Name: Johnny Rodes
Home: Nashville, Tennessee
Performance: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Biggest musical influence: John Lennon
Credits: Co-Produced and Co-Directed his own Civil War music video in 2003 titled "28 Miles To Go"
Founder of Rebel Rising / Southern Rock and Country band -Nashville Tennessee
Co- Founder of Johnny Rodes Outlaw Band
Founder of : Back Rodes Music Outlaws
Performing Rights Organization: ASCAP
Latest Album: Southern Etiquette
Next Album Due out Dec 2008: Renegade
ARTIST OF THE MONTH FEB 2005 SONGRAMP
On over 2900 internet sites
#1 TOP COUNTRY BAND on MYSPACE
#1 TOP ROCK BAND on MYSPACE
#1 TOP OVERALL GENRE on Myspace
Renegade and Tiny Red Thong reach number one on Myspace!
TOP SONGWRITER AWARDS
TOP ARTIST AWARDS
2007 Indie Music Award Nominee
Biography
When you meet Johnny Rodes, you are struck by the polite power in his voice and manner. Here's a man who could kick your butt up and down Music Row physically and musically, but he is too much of a (Southern) (Country) gentleman for that. He waits until he is onstage to unleash the fury through his high-energy performances. You watch, and you listen to the music, and you are reminded that the outlaw is there, riding shotgun all the time. You are breathing the same intoxicating air as that genre-bending, rule-breaking rebel, JOHNNY RODES.
That's right! He has a rebel tattoo on his arm and the South forever tattooed on his heart.
Ask him about his epic tune, "28 Miles to Go," and he'll tell you with pride,"The South didn't lose the war, the North went home." The video for this song (possibly the most extensive video ever produced by an indie artist) features Johnny as his former stage name self, Johnny Reb.
Johnny Rodes CD SOUTHERN ETIQUETTE is too new for us to recognize the unique impact it will have on music. Years from now, critics, fans, and music historians will look back on this album and realize that it changed the face of Nashville forever. It is that good.
Johnny is the man who's teaching Nashville "A New Religion," and he's doing it with that same sense of "Southern Etiquette," always asking first, "Is That Alright By You ?" He'll warn you that you are standing on "Unstable Ground," but he'll never leave you feeling hopeless. He'll apologize again for being so honest, "I'm So Sorry," and then he'll show you that just "One Step Out of View," just "Over the Horizon," you can see the "Indiana Sun" or feel the "California Breeze." Your destiny is not that far off, only "28 Miles to Go."
There are many more such albums to come from this man bursting with talent. He has such a vast catalog of quality songs blowing in the wind that Bob Dylan might be calling one day soon to ask, "How many, Rodes?"
Johnny makes music the old-fashioned way, he (earns) (learns) (lives) it!
Meet the beautiful Johnny Rodes Outlaw Girls!!! Johnny and his Outlaw Girls heat up things everywhere they appear in public. The Outlaw Girls will create a frenzy in town that Johnny plays with their sex appeal, personality and Southern charm.
Visit Johnny's website, catch one of his shows, buy SOUTHERN ETIQUETTE. You will love what you hear, and you will become a Johnny Rodes fan for life.
Johnny Rodes was co-founder and front man for Rebel Rising 2002/2004
Johnny Rodes now has fan club members in 47 different countries as of June 2005 and the backing of Supermodels around the globe. Johnny has an extensive list of beautiful women in his corner known as the Johnny Rodes Outlaw Girls.
Johnny Rodes is an official nominee for the Best Practices in Global Health Award for his humanitarian work.
