He may not be the hardest-working man in show business, but John Valby, a.k.a. "Dr. Dirty," puts in a day's work. He plays a one-hour set, takes a 20-minute break during which he works the merchandise ...

It’s easy to think that we live in a coarsened age, and that juvenile humor and bad taste are everywhere. But John Valby takes bad taste and politically incorrect, sex-obsessed parody to whole new ...

John Valby, also known as Dr. Dirty, is song parody’s id. Armed only with a keyboard and a gruff barroom croak, Valby riles throngs of inebriated college students, weaving together gross-out humor, ...

The upstate New York home of musician John Valby was ravaged by a fire that did a half a million dollars’ worth of damage. Valby is better known by the name “Dr. Dirty,” and he has spent more than ...

Singer Lena Prima is pulling double duty at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom in Warren this week. Prima — daughter of the legendary band leader/jazz entertainer Louis Prima — on Thursday will be part of The ...

Hide the conservatives, Dr. Dirty is coming. Blunt, obnoxious and sexual are three words that make entertainer John Valby, Dirty. Dr. Dirty if you’re nasty. Originally from New Rochester, N.Y., Valby ...

Walking into a John Valby show could be unnerving if you didn't know what to expect. From the left as you're walking in, a table of young men shout in unison, "F*** you!" From the right, an even ...

Classically-trained pianist John Valby comes to his comedy shows dressed in a white tuxedo, black derby and black bow tie, looking nothing like the blue-collar king of down-and-dirty musical parody.

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John Valby – the local music scene's popular "Dr. Dirty" – strongly suspects that the fire that destroyed his family's Clarence home Sunday morning was suspicious, possibly started by some young ...