[FLCC News] Fair Lawn Community Center & Hurdy Gurdy present: Ronny Cox on Saturday, April 5th

[Fair Lawn Community Center News]

He has been a doctor, the Chief of the LA Police Department, a senator, a
Vice President, and for a brief moment he was the commander of the Starship
Enterprise. He is also an outstanding musician, and probably this will be
the first time that the Hurdy Gurdy has presented a performer who not only
is promoting a CD - but also a new movie with Eddie Murphy.

On Saturday April 5 at 8:00pm, the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club at the Fair
Lawn Community Center is proud to present renowned actor, singer, songwriter
and storyteller RONNY COX, NJ. Tickets can be purchased online at
www.hurdygurdyfolk.org or at the box office on the night of the concert.

Yes, it is that Ronny Cox, the actor that you remember from "Bound for
Glory", "Robo Cop", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Onion Field", "Stargate SG-1"
and dozens of films and television programs. Ronny began his career as a
musician. He performed in folk clubs in the early 1960's, before his big
acting break came in the 1972 film "Deliverance". 
Remember the famous "Dueling Banjo's" scene? That was Ronny Cox playing the
guitar with the banjo-playing mountain boy. After the film established Ronny
as a actor, he would continue to write songs and perform on occasion, and in
recent years he has begun pursuing music on an equal basis with his work in
film and television.

Ronny is a first-rate songwriter/entertainer, by turns insightful,
hilarious, and engaging. Ronny's easy style is perfectly showcased in his
performance The Boston Globe described him as "...a study in easygoing
amiability and unforced charisma. He charms crowds with self-teasing humor,
tart progressive insight, and a lulling Southwestern folk sound."

At the Fair Lawn Community Center, Ronny will present a program that he
calls "Songs, Stories and Out & Out Lies". With a small, dazzling array of
multi-instrumentalists (many of his band members have toured with Jack
Williams), the music is eclectic... funny.. touching and always compelling.
They showcase an original, sophisticated lyric-driven folky sound... and the
stories that accompany these songs are something else entirely.

Have you ever wondered how a story of "questionable veracity" gets started?
Well... some small grain of truth gets twisted and turned and then told and
retold. Eventually that small grain has grown ito a boulder of "undeniable
truth" that you would bet your house on! Well ok... maybe not your house,
but someone's house.

Joining Ronny will be our special guests - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers.
Their blend of old-time jug band songs, blues, country and folk tunes will
get the evening off to a rousing start! The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers feature
Dan Berger on harmonica, Rick Nestler (who wrote the song "River that Flows
Both Ways", recorded by Pete Seeger) on 12 string guitar and vocals and
Donna Nestler on banjolele, washboard, kazoo and vocals.

Tickets for this concert are only $25 ($22 for Hurdy Gurdy members) and can
be purchased online at www.hurdygurdyfolk.org or at the box office at the
Fair Lawn Community Center on the night of the concert. While we expect to
have tickets available the night of the concert, we encourage online ticket
orders to insure your seat at our show!

The Fair Lawn Community Center is located at 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn,
NJ.

Additional information can be received at the website or by calling the
Hurdy Gurdy Hotline at (201) 384-1325 or visit out website at
www.hurdygurdyfolk.org and our new blog - www.hurdygurdyfolk.blogspot.com .

Please join us for a wonderful evening of great music and wonderful
down-home stories!