zach westphal bass
billy c gordon guitar
j-roddy walston piano guitar
steve the sleave drummer
Management: Steve Hutton at Uppercut Management
stevehutton@earthlink.net
North American booking: Anthony Paolercio @ The Agency Group
anthonypaolercio@theagencygroup.com
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
"I'm Goin' Out" from Baltimore, MD 2/9/08
"I'll Tell You What," "Stop Rip and Roll" and "I Used To Did" from Raleigh, NC 3/4/08
"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)
"It's hard not to fawn over just how fantastic the band is, how captivating and electric Walston is as a frontman as he pounds his piano and screeches away, without sounding like Jon Landau raving about the first time he saw Bruce Springsteen."
-Baltimore City Paper
"They're loud, relentess and wear you out before they're even halfway done with you."
-Arkansas Times
"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
J-Roddy Walston and The Business's Friend Space (Top 12)
J-Roddy Walston and The Business has 3703 friends.
you guys are the best thing ive ever heard in b-more. I've been spreading the word about you best I can, I've already convinced a few of my friends to purchase your album.
can you please come to philly/west chester??? i'm gonna try to come see you at Ottobar, but I'd LOVE a philly or west chester show.
Thanks for the add! I hadn't heard of you until about a month ago, when Bam played your music on his Sirius show. Now I can't wait to hear you guys in Tulsa AND Joplin! Keep Rockin'
So I woke up this morning and I wasn't sick anymore. I am now spreading the word That J-Roddy Walston and The Biz-nass have the cure for the common plague...and that cure is rock and roll.
