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“Duvall’s not only one of New York’s best songwriters, he’s also one of the funniest. His stock in trade is antique music. Many of his ragtime songs... Like the oldtimey stuff he obviously loves, his songs are topical, steeped in history and imbued with an inimitable and sometimes scandalous wi”
“There’s also however an equally strong streak of utter weirdness and lowbrow surrealism, not too far away from the malarkey of Charles Gocher or Revd Fred Lane. When delivered in Duvall’s deadpan singing voice, this tends to leave a very odd taste in the mouth.”
“...Bertolt Brecht meets George Formby...”
“...he’s an absolute master of innuendo. His biggest crowd-pleaser tonight was called Reconstruction, about a Civil War-era sex change operation. It’s funnier, and more grisly, than you could possibly imagine...”
