Vietnam Veteran Book Signing & Comedy Show comes to Bristol 9/28

The Comedy Works Bristol, located inside Georgine’s Restaurant, 1320 Newport Rd, Bristol, Pa. is honored to have Vietnam Veteran Billy Terrell perform on Friday, September 28 and 29, 2018 as part of the 9:30 pm Comedy Show. Following the show there will be a “Meet & Greet” book signing event for his new book “The Other Side of Rock and War: One Man's Battle to Save His Life, His Career, His Country, and the Orphans He Left Behind.”

Billy Terrell appears to be a quiet gentle person in real life until you hand this Comedian a MICROPHONE and on stage “all hell breaks out”. Billy’s story centers on growing up in poverty during the early “1950’s” until he leaves his home in Newark, NJ for a tour of service in the army. Most people laugh at the jokes without realizing how true many of them are about his life as a soldier in Vietnam and the life he made for himself after as a singer, composer, a record producer and a Comedian.

Billy’s book “The Other Side of Rock and War: One Man's Battle to Save His Life, His Career, His Country, and the Orphans He Left Behind.” tells his inspiring story of how he overcame poverty, bullying and the horrors of Vietnam, before his near impossible climb to success as a songwriter, producer and later as a top stand-up comedian. It also reveals Terrell's deeply personal experiences at Mang Lang Orphanage near the village of Tuy Hoa in 1966 which as a soldier, he helped rebuild, and his determination to return to Vietnam and reunite with the nuns and former children of the orphanage.

Along the way he has a juicy tale of traveling with Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Cream in the summer of '68. As a writer/producer he has placed 63 records on the national and international charts. As a producer he rebooted Frankie Avalon's career and produced albums for Helen Reddy, Bobby Rydell and great jazz guitarist Larry Carlton, among many others. As a stand-up comedian he worked with several up and coming stars such as, Adam Sandler, Ray Romano, Drew Carey and Chris Rock during their early days on the circuit.

The Comedy Show also features Mike Stankiewicz headlining and Steve Rinaldi. Following the show Billy will be signing copies of his new book and talk to the crowd.

Admission for show only is $20 each with Veterans who make an advance reservation only $10 each.

For more information call 215-741-1661 or go to “www.comedyworksbristol.com”, “www.facebook.com/TheComedyWorksBristol” on the internet.

The Comedy Works is celebrating 28 years of providing great stand-up live comedy every Friday and Saturday night at Georgine’s Restaurant and is the longest running comedy club in the Philadelphia / Bucks County region.