The press has called Waylon Speed “gas on the fire of the current music
scene” and “heavy, fiery country rock, for those who like their punk
rock with some twang in it – but also appreciate high quality,
intelligent songwriting.”
Ever since Waylon Speed formed in
April 2009, the four-piece brotherhood of family and past friends has
toured nationally and collected fans like empties at a pig roast in
support of their albums: the debut, Georgia Overdrive; their two-disc
sophomore set, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, The Boots EP; and their
latest effort, VALANCE.
Ask Waylon Speed what it seeks from its stained-blue-collar, straight-up-from-the-underground
rock, and the answer is simple: make people happy. The evidence is at
their aim-to-please shows, where audience connection is a priority.
Waylon Speed’s influences are Motorhead, Fugazi, The Mother Hips, The
Drive-By Truckers, and Frank Zappa. Waylon Speed’s influences are not
mainstream music.
‘Course, if the guys had to be someone else
in another band, they would choose either Kris Kristofferson (Kelly),
Willie Nelson (Noah), Johnny Cash (Justin), or Waylon Jennings (The
Reverend). D