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BUDDY WAKEFIELD: The 2011 Gentleman Practice National Tour
Buddy Wakefield is back out on the road for his 2011 Gentleman Practice National Tour! The three-time
world champion of spoken word will be bringing his unforgettable performance style to the audiences he
has been cultivating for over 12 years in what Buddy is calling his last "full-on national solo tour" before
getting off the road and "practicing a bit more stillness."
Internationally acclaimed by the likes of Norman Lear, Don Beck, Ani DiFranco, HBO, the BBC, CBC
and NPR, Buddy recently completed Gentleman Practice, his first book in four years (Write Bloody
Publishing, March 2011; available for pre-order at buddywakefield.com). For this book tour, Buddy
decided to go back to basics, doing it much the way he started: driving in his car from venue to venue and
organizing all aspects of the tour himself.
"I want to keep things personal this time," Buddy says, adding that the return to his roots provides him an
opportunity to reflect on his decade of life on the road.
In the spring of 2001, Buddy left his job as an executive assistant at a biomedical firm in Gig Harbor, WA
and set out in his car for what would become a two-years-and-four-months performance tour of just about
every poetry venue in North America. Since then he has gone on to share the stage with nearly every
notable performance poet in the world, in venues ranging from House of Blues New Orleans and the Great
Lawn in Central Park to Scotland's Oran Mor and San Quentin State Penitentiary.
Buddy maintains that "any of the stints with Ani DiFranco and her band and crew and their grace could be
called the highlight of my career thus far." However, having shared the stage, and vans and tour buses with
so many other internationally recognized artists over the years, including Utah Phillips, The Revival, Buck
65, Saul Williams, Sage Francis and Andrea Gibson, Buddy is excited to spend some one-on-one time with
his fans.
"I feel pretty blessed to get to live for a living," he says. "Now it's time to find a home that doesn't roll,
maybe write a larger-impacting work. A screenplay and a novel both resonate. Then again, so does being a
blacksmith, or building a pergola, or keeping a blueberry garden. I wouldn't mind reading a book on the
front porch for a few months. I could sell cereal."
Before Buddy starts slinging cereal, spend an evening cutting away the pretense, and experience the rich
humor and heart of Buddy Wakefield on the 2011 Gentleman Practice National Tour!
For more information, visit: www.buddywakefield.com
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LocationCollingwood Arts Center
2413 Collingwood Blvd.
Toledo, OH 43620
United States
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| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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