Silverstein Around The World

January, 1971

Shel Silverstein, Playboy's roving Renaissance man, is--in addition to being one of the most risible cartoonists around--a composer-lyricist, poet, actor, writer, singer, movie director and producer. He has already won a Grammy, the top music-biz award, for penning the wry A Boy Named Sue, which Johnny Cash turned into a million-selling single. Within the next few months, Shel plans to follow up this success with an album (very) tentatively entitled Fuck Em and Other Songs. Other recent accompli...