Ted Roddy (US)

Singer, songwriter and harmonica player, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas. He moved to Dallas in 1979 to play with the blues group Mark Pollack and the Midnighters, and in 1983 formed the rockabilly band Teddy and the TallTops with Jim Heath, later the Reverend Horton Heat, and Danny Barnes of the Bad Livers. The band moved to Austin in 1985. His harmonica appears on records by Dave Alvin, Augie Meyers and Jello Biafra, and he has been a featured guest on Austin City Limits three times.