Off The Kerb

Comedian Rich Hall is packing 'em in with his alter ego of Otis Lee Crenshaw - hillbilly ex-con and social commentator. On this live album, Otis Lee Crenshaw - London, Not Tennessee, the faithful will be able to re-live breathtaking social jibes as well as the hilarious C&W pastiches he dares to call songs. Mojo

An hour with Crenshaw skips through blistering spontaneity, excruciatingly funny banter and heckler put-downs as mortifying as an electric chair. Musical high points include the classic soul tear-jerker He Almost Looks Like You, a touching ode to prison rape. The Guardian

Otis Lee Crenshaw is the Tennessee jailbird from a trailer-trash family so poor that blues singers used to call round when they had writers block. A former truck driver and serial husband, he has been in and out of chokey for some years now, giving him plenty of time to ponder the absurdity of Elvis's rose-tinted Jailhouse Rock and knock off some more realistic ditties of his own... much to the delight of the enthralled audience. The Scotsman

If Crenshaw's songs and scripted gags are brilliantly inspired, his off the cuff discursive material is equally hilarious. As he dedicated another of his hard-bitten love songs to a hapless front-row couple, a professional golfer and his girlfriend, we were treated to a quick-fire series of jokes about the game which Mark Twain once called "a waste of a good walk". The Scotsman




Crenshaw skips through blistering spontaneity, excruciatingly funny banter and heckler put downs as mortifying as an electric chair. The Guardian An inspired comic creation, striking the perfect balance between flirtation and intimidation. Unmissable The Independent