{"id":4916,"date":"2015-05-18T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T03:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2018-05-17T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T03:55:00","slug":"bob-bossins-davy-the-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/bob-bossins-davy-the-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Bob Bossin&#8217;s Davy the Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The father renowned Canadian folk singer Bob Bossin knew while growing up in Toronto in the 1950s was a quiet, conservative booking agent.\u00a0 The father he subsequently <em>discovered<\/em> was Davy the Punk, a pivotal figure in Canada&#8217;s gambling business of the 30s and 40s, whose trials and tribulations with the law created precedents that affect us to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zussman-store-higher-rez1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2109 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/denmanislandwritersfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Zussman-store-higher-rez1.jpg\" alt=\"Zussman store higher rez1\" width=\"317\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8220;<em>The Songs and Stories of Davy the Punk&#8221; <\/em>tell of cops and gamblers, grifters and grafters, <em>mensches<\/em> and <em>gonifs<\/em>, fathers and sons.\u00a0 By turns, Bossin&#8217;s songs and stories of his father are intriguing, funny and poignant.\u00a0 &#8220;Fascinating &#8230;. amazing and sometimes hilarious&#8221;, says CBC&#8217;s Michael Enright.\u00a0 &#8220;A memoir of a childhood that is the stuff of dreams and movies&#8221;, says Si Kahn.\u00a0 &#8220;Bossin is funny, informative and inspiring at the same time&#8221;, said Pete Seeger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bob Bossin is the founder of the much-loved folk group Stringband, and the author of some of Canada&#8217;s favourite folk songs.\u00a0 Says Stuart McLean, &#8220;Only a handful of song writers have created a body of work that constitute a portrait of our country.\u00a0 Stan Rogers did that.\u00a0 So did Gordon Lightfoot.\u00a0 And so does Bob Bossin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bob Bossin Brings his One Man Show &#8220;Davy The Punk&#8221; 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