Wing punditry? Why, with satire, of course.
Satirical songwriter Roy Zimmerman brings his one-man show "Roy Zimmerman: Real American" to Cannon Falls High School, 820 E Minnesota St for a performance Friday, April 2 at 7 pm. The show is sponsored by Friends and Members of the Cannon Falls Freethinkers. There is a $5 suggested donation, and all proceeds benefit the Cannon Falls Community Food Shelf.
Roy's YouTube videos have garnered over four million views and tens of thousands of comments, many of them coherent. His songs are heard on NPR and Air America and he's a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.
“Real American” is 90 minutes of Zimmerman’s funny songs and comic commentary, a tuneful examination of the American political landscape in the era of Hope and Change. Health care, the economy, same-sex marriage, climate change, Creationism, guns, taxes, abstinence and, yes, Obama all come under satirical scrutiny.
There’s a limbo-like song about Rush Limbaugh. “How low can you go?” Zimmerman sings. There’s a song about the Orange County Rolling Acres Senior Center Cannabis Club.” There’s even a “Sing-along Second Amendment.” ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNEq7gHqF8 )
There's a decidedly Lefty slant to Roy's lyrics. "We used to have a name for Right Wing satire," he says. "We called it 'cruelty.'"
The HBO documentary “The Trials of Ted Haggard,” directed by Alexandra Pelosi features Roy’s song, “Ted Haggard is Completely Heterosexual.” And his tune “Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars?” landed him a mention on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an unaccustomed honor for a folkie. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjoshMpYfmg&feature=channel_page )
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.”
During the election year of 20008, he took his satirical songs to Real America, driving 12,000 miles and flying 12,000 more to do 107 shows in 47 states. “The idea was to get out of my little Liberal cocoon of Marin County, CA, and meet some of the most Progressive people in the least Progressive places in the country.”