J. Roddy Walston and The Business are, from left, J. Roddy Walston (guitar/piano/lead vocals), Billy Gordon (guitar/vocals), Steve Colmus (drums) and Logan Davis (bass/vocals).“I went a year without sausage gravy, and that really hurt my feelings.”- J. Roddy Walston, on what he missed most after moving to Baltimore from Cleveland, Tenn.
IF YOU GO¦ What: J. Roddy Walston and The Business, featuring Fly Golden Eagle.¦ When: 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.¦ Where: Track 29, 1400 Market St.¦ Admission: $12 in advance, $15 day of show.¦ Phone: 423-521-2929.¦ Website: www.track29.co.DISCOGRAPHY2002 “Here Comes Trouble” (EP)2005 “LMNEP” (EP)2007 “Hail Mega Boys”2010 “J. Roddy Walston and The Business”2013 “Essential Tremors”
To quote the late, great Phil Lynott: “The boys are back in town again.”
On Wednesday, March 19, rockers J. Roddy Walson and The Business, who left Cleveland, Tenn., more than a decade ago to test their luck in Baltimore, will take the stage at Track 29.
In the early 2000s, Walston followed his girlfriend to Maryland, where she enrolled in grad school to study opera and he set about building a fan base. Walston and three bandmates – all Cleveland natives – spent several hardscrabble years earning their reputation with a no-frills, gritty brand of rock that steadily raised their profile in the city’s blue-collar, no-nonsense music scene.