George Bowser and Rick Blue have been performing their unique brand of music and comedy, and social and political satire since 1978.
In 2003 they collaborated with award-winning cartoonist Aislin (Terry Mosher) to produce The Illustrated Canadian Songbook, which comes with a companion CD, largely drawn from their many appearances on CBC-stereo’s Madly Off In All Directions. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin recently named Bowser and Blue his “favorite musical group,” and he wrote the introduction to the book.
The duo’s Christmas show Two Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire was nominated for a Gemini award in 1997, and has been replayed almost annually since then. B&B were featured on the Just For Laughs 20th anniversary TV special, and their song “Working where the sun don’t shine” (the colorectal surgeon’s song) has been played on radio stations and in consulting rooms around the world.
Other career highlights include: frequent appearances in Montreal’s International Comedy Festival Just for Laughs since 1988; in May 1996 they starred in their own one-hour TV special Something Bowser, Something Blue; in January 1999 they were invited to give a private performance for Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s 65th birthday.
Their most recent TV show, The Two and Only, was broadcast on CFCF-TV in 2002. In April 2003, they wrote and performed in the musical The Paris of America, which ran for seven sold-out weeks at Montreal’s Centaur Theatre. They have recorded 12 CDs and two videos.
The audience for Bowser and Blue is primarily composed of “baby boomers,” and this audience enjoys our political and social satire, but they also appeal to a younger, wider audience. They started out playing in pubs and on college and university campuses. In 1986, the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities voted Bowser and Blue “Entertainer of the Year.”
