Anything Goes in The Jeff Done Show

The Jeff Done Show is a one-man musical comedy act with a catchphrase: Anything Goes. Featuring Jeff Dunn, it started out as a regular gig in The Black Horse, owned by Larry Dunn (Jeff’s dad) and Frank Perez from Polo Lounge.

Though this acoustic show is not at all scripted, Dunn writes all the music and the jokes. “It’s not all the way polished yet, but it doesn’t need to be because anything goes,” says Dunn.

Jeff has been in a number of Reno bands, including The Walk of Shame, Steve Dave, Fall Silent, Suckapunch, and Whiskey. (Jeff didn’t want me to mention this, but his first band was called Twisted Reality.)

Playing guitar for 28 years since he was three years old, Dunn has always seen music as his destiny. He recently went solo because he’s a self-proclaimed drunk. He’s been in and out of drunken binges and has burned some bridges with his family, friends, and bands. Since January, he’s been mostly sober, and his life has started moving in a more positive direction.

“I just want to get my voice out to people,” says Dunn. “I can relate to everyone in different ways. I know it sounds cheesy, but I just want people to hear me and to feel the way I feel when I listen to great music or read great poetry.”

His friends make fun of him for naming his act after himself and for having a catch phrase, but he doesn’t care. Writing songs and doing comedy is part of his everyday life. “I like to make people laugh and make some people uncomfortable,” says Dunn. “My jokes are obnoxious to some girls, obviously, because I’m single.”

You can find his upcoming shows at http://myspace.com/