Bib overall wearing, cigar smoking, solo acoustic performer playing mostly original music intended for mature, adult audiences. My background is in Bluegrass/Country/American Roots Music. I sing songs, I tell stories, and I make people laugh. I also make them tap their feet. groove.
"There is nobody else out there doing what he does, He's one of a kind. He is large, he is occasionally foul-mouthed, and he is always funny. His show combines a deceptively simple homespun delivery, with humor hilarious and dark."
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I had seen Jeff perform before, but forgot how ...well...excellent of a performance he puts on. Great original songs. Funny, catchy, a little emotional. By the end of the evening my tap room was singing along to classic lines, "Don't be a dick" and "Never trust a..."
Jeff will be coming back to Madison for more shows. Just cannot say enough for this great (big) entertainer.
This was my taproom's inaugural music event and Jeff BIGDUMBHICK Walls was a perfect fit. Ribald lyrics kept the crowd engaged in Jeff's unique delivery of his original work. Songs both heartfelt and hilarious had the taproom singing along to sounds they had never heard before.
We will certainly be having Jeff back again. Could not have asked for a more entertaining evening.
Response from Jeff Wall "Bigdumbhick":
I jplayed at Hell on Horse Creek Brewing in Madison NC. A small intimate space in a small intimate town.
I could not have been treated any better. The owner made sure I was taken well taken care of, the crowd was jovial, friendly, and generous, and the space was cozy, warm, and inviting. All of that lined up just right to enable me to play my ass off, and that's what I did.
Thank You David Peters for a wonderful evening.
Man, that was fun.
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Price Range: $100 an hour + expenses
Gig Length: 10 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
What do you get?
You get an exceptionally large, hairy seated performer with an acoustic guitar.
You get music that sounds like a mix of Bluegrass, Country Blues, and America
You get original music that runs the gamut from sidesplitting funny to dark and haunting.
You get stories, lots of stories, Stories that relate to the songs that you are hearing. Some are funny, some are astounding, all are interesting
You get a show.
If what you prefer is someone to just play and sing and provide background texture, (what we call Basic Brewery Gig) that can be done too.
Hilariously Entertaining, Exceptionally Good Looking, Adequate Guitar Player
Jeff Wall is the Bigdumbhick, a solo acoustic singer/songwriter/storyteller from the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina. At 6’7” and somewhere around 350lbs, it is easy to understand the “Big” part. The “Dumb” part is easy too. Just look at him. He looks dumb. Big and Dumb, like Lennie Small with a guitar in his hands , but he knows who Lennie Small is and you’re probably going to have to look that up, so maybe he’s not as dumb as he looks…like anybody could be THAT dumb.
Originally from Middle Tennessee, he spent 20 years in the Navy sitting on his ass, chipping paint, perfecting the ability to sleep absolutely anywhere, and occasionally being allowed to blow something up. He’s read a bunch of books, he’s traveled the world... several times, and he has met, broken bread, and played music with, people from just about every imaginable point of the political, religious, and social spectrum. He’s not nearly as “Dumb” or as “Hick” as he might try to have you believe.
He taught himself how to play guitar while in the Navy and it was a rare occurrence that you ran across him when he didn’t have an instrument somewhere close at hand. Upon arriving in a new port search out local street musicians to sit in with. He settled in North Carolina where he would continue to play music at every opportunity, At the age of 55 he started writing his own songs, what with there being such an acute demand and shortage of old, fat, hillbillies singing heartfelt original songs about how they can’t get laid anymore.
… Ok, so maybe he’s earned that “Dumb” part honestly.
Somehow or another, for reasons none can fathom, it has all worked out. He is a very unique, gifted, and darkly hilarious performer. He doesn’t really look or sound like anybody else. He uses irony and self-deprecating humor as a candy coating to help make that dark and bitter pill of the human existence just a bit easier to swallow. One moment he might have an audience crying with laughter, and then completely out of the blue he might hit them with something extremely raw and personal, and you might again see eyes welling with tears - this time for a completely different reason. He's funny, but he’s not just a novelty act, he’s a seriously talented musician, with a groove so strong you could break a hip to it.
This is not a stage persona. He’s real. What you see is what you get. There's no pretense, no posturing, no bullshit. Well, maybe a little bullshit, but still, he’s real. He is what he is and he ain’t ashamed of it.
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As a true believer in great music, I have seen him render an entire novel with only a worn-out guitar and a shaky voice. He's the real deal. Joseph North - Durham NC
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I loved his stuff. I laughed my butt off and occasionally was mortified ...he crosses lines and doesn’t care one bit. That’s why he’s so friggin’ authentic. Peter Farrell - Songwriter/Performer- Philadelphia PA
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If you get a chance to see Jeff, don’t miss it. Early songs brought nervous laughter, but by the end of the show there were belly laughs and a sing along. His lyrics are clever and his stories are unique... and true. Authenticity is hard to find these days, but I found it yesterday and it was wearing bib overalls. Terri Latham - Atlanta GA
For fans of John Prine, Todd Snider, Louden Wainwright III, Robert Earl Keen, Paul Thorn, and Jerry Jeff Walker
I can play amplified or unamplified.
I normally provide a small to med sized PA if required.
I usually play seated.
I provide my own chair
Occasionally growls, seldom bites.
Can play Baptist/Family friendly if so requested
| January 22, 2020 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Restaurant/Bar Event |
1. I Don't Know Where I'm Going (Original)
2. I Ain't Afraid of Dying (Original)
3 Big Ole Black Snake (Original2. Hungry Anymore
3. The Other Side
4. Three on the Tree
5. Move Back to the Country
6. Check Out Time
7. You're Making My Head Hurt
8. Erectile Dysfunction Blues
9. Battery Operated Boyfriend
10. Will I Ever Get Laid Again
11. The F*ckup Fairy <R>
12. Hurry Up and Die
13. Ravens and Crows
14. Everything You Wanted
15. She Ain’t Letting Go
16. Holding Up a Sign
17. 90 Miles an Hour
18. The Family Plan
19. Drinking Whiskey
20. Wondering Where You Are
21. One is Too Many
22. Up Here on the Ledge
23. Think I’m Gonna Die
24. Look Out Jesus
25. 40 Days and 40 Nights - aka Noah’s Blues
26. Get Your S**t and Go <R>
27. New Wayfaring Strangers
28. Guitars and Titties
29. Love Everybody
30. You Can’t Trust a Fart <R>
31. Too Fat to F*ck <R>
Covers
1. Are You Ready For the Country – Neil Young/Waylon
2. Big River – Johnny Cash
3. Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
4. Carmelita – Warren Zevon
5. Dead Flowers – Rolling Stones
6. Dead Skunk – Loudon Wainwright III
7. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke – Joe Maphis/Flatt & Scruggs
8. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
9. Friend of the Devil – Grateful Dead
10. Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie
11. I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
12. I Wanna Be Your Dog – Iggy and the Stooges/Uncle Tupelo
13. Just Dropped In – Mickey Newbury/Kenny Rogers
14. Lonesome Onry & Mean – Steve Young/Waylon Jennings
15. Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell/Johnny Cash
16. Lost Highway – Hank Williams Sr
17. Loves Gonna Live Here – Buck Owens
18. Me & Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson/Janis Joplin
19. Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
20. Midnight Moonlight – Peter Rowen
21. Moonshiner – Trad/Peter Rowan/Uncle Tupelo
22. No Expectations – Rolling Stones
23. Old Home Place – The Dillards
24. Paradise – John Prine
25. Powderfinger – Neil Young
26. Rambling Fever – Merle Haggard
27. Rank Strangers - Stanley Brothers
28. Rider – Trad/Seldom Scene/Grateful Dead
29. Rock Salt and Nails – Steve Young
30. Slewfoot – Johnny Horton
31. Steam Powered Aeroplane – John Hartford
32. Sunday Morning Coming Down – Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash
33. Swinging Doors – Merle Haggard
34. Taking Care of Business – Bachmann Turner Overdrive
35. That’s How I Got to Memphis – Tom T Hall
36. Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
37. White Freightliner – Townes Van Zandt
I don't sound like anybody but myself. I especially don't sound like my influences.
But for the sake of this exercise I guess I would say that if you like John Prine, Todd Snider, Louden Wainwright III, Robert Earl Keen, Paul Thorn, Jerry Jeff Walker, and/or Fred Eaglesmith then you will probably like me.
Water.
Electricity for performer supplied PA
Lighting if necessary
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