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| '''Paul 'Biff' Rose''' is an ] ]. | |||
| 'Biff Rose was a successful banjo-toting folk musician and comedian in the early 1960's, profiled in Time Magazine on January 29th, 1965. By ] he had landed in ], working with George Carlin as a sketch writer for television ]. Eventually, Rose took up with the ] he developed during his youth growing up in ]. A song co-written with ], "Fill Your Heart", was recorded by both ], and ]. | |||
| In the meantime, Rose began writing lyrics & marrying them to the ] like sounds he produced on the ]. One of his most popular songs of this era was "Molly," the story of a circus clown, which was later covered by ]. Other songs were recorded by Pat Boone, Sajid Khan and Dorsey Burnette. Much of Rose's music was comedic, often prodding the political climate of the time. He appeared on ]'s "]" 12 times from 1968 to 1970. | |||
| ]'s ] label released his commercial debut, "The Thorn in Mrs. Rose's Side" in ]. Rose also recorded albums for ], ], and the ] label. He returned to recording music in ] with the "Bone Again" CD. He has since released three other disks. | |||
| ==Discography== | |||
| *''Biff, Cliff and Warren (1961, Jack n Jill, self-release) | |||
| *''Live at the Blue Dog Cellar (1962, compilation w/ 3 other artists) | |||
| *''Banjo and Ballyhoo'' (1963, Angry Young Man records, self-release) | |||
| *''The Thorn in Mrs. Rose's Side'' (1968, Tetragrammaton) | |||
| *''Children of Light'' (1969, Tetragrammaton) | |||
| *''Biff Rose'' (1970, Buddah) | |||
| *''Half Live at the Bitter End'' (1971, Buddah) | |||
| *''Uncle Jesus, Aunty Christ'' (1972, United Artists) | |||
| *''Hamburger Blues'' (1974, Sweet Jane Limited) | |||
| *''Roast Beef'' (1978, Down Pat/Pacific Arts) | |||
| *''Thee Messiah Album'' (1979, Pacific Arts) | |||
| *''Bone Again'' (1996, Fast Eddy) | |||
| *''The Elizabethan Period'' (2000, self release) | |||
| *''E-Stir Parade''(2003, self release) | |||
| *''The Night Wiggah and the Nippie Higger'' (2004, self release) | |||
| ==Quotations attributed to Rose== | |||
| *''My words are just some antics.'' | |||
| *''There's only two ways to handle women, and no one knows either one of them.'' | |||
| *''Hi! I'm Biff Rose. I'm the Messiah. I'm the one the jews have been waiting for to set them free from Zionism. I'm the one they've been waiting for to spurtualize their incessant noise and grasping and grabbing for mutterialism.'' | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| ''Official websites'' | |||
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| ''Other'' | |||
| * Biography on ] | |||
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