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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.