Nightfall is where the energy is on Friday nights in Chattanooga, and this Friday marks the return of popular rocker J. Roddy Walston and his band, after performing during torrential rain last year at Nightfall. Also returning as his opener is the Matt Bohannon Band, a well-known local favorite.
Headlining Nightfall this Friday is J.Roddy Walston on piano, guitar and vocals, and who, with his band, is a sonic force on stage. A son of the South originally from just up the road in Cleveland, TN, J. Roddy Walston is undoubtedly a musical powerhouse.
His sound is part rock, part blues, gritty honky-tonk, Sun Records-style rockabilly, vintage Stax soul, and thunderous classic rock n’ roll. His raw, electrifying performances are a deliberate fusion of the music that’s always played in his mind and reflected in some great songwriting.
J Roddy Walston and the Business was released in 2010 on Vagrant Records and discovered shortly thereafter by PGH Live Music, located in Pittsburgh, PA. Lead single “Don’t Break the Needle” was used in the opening credits of the movie Contraband, as well as the soundtrack to the True Religion Jeans Fall 2011 collection…