JD & The Straight Shot

Last updated
JD & The Straight Shot
Origin New York, United States
Genres Roots rock
Years active2005–present
LabelsIndie
Members James Dolan – Vocals/Guitar, Marc Copely – Vocals/Guitar, Byron House – Bass,
Website www.jdandthestraightshot.com

JD & The Straight Shot (also promoted as JD and the Straight Shot) is the country blues and roots rock vanity project [1] [2] of its frontman and guitarist, Cablevision Systems Corporation CEO and Madison Square Garden Company Executive Chairman James L. Dolan.

Contents

Because of his corporate status and his friendship and business relationship with entertainment executive Irving Azoff, [3] Dolan has been able to leverage JD & The Straight Shot onto shows by The Eagles, The Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, Jewel, Keith Urban, The Chicks, Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph. [4] [5] [6] Attendance by Madison Square Garden staff employees "is expected and noted" when the group plays at New York clubs. [7] The group's song "Can't Make Tears" was on the soundtrack for the TV show Hell on Wheels on the cable channel AMC, which is controlled by Dolan and his family. [6] The group's music has also been featured in films including Hurricane Season, August: Osage County, and Butter, all of which were produced by The Weinstein Company, a corporate business partner of Dolan's Madison Square Garden Company. [6] The group's fifth album Ballyhoo! sold only 113 copies in the first four months after its January 2016 release. [6] The group's sixth album, Good Luck and Good Night, was released on September 15, 2017.

The New York Times music critic Jon Pareles described the band as a group of "well-known sidemen backing a karaoke grade singer", and said Dolan's "musical talents are unlikely to endanger his day job". [8] After the group's performance opening for ZZ Top, one reviewer wrote that Dolan's "enthusiasm for playing mediocre American rock did little to make their forgettable performance entertaining." [1] After a 2017 show in New York City, another reviewer observed that Dolan "sings like he's trying not to cough, and it's possible he can't play the guitar. Worse, his songs belie his status as a cosplaying bluesman; most of his lyrics simply summarize current events or books that he's read as if he were presenting a 10th grade English class project." [9]

In January 2024, Kellye Croft, a former massage therapist who was employed as a massage therapist for The Eagles during the band's 2013 tour, alleged Dolan sexually assaulted her when JD & The Straight Shot was touring with The Eagles during this time. [10] [11]

Discography

Studio albums

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madison Square Garden</span> Multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City, U.S.

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth Avenues from 31st to 33rd Street above Pennsylvania Station. It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden"; the first two, opened in 1879 and 1890 respectively, were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden (1925) farther uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street.

James Lawrence Dolan is an American businessman, and the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and executive chairman of MSG Networks. As the companies' chairman, Dolan oversees all operations within the company and supervises day-to-day operations of its professional sports teams, the New York Knicks and New York Rangers as well as their regional sports networks, which include MSG Network and MSG Plus. Dolan was previously CEO of Cablevision, founded by his father, until its sale in June 2016 to European telecom conglomerate Altice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Oakley</span> American basketball player-coach

Charles Oakley is an American former professional basketball player. Oakley played most of 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the New York Knicks. As a power forward, he consistently ranked as one of the best rebounders and defensive players in the NBA. He also played for the Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, and Houston Rockets. Since 2017, he has been the coach of the Killer 3's of the BIG3.

The MSG Network (MSG) is an American regional cable and satellite television network, and radio service owned by MSG Entertainment, Inc.—a spin-off of the main Madison Square Garden Company operation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dave Checketts</span> American businessman (born 1955)

David W. Checketts is an American businessman and sports executive. Checketts has served in c-suite roles or been an owner of the Utah Jazz, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, Madison Square Garden (MSG), Legends Hospitality, and the St. Louis Blues. He also advised on Tom Gores' purchase of the Detroit Pistons and of Joe Tsai's purchase of the Brooklyn Nets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anucha Browne Sanders</span> American basketball player and executive

Anucha Browne is an American former women's basketball player and a former executive for the New York Knicks team of the NBA. She is also known for winning a sexual harassment lawsuit that she filed against former New York Knicks general manager Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Irving Azoff</span> American entertainment executive

Irving Azoff is an American entertainment executive and chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has worked as an agent, personal manager, concert promoter, movie producer, independent record label owner, merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of a record label.

Spero Dedes is an American sportscaster. He is currently employed by CBS Sports, calling the NFL and college basketball as well as Turner Sports' coverage of the NBA. He has also worked as the preseason TV voice of the Los Angeles Chargers. Prior to joining CBS and Turner, he was the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers (2005-2011) and a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks from 2011 to 2014.

MSG Sportsnet is an American regional sports network owned by MSG Entertainment; it operates as a sister channel to MSG Network. The network serves the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York, Northern New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut and Northeastern Pennsylvania; MSG Sportsnet carries sports events from several of the New York area's professional sports franchises, as well as college sports events.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. is an American entertainment holding company based in New York City. The company was established in 2020 when The Madison Square Garden Company spun off its non-sports assets as an independent, publicly traded company.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is an American sports holding company based in New York City.

Charles Francis Dolan is an American billionaire businessman, best known as founder of Cablevision and HBO. Today, Dolan controls Madison Square Garden Sports, MSG Networks, Madison Square Garden Entertainment, Madison Square Garden, Sphere, Radio City Music Hall, BBC America and AMC Networks. As of October 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$5.6 billion.

Steve Mills is an American sports executive who last served as president of the New York Knicks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of the Eagles – Live in Concert</span> 2013–15 concert tour by the Eagles

History of the Eagles – Live in Concert was a concert tour by the American rock band the Eagles. It was launched in conjunction with the release of the 2013 documentary History of the Eagles. The tour visited North America and Europe between 2013 and 2014 as well as Oceania in early 2015. It began in Louisville, Kentucky at the KFC Yum! Center and concluded on July 29, 2015 in Bossier City, Louisiana. The tour included Bernie Leadon, who was in the original lineup of the band, and would have also included Randy Meisner, but he was too ill to perform at the time. Don Felder was, however, excluded because of ongoing lawsuits against the group, despite settling them in 2007. It was the last tour to involve Glenn Frey before his death in 2016.

The New York Knickerbockers, better known as the New York Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks play in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. In its 77 seasons, the franchise has reached the NBA Finals eight times and won two championships. As of the end of the 2021–22 season, New York has won more than 2,900 regular season games, and the team had the fourth-highest victory total in NBA history. Since 1968, the Knicks have played home games at Madison Square Garden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cablevision</span> Former American cable television company

Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its existence and in its final years, Cablevision exclusively served customers residing in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and a small part of Pennsylvania. However, at one time it provided service in as many as 19 states. Cablevision also offered high-speed Internet connections, digital cable, and VoIP phone service through its Optimum brand name. Cablevision also offered a WiFi-only mobile phone service dubbed Freewheel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases</span> Criminal and civil cases since 2017

In October 2017, The New York Times and The New Yorker reported that dozens of women had accused film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse over a period of at least 30 years. Over 80 women in the film industry eventually accused Weinstein of such acts. Weinstein himself denied "any non-consensual sex". Shortly after, he was dismissed from The Weinstein Company (TWC), expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and other professional associations, and retired from public view.

The MSG Sphere London was a proposed music and entertainment venue to be built in the Stratford area of East London, England. Initially proposed by the United States-based Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) in 2018, and subjected to a protracted planning process, the plans were officially withdrawn by MSG in January 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Douglas Wigdor</span> American lawyer

Douglas Holden Wigdor is a founding partner of the law firm Wigdor LLP, and works as a litigator in New York City, specializing in anti-discrimination law. Wigdor is best known for representing seven victims of alleged sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, the hotel maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case, over twenty employees at Fox News in sexual harassment and discrimination cases, and NFL coaches Brian Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton in a 2022 class action lawsuit against the National Football League alleging racist and discriminatory practices against Black coaches.

The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.

References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, Denis (Nov 8, 2012). "ZZ Top shows Ottawa what it means to rock for decades". Winnipeg Sun . Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  2. ↑ Johnston, Maura (Mar 16, 2016). "No Armor". Indy Week . p. 32. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. ↑ Waddell, Ray (September 6, 2013). "The $300 Million Comeback: Irving Azoff Teams With MSG's James Dolan to Create Intriguing Music Company". Billboard . Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. ↑ Milano, Brett (May 4, 2013). "Jazz Fest Recap, Saturday, May 4, 2013: Fleetwood Mac, Little Willies, Stanley Clarke & More!". OffBeat . Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  5. ↑ Waddell, Ray (September 12, 2014). "MSG's James Dolan Opens for Eagles, Pens Songs About Eliot Spitzer & Trayvon Martin". Billboard . Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  6. 1 2 3 4 McKenna, Dave (May 5, 2016). "James Dolan Wants You To Love His Band". Deadspin . Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  7. ↑ Price, S.L. (February 12, 2007). "Lord Jim". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  8. ↑ Pareles, Jon (July 28, 2011). "A Fount of Soul, Full Throttle and Unbound". New York Times . p. C2. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  9. ↑ Tien-Dana, Jack (July 2017). "James Dolan, Billionaire Owner of the New York Knicks is Singing the Blues, Literally". Men's Journal . Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  10. ↑ Dazio, Stefanie; Mahoney, Brian (2024-01-16). "Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault". AP News. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  11. ↑ Ushe, Naledi (2024-01-16). "Harvey Weinstein, MSG exec James Dolan sued for sexual assault by former massage therapist". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.