Performing Arts

  • Laughing along the way

    Billy Ray Rock had a self-proclaimed rough start in comedy, but stuck with it to make a career in the craft

    By Mary Stone

    Billy Ray Rock’s stand-up career started with a casual remark to a buddy during an open mic in his then hometown of Fresno, Calif.: When Rock said the guy up there was terrible, his friend said, “You wouldn’t go up there, would you?” “I went up there and also sucked,” he said during a recent interview in his current hometown of Asotin...