"The Black Redneck" Comedian
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"The Black Redneck" Comedian
Singer * Songwriter & Comedian
Singer * Songwriter & Comedian
"The Clean Comedian"
Gospel, Country, Rock & Roll music even writing some of his own songs.
I was born down on the form in Arkansas. We were share croppers so there was nothing to do but pick cotton, enjoy the countryside and the family. My mom taught the kids how to read and write from the time we were born so I only spent 4 days in the first grade, they moved me to the second grade and that gave me a head start in life. My first time on stage was a dare by the teacher, she caught me playing the Harmonica when she returned to the CLASSroom unexpectedly, she told that if i did not play for the school play that was to be held in a few days that she was going to take my harmonica away. The horrible thing that happened on stage was this. They introduced another harmonica player just before me, T his guy sounded so wonderful that the crowd went wild, when he finished, I was an amateur so when I was introduced, I only played about 40 seconds, by the time the applause died down for the first guy, I was finished, that made the whole audience start laughing at me, so I, without any shame i took my bow and walked off the stage. That was my first experience on stage and from that time on I have been hooked on entertainment. Another funny thing I was singing gospel music around 1986 when I just happened to stop by a music store with my wife, the store owner was demonstrating this little Karaoke machine when I got to where they were standing, the owner took the mike from the guy and handed it to me, the song that was playing was Elvis Presley singing (Where Could I Go But The Lord) I know the song so I started singing and finished the song. The owner looked at me and said, you know, you could make a very good living doing this? Within a day or two I was booked with that little machine and never looked back. How I got discovered for country music I had been doing gospel music for a little while when in the first month or two of 1988, I was asked to compete in a contest at Gilley's Night Club in Pasadena, Texas ,(This is the place where the movie Urban Cowboy was done) I was very excited about it because this was a historic place so I decided to inter and on the night of the contest, my agent and I were the first to arrive. I was not a happy camper because the place was very cold and I figured I'm probably going to freeze before this thing is over. When I signed up I had to list 3 songs, I was told that the band leader would pick one of these songs for me to use for the contest. Just before my time came, the band leader came to me and said, hey man, this is a honky-tonk and we don't know no gospel songs, I said OK and started to leave when he stopped me and said hey, wait a minute, we know two songs, I Saw The Light and Amazing Grace, I said OK, lets do Amazing Grace. Now here comes the fun, I had never played with this band before so we started out at different times, when they started to play I had already started to sing so we all stopped, at the same time and looked at each other, finally, he said hey, lets all just go at the same time! I got an applause and took my seat. Several singers competed that night, so I just sat there and enjoyed myself. Then a young man come over to my table and introduced himself as T.J. Worth of Worth Records, he said that if I would sing country western music that he would sign me to his Label, even if I did not want to sing country, he offered to do a demo for me free of charge. I said thanks, but you know, I had never sung in a Honky - Tonk in my life and this was something I would have to think about long and hard. Even though I was born around this kind of music a had enjoyed it all my life. Well I did sign with Mr. Worth a little later, we cut a single promoted it, and it charted very high on the country charts. The rest is history. I will be entertaining for the rest of my life. If you or someone you know would like to book me for country music and stand-up comedy, please contact me,
"The Black Redneck" Comedian
"The Black Redneck" Comic 281-807-1550 or 832-721-8770 E-Mail....zmary123@yahoo.com For Booking: "The Black Redneck" Comic r 832-721-8770 or 281-807-1550 E-Mail..howee1@hotmail.com |
