featuring

Roy Zimmerman

Direct from San Franisco's Underground

Stargazer's Theater

February 22, 2012

Doors open at 6:00 PM
Show Starts at 7:00 PM

$15.00 Donation
Purchase Tickets at www.TheLiberalStore.com/springsprogressives

Roy Zimmerman sings satirical songs — original songs about class warfare, creationism, same-sex marriage, guns, marijuana, abstinence, Republicans (a lot of songs about Republicans), ignorance, war, and greed.

There's a decidedly Lefty slant to his lyrics. "We used to have a name for Right- Wing satire," he says. "We called it 'cruelty.' "

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."

Tom Lehrer himself says, "I congratulate Roy Zimmerman on reintroducing literacy to comedy songs. And the rhymes actually rhyme, they don't just 'rhyne.' "

Joni Mitchell says, "Roy's lyrics move beyond poetry and achieve perfection."

In twelve albums over twenty years and on stages, screens, and airwaves across America, Roy has brought the sting of satire to the struggle for Peace and Social Justice. His songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime. He has recorded for Warner/Reprise Records. He's a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. And everywhere Zimmerman goes, the Starving Ear goes with him. The Starving Ear is Zimmerman's homage to San Francisco's legendary nightclub, the hungry i. In the late 50s and early 60s, the hungry i was a flashpoint for such talents as Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Phyllis Diller, Maya Angelou, the Kingston Trio, and a melting pot of music, comedy, and social message. Zimmerman's stage show, "Live from the Starving Ear," is ninety minutes of original satirical songs, many of them co-written with his wife, Melanie Harby. There are political targets, of course: a post-hypnotic suggestion to Vote Republican, an exuberant paean to Real America, a love song to Citizens United. There are social targets: a lesson in Creation Science 101, a lambasting of the Defenders of Marriage who oppose same-sex unions, and a Sing-Along Second Amendment. Zimmerman has shared stages with George Carlin, Bill Maher, Kate Clinton, Bill Clinton, John Oliver, Dennis Miller,  kd lang, Andy Borowitz, and Paul Krassner. Learn more about Roy at www.RoyZimmerman.com.