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Rating: 5 out of 5 based on 7 reviews

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J. Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like Heavy Bells is are a war cry, then the deep cuts like Boys Can Never Tell are a tactical cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transformative in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that's been buried too long. It's not about thinking, It's about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradictions: Kurt Cobain's fury, Nilsson's fractured sweetness, Zeppelin's power, and somewhere in there a perverted nod to William Onyeabor's lonely calculator funk. Critics try to box him in, but Walston can't be contained--he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his songs can pay the tab. Catch him and his band before he burns it all down again.

Setlists

    1. 1.Full Growing Man (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 2.Marigold (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    3. 3.Same Days (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    4. 4.Black Light (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    5. 5.Sniff the Money
    6. 6.Want Sex
    7. 7.Don't Break the Needle (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    8. 8.Hard Times (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    9. 9.Take It as It Comes (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    10. 10.Sweat Shock (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Extended intro)
    11. 11.You Know Me Better (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    12. 12.Want it, Take it
    13. 13.Brave Man's Death (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    14. 14.Midnight Cry (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 15.Heavy Bells (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 16.Used to Did (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    1. 1.Don't Break the Needle (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 2.Full Growing Man (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    3. 3.Marigold (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    4. 4.Same Days (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    5. 5.Black Light (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    6. 6.You Know Me Better (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    7. 7.Sniff the Money
    8. 8.Want Sex
    9. 9.Want it, Take it
    10. 10.Take It as It Comes (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    11. 11.Brave Man's Death (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    12. 12.Sweat Shock (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Extended intro)
    13. 13.Midnight Cry (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    14. 14.Used to Did (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    15. 15.Heavy Bells (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    1. 1.Don't Break the Needle (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 2.Full Growing Man (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    3. 3.Marigold (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    4. 4.Same Days (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Stopped mid song for medical emergency in crowd)
    5. 5.Black Light (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    6. 6.You Know Me Better (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    7. 7.Sniff the Money
    8. 8.Want Sex (Taught crowd singalong for new song)
    9. 9.Want it, Take it
    10. 10.Take It as It Comes (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    11. 11.Instrumental
    12. 12.Sweat Shock (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    13. 13.Brave Man's Death (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    14. 14.Used to Did (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    15. 15.Heavy Bells (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    1. 1.Don't Break the Needle (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 2.Full Growing Man (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    3. 3.Marigold (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    4. 4.Black Light (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    5. 5.Sniff the Money
    6. 6.Want Sex
    7. 7.Want it, Take it
    8. 8.Take It as It Comes (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    9. 9.Brave Man's Death (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    10. 10.Used to Did (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    11. 11.Heavy Bells (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    1. 1.Full Growing Man (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    2. 2.Marigold (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    3. 3.Same Days (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    4. 4.You Know Me Better (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    5. 5.Sniff the Money
    6. 6.Black Light (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    7. 7.Take it Away From Me
    8. 8.Brave Man's Death (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    9. 9.Want it, Take it
    10. 10.The Wanting (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    11. 11.I Think of You (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    12. 12.Go Malachi (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    13. 13.Boys Can Never Tell (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo, a cappella with audience)
    14. 14.The Times Are A Staying (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    15. 15.Sally Bangs (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    16. 16.Caroline (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover) (Solo)
    17. 17.Sweat Shock (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    18. 18.Hard Times (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    19. 19.Take It as It Comes (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    20. 20.Don't Break the Needle (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    21. 21.Used to Did (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    22. 22.Midnight Cry (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)
    23. 23.Heavy Bells (J Roddy Walston and The Business cover)

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Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5 based on 7 reviews
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  • Is it Christmas tonight!?

    by Mznyc on 12/24/22Brooklyn Made - BrooklynRating: 5 out of 5

    J. Roddy put on an incredible show I hope becomes a Christmas tradition. High energy, festive and fun! What a great night!

  • J Roddy Rocks

    by Betty Devo on 2/8/20A and R Music Bar - ColumbusRating: 5 out of 5

    Thank you J Roddy and band for an ass-kickin’ rock show on a Wed night!!! LOVED your new jams and all the energy in an intimate setting. It felt like the most amazing house party and I didn’t want it to end!!!

  • by Anonymous on 3/23/14Headliners Music Hall - LouisvilleRating: 5 out of 5

    Incredible! Just amazing as always! I really have 15 characters left?

  • Insanely Good Live

    by Twister53 on 11/14/13The Newport Music Hall - ColumbusRating: 5 out of 5

    Watching J Roddy shake, tremor, and roll all over stage as he pounds away on his piano, hair flying, head beating, voice strained to the point of breaking (while in key), all while the Business gives great riffs and solos of the garage rock/blues is worth 100 times the cost of admission. This venue was perfect. I saw him in a small club a year ago, and it was great. But a small theatre with general admission only and good acoustics was perfect for what these guys bring, and they bring it all. This was the best show I've seen in years.

  • J. Roddy Walston and the Business in KC

    by GreasySteve on 7/15/11The Record Bar - Kansas CityRating: 5 out of 5

    If you love The Stones, The Faces, The Black Crows, Jerry Lee Lewis, bourbon whiskey, fatback bacon, rare steak, grandma's fried chicken, cold beer, unbridled passion, or throwing rocks at windows in abandoned buildings, then you will love this band live and their new record. When I describe their stuff and this show to people, I first ask if they can imagine what drinking a pint of really good moonshine mixed with freshly squeezed cider over the course of 90 minutes would SOUND like. Basically, it is amazing, fire-hot, sincere as your grandparents letters from during the war, and on the verge of strapping 15 gross of lit bottle-rockets to your hind-parts when your hair is on fire. I haven't seen a show this good in a club in more that 12 years.

  • Great Show

    by Anonymous on 3/22/11i dunno - L.ARating: 5 out of 5

    Saw J Roddy open for Deer tick . Great Rock n Roll show and stage presence.Would def go see em again..

  • J. Roddy Walston and the Business is PHENOMENAL!!

    by Anonymous on 10/14/10Vogue - IndianapolisRating: 5 out of 5

    I'm considering myself lucky for having the chance to see J. Roddy Walston and the business open for Shooter Jennings. I drove three hours to see Shooter and after J. Roddy finished their set we both turned to each other and said, "Well that alone was worth the trip!". They put on one high energy hell of a rock n' roll show, that's for sure. I love the mix of the pounding piano in with many of their songs. I was thoroughly blown away and that just doesn't happen very often with an opening act!! I picked up their latest album while we were there and I have been listening to it non-stop ever since and pimping it to all of my friends. I'm like a one man street team... I just wish they were hitting a street nearby soon!