It doesn’t take much for comedy works to pique Jason Klamm‘s interest. As the host of the Comedy on Vinyl podcast and the author of 2023’s We’re Not Worthy: From In Living Color to Mr. Show, How ’90s Sketch TV Changed the Face of Comedy, Klamm is immersed in mirth and laughs for most of his free time. But it was not exactly a laughing matter when he discovered Dick Davy. Davy, a convivial comedian with a soft-spoken Southern drawl, issued two albums on Columbia in the mid-’60s: 1966’s You’re a Long Way from Home, Whitey…
You Don’t Know Dick (Davy): New LP Sheds Light on Intriguing ’60s Stand-Up
A forthcoming release from Stand Up! Records will shed some light on Dick Davy, one of the more unexpected figures of ’60s stand-up comedy. Presenting…Dick Davy attempts to fill in the gaps around an unusual comic who recorded some unusual material under unusual circumstances in the mid-to-late ’60s. You’re a Long Way from Home, Whitey (1966) and Stronger Than Dirt (1967), both released by Columbia Records, capture a witty performer with a folksy Southern drawl offering Will Rogers-esque, progressive-for-the-time observations on race in America. That Whitey was produced by legendary A&R man John Hammond (who played…
