'Funniest Man' James Gregory returns to Renaissance Center March 1

Tickets go on sale Jan. 3 for 2 shows

Release Date: 12/29/2007. Expired: 3/1/2008

Comedian James Gregory returns to The Renaissance Center in Dickson for two shows Saturday, March 1. Gregory sold out two performances at the center in March 2007 that were taped for a DVD and a potential television special by the center’s award-winning Multimedia Department.

Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. shows are $27.50 per person. Tickets go on sale Jan. 3.

Labeled by critics as “the funniest man in America” and “the most famous comedian America has never heard,” Gregory entertains more than 10 million people annually through live performances, radio and television appearances with his laid-back, down-home storytelling style. He is heard regularly on syndicated radio programs across the country and has packed in crowds at sold-out shows in comedy venues for over 20 years.

Gregory tours 48 weeks a year, entertaining in sold-out theatres, fairs, comedy clubs and performing for some of the country’s largest corporations and organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kimberly Clark, Hewlett Packard and the American Red Cross. His grass-roots following of tens of millions of loyal fans can hear him weekly on radio shows like Rick and Bubba (syndicated to 24 markets), The Big Show with John Boy and Billy (111 markets, including The Rock 105.9 in Nashville), Steve and DC (27 markets) and The Bob and Tom Show (125 markets).

Born into a poor family in Lithonia, Ga., at the age of 11 Gregory worked 37 hours a week at a local grocery store to help support his family. Gregory began working as a salesman, but his real talent began to show through as a storyteller and his destiny took a turn during an impromptu performance at a comedy club.

“It was an accident that I ended up in comedy at all,” he says. “I never had the desire, or else I would have started earlier. I was 35 years old when I got my feet wet.”

In 1982, his friends convinced Gregory to participate in an open mic night at the Punchline, an Atlanta comedy club. He was an instant hit.

More than 25 years later, Gregory’s front-porch style has made him one of the most in-demand comedians in the country, with his own CDs, videos and books and numerous television appearances, including Entertainment Tonight, Comedy Central, Showtime, TNT and over 80 appearances on TNN.

“I don’t do small-town humor,” Gregory replies to those who try to pigeonhole his appeal. His is a front porch humor: he tells the stories we all know, wherever we’re from. He makes fun of crazy family members and covered dishes at funerals. Ignoring the pressure to be politically correct, Gregory zings everyone from health fanatics to animal rights activists with his trademark observations of the routine and absurd based on the values he grew up with.

 “I have lived long enough to know people, know life,” Gregory says. “My comedy is based on my experience. I want to make the whole country laugh.”

To learn more about comedian James Gregory, visit his website at www.funniestman.com.

For more information on Gregory’s March 1 performances at The Renaissance Center, call (615) 740-5600 or visit the center’s website at www.rcenter.org. To purchase tickets, call (615) 740-5601.

The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.

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