Buddy Wasisname and The Other Fellers

Topics: Comedy Music

Traveling From:  Newfoundland     Fee Code:  3

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Ray Johnson is an accomplished accordion and fiddle player, having six albums to his credit previous to his career with the trio. He's the solid melody man who has a wonderful library of tunes and traditional songs stored in his head. And when Ray is in action it also becomes obvious that he is a brilliant instrumentalist.  His work is the constant writing of songs and humor - the groundwork for the stage shows. He has written the sketch outlines for the TV and Video work as well.

Kevin Blackmore is a genius - a brilliant actor - who can transform himself into any character from Prince Charles to fisherman Sam Head. His stage antics are legendary and he is unquestionably the funniest artist ever to jump from the obscurity of a Newfoundland out port to national recognition.  He is also a musician of considerable talent and shares song writing credits with both Ray and Wayne.  He found he was funny only after resorting to the stage for a livelihood. After several poor starts in Rock and Country bands he did it right with a musical comedy duo called Free Beer, in partnership with Chris (Lorne) Elliott.  Two years after that ceased, this present trio and its success placed him as one of Newfoundland's notorious comedians. He has the ability to act, bringing characters alive.  He participates in the song and humor writing and accompanies the musical end of things on instruments sometimes unconventional, such as juice cans, frisbee, rolling pin, hub cap and garbage bag. At his best he's a careening vocal box out of control narrowly escaping the precipice of laryngitis.

Wayne Chaulk is a man with an extraordinary gift for creating; a word smith of the highest order. His song "Salt Water Joys" is now considered a classic and for many represents an unofficial anthem for Newfoundland. His work is the constant writing of songs and humor - the groundwork for the stage shows. He has written the sketch outlines for the TV and Video work as well.

Testimonials

"Who can make you laugh so hard that tears start coming? Buddy Wasisname, that's who!"
The Leader

"The trio's manic mix of wacko humor, colorful characterizations and sweetly sung homespun ballads crossed all generations and musical preferences to win over virtually everyone in the audience regardless of age, temperament or sophistication."
The Dryden Observer

"If laughter is the best medicine, Buddy Wasisname & The Other Fellers are the miracle cure of the 90s."
Grand Falls Advertiser

"This trio of Newfoundland entertainers could market the elasticity of Buddy's face alone, for two solid hours of entertainment. This flex-a- faced, turbo-powered piece of Newfoundland biology, stage-named Buddy, became in the course of the evening, not just a complete percussion ensemble courtesy of evety body part imaginable, but he also became a piston firing, "son of a horn" tootin' automobile in the song, Me Car.
The North Bay Nugget

"...somebody has to be the best, what's intriguing is what made them such a sensation: A unique melding of traditional and folk music, shot right up the middle with the zaniest humour this side of Monty Python."
The Sunday Express

"During the course of the evening, the rubber faced Buddy, dressed in what can only be described as castoffs from Ed Grimley and K.D. Lang, and appearing at times to be a cross between a slightly bewildered Tom Smothers and a Maritime Gomer Pyle, held the audience in the palm of his hand."
Fredericton Gleaner