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Tony Norris Press Kit
Biography
Photography
   
(Photos courtesy of Michael Collier)
Reviews
Tony has a voice that sings like a real live
river telling stories wherever it goes — gently like
a ripple, or rowdy like a rapid — and always from his
generous, forgiving heart.
— Katie Lee, singer, author, 10,000 Goddam Cattle,
All My Rivers are Gone, Sandstone Seduction
His performances have been the highlight of
the evening. Mr Norris has a unique ability to both teach
and entertain at the same time. He is able to enthrall 120
ten-year-olds for forty-five minutes at the end of a very
long evening. The children just love his stories and songs.
— Joe Lynch, teacher, Knoles School, Flagstaff, Az
“Tony offers up stories, poems, historical
accounts, tall tales, and songs in a tantalizing blend of
education and entertainment. It holds my interest in a way
that a presentation of any one form can’t match. If
you close your eyes while listening to Tony’s account
of the prized camp cook, you can hear the clanging of the
old dutch oven, smell the cook fire, and taste the beans,
beefsteak, and biscuits, along with the occasional pie or
cobbler. With sure strokes, he places each song or poem into
historical context.”
— Phil Heikkinen, Director, Show Low Public Library
“Tony’s storytelling is folksy,
droll, and comfortable. He has a warm voice and a repertoire
packed with unusual, great songs about people of the West.
In short, Tony is one of the best folk entertainers Arizona
can offer.”
— Warren Miller, Curator of Education, Sharlot Hall
Museum, Prescott, AZ; author, Cattle, Horses Sky, and Grass
In "A Letter from Home," Tony Norris
brings the wildness of the old west into our tame and pallid
lives. With a voice as velvety as a new colt's nose, he sings
and story tells his way across a forgotten landscape, bringing
a fresh breath of sage swept wind into our work-a-day worlds
and daily commutes.
— Mimi Altree, author, the Cowboy Way, Longstreet Press.
2002
“Tony Norris grew up in a time and in
a place when people knew how to drill a well, tend a flock
of chickens, and put a little bit of summer in a jar. Along
the Brazos reminds us of those days. It flows out of Tony
and into our ears like that sweet old Texas stream rolling
under a bridge at twilight. This one is truly his ‘Letter
From Home.’”
—Rose Houk, author, Heart's Home: Lyndon B. Johnson's
Hill Country and Exploring the Smokies
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