J Roddy Walston and The Business refuse to play it safe. In this age when mobile phone apps have replaced recording studios and the term “badass” rarely describes modern music, J Roddy furthers the proud legacy of unrelenting rockers from Little Richard to Janis Joplin to KISS, shredding eardrums and stirring souls with scrappy, All-American anthems.
Raised in the gospel tradition in one of the lesser known Clevelands– Cleveland, Tennessee; a town renowned for the most churches per capita in the USA — J Roddy learned piano from his God-fearing grandma. But it soon became clear no church could contain his reckless spirit, threadbare vocal chords, and titanium fingers pounding chords with the force of ten jackhammers.
In another era, J Roddy would have laid waste nightly to the keys of the hottest honky-tonk saloon in any riverboat metropolis. Today J Roddy Walston & The Business rely not on computers but on forcefulness, volume, and tight musical command to shake entire city blocks.
“I just enjoy creating situations in which people can have fun and be accepted, and I think that our music has that common thread in it. People hear the first chorus and, by the second chorus, they’re singing along.”
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PRIZING
A pair of tickets to see J Roddy Walston & The Business at the Biltmore Cabaret on October 5, 2013 at 8 pm._______________________________________________________________
CONTEST CLOSING TIMEContest closes October 1, 2013 – Winner will be contacted upon closing time.
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SKILL TESTING QUESTION In which city did J. Roddy Walston & The Business end up settling down? For a hint, go here: http://www.biltmorecabaret.com/calendar_______________________________________________________________
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