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About Me

Jay Dunphy has been entertaining audiences with his original brand of roots-rock for nearly seven years. Often compared to The Rolling Stones, The Band, Steve Earle and Bob Dylan, his music fuses elements of folk and Americana with a contemporary sound.
His sophomore album, "If Winning is Inevitable... Whats the Point in Playing?", saw Jay Dunphy taking on a more rock-oriented sound than his debut, "Season of the Deadened". Released in the fall of 2005, the album spent two weeks in the top 30 of local college radio station CFUV and made their list of most played local albums for 2005, as well as hitting Top 10 in Lethbridge and Kamloops.
With a change in lineup in the fall of 2005, Jay Dunphy and The Religion embarked on their first tour in April 2006, playing 14 shows to appreciative audiences all over Western Canada and Ontario.
Dunphy is currently recording his third album, "Dedicated to No One In Particular," targeted to be released in Summer 2008.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/20/2005
Band Website: jaydunphy.com
Band Members: Jay Dunphy - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Jack Weyler - Keyboards
Benji Coey - drums
Josh Terry - bass, backup vocals
Influences: Kiss, Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Hank Williams Sr., Black Sabbath, Conor Oberst, Badly Drawn Boy, Wilco, Sun Volt, Neil Diamond, Iron Maiden, The Beatles (don't trust a musician who doesn't mention The Beatles), Judas Priest, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Dan Bern, My Morning Jacket, Wil Oldham, Johnny Cash, Springsteen, Iron and Wine, Pink Floyd, G'n'R, Ryan Adams (Heartbreaker), Martha Wainwright, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Band Of Horses, CSN&Y, The Arcade Fire, Hayden, Sara Harmer, David P. Smith, Clay George, Feist, Broken Social Scene, Crystal Gayle, Emmylou Harris, old Rod Stewart, Elton John, Kris Kristopherson.....ect.ect.ect. Basically anyone with something to say and a hook. Some guilty pleasures : Bee Gees (I also DON'T hate disco), Dolly Parton, Anne Murray, Shawn Phillips, John Denver, Roger Whittaker (Nostalgic purposes only), Kenny Rogers...and they get progessively more personal and tragic from there... Thank God for the rational, "They/he/she craft(s)a great song." This wonderful catch phrase alone has given me the freedom to bring my guilty pleasures to the forefront.
Sounds Like: Been compared to Steve Earle. Been called Dylanesque. Have heard Ryan Adams, and even Violent Femmes.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Fuck off Spam Bands revisited

Yeah. Just so I'm clear on this, if you play reallly shitty Hip-Hop, have a name that ends with Money, a name that has a hyphin, have a religious message, play Death Metal, or just simply had over 160...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:25:00 PST

The Spiral

Just a quick thanks to everyone that came out last night to see the show. We made more last night than any of The Religion's tour dates (if that's any indication of what a brilliant, friggin cash cow ...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:27:00 PST

And the ball kept rolling

Generally if something gets started and it gets some momentum, I push until it's at whatever end I perceived when it started. When I do get something in my head, I always have a pretty calculated plan...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Wed, 17 May 2006 01:06:00 PST

FYI

I may have gotten a little excited and overzealous about the promise of purchasing a frosted Creampie at D.Q. and not read the advertisements correctly. Seems I've unfortunate...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:24:00 PST

There are very few people that'll apreciate this. For you..

Man, middle Canada is weird. They've been doing some really heavy promo here for a new D. Queen "Creampie" Blizzard treat. Yup. Aparantly for just under 5 bucks I can wander into any random ...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:27:00 PST

Spanish, Ontario x 2

Spanish, Ontario Easter Friday, enroute to Toronto from Thunder Bay. The Vance Motel, smack dab in the middle of Nowheresville, North America. Attached was a nice little Pub that was o...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:09:00 PST

Just when I thought things wsere weird enough...

Out front of Jacks, Thunder Bay 8pmI met Elvis tonight. At least he assured me 4 times that he looked like Elvis (Presley I assume). He is "not gay." He is definitely "not a fag or nothin." In fact he...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:48:00 PST

Monday The Soda Calgary

The show tonight was better. Much, much better. I'd even say we we're pretty damned good. I take back the comment about beef. Cows are not some sorta magical food or purse giving beast. Th...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:53:00 PST

Scott Henderson : The richest man in town

I just saw Scott Henderson scuffling down the sidewalk in a Langford strip-mall, hands shoved fully inside his goddy, 1976 green K-Way jacket wearing a scruffy white ball cap with his pony tail sticki...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:06:00 PST

Mr. Oberst's rebirth

Just threw on "Fevers and Mirrors" again today for the first time in about 5 months. God!! He gets it! The human condition/nature shit I've been preaching. Things CAN suck and still be cool! At least ...
Posted by Jay Dunphy on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:28:00 PST