J-Roddy Walston and The Business

About Me

"J-Roddy Walston & the Business is, to almost the exclusion of all others, the purest American rock-and-roll band I've heard in years.... I love them because we share a common, often laughed off, belief: rock and roll matters."
-Flagpole (Athens, GA)
"Sounding like a cross between a "Shake Your Money Maker"-era Black Crowes (when they knew how to smile), a butcher version of Queen and Ben Folds with a full backing band and a fistful of Lexapro, this band plays straight ahead rock that would make Elvis fall to his knees and weep tears of joy."
-White Collar Punk Rocker
"When it comes to pure, unadulterated rock music, there aren't nearly enough bands these days that do it the way J Roddy does. "
-Each Note Secure
"Nobody rocks as hard as J. Roddy Walston and the Business. Watching these guys perform is like watching a live bull fight, with audiences dancing for their lives in the aisles."
-Philly Style
"Infectiously manic...they make James Brown look lazy."
-Baltimore City Paper
"What takes them to the level of awesome, is the street-wise, working class attitude that infects each of these numbers - if it's folk, then its tough folk. If we're talking rhythm and soul, it's tough rhythm and soul. And if we're talking rock n roll, you guessed it, it's tough."
-irockcleveland.com
"They're loud, relentess and wear you out before they're even halfway done with you."
-Arkansas Times

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/9/2005
Band Website: jroddy.net
Band Members: zach westphal bass
billy c gordon guitar
j-roddy walston piano guitar
steve the sleave drummer

Management: Steve Hutton at Uppercut Management
[email protected]

North American booking: Anthony Paolercio @ The Agency Group
[email protected]
Influences: mungo jerry, led zeppelin, the beatles, harry nilsson, the band,huey lewis and the news, charlcie roddy, bob dylan, randy newman, marshall crenshaw, bearclaw, the features, leon russell, faces, queen
Sounds Like:"Stop Rip and Roll" and "I Used to Did" from Raleigh, NC 1/19/07"I'll Tell You What" from Raleigh, NC 3/1/07"Get Into Me" from Raleigh, NC 3/1/07"Unnamed, All Gamed" directed by Matt Hinton
Record Label: southren brethren
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Baltimore City Paper comes around to our charms

"Walston and his band relocated to Baltimore in 2004 from Tennessee and quickly amassed a local following, but for some reason I got it in my head that they wouldn't be my cup of tea and never made t...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:24:00 PST

cin city

this a tour blog from the palm centro the palm people gave (most excellent) we just played the cincy punk fest and I have never been hit with more beer cans, well I have never been hit with cans at a...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:15:00 PST

Yo Yo Yo

We missed these when they first came out, but "Hail Mega Boys" popped up on a few end-of-year lists: SEN Baltimore voted "Hail Mega Boys" the 1 Baltimore release of 2007. Check out the coun...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:15:00 PST

free party show this monday january 21st 2008

hey dudes we will be playing for free,at a totally awesome club in nyc called pianos.its this monday january 21st.i think the lastest we will start playing is 9 30 so get there early.bring some buds a...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:17:00 PST

new york is more expensive than used york

thank you to the crew that came up to see us in new york (hope you caught stylofone they are incredible) we could just eat your familiar face up when you walked through the door apparently we got some...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:35:00 PST

back from tour (and still alive from living)

hello all just stirred after the first night's slumber in 10 daysafter an october tour that was full of sicky-poosand doubt about the power of rock and rollat the end of our most effiecient december t...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST

We Need Your Help

Hey all, We're looking for someone to take to the road with us and sell our merch. Ideally this person is in their early- to mid-twenties and can be out of town for weeks at a time without need ...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:54:00 PST

the flagpole in athens says we rock

yeah we rock and the best alt. paper in the east says so listen to almighty gordon(not billy) as he raves about us: Almost a year ago I was working a molasses-slow night over at the Caledonia Lou...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PST

SNOCAP Store

Hey all, The tracks on our SNOCAP store on this here page are from "LMNEP," which came out a few years ago and has been out of print for some time. This is the only place it's available and it f...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:34:00 PST

irockcleveland.com review

Hey all, Just got this awesome write-up on irockcleveland.com this week. Visit the blog for other sweet nothings... I was first introduced to J Roddy Walston and The Business from Eachnotesecur...
Posted by J-Roddy Walston and The Business on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:16:00 PST