Ready for some great hardcore country music with a little Texas twist then you're going to love Cody Johnson coming to the Electric Cowboy this Thursday, October 2.
Johnson who's home was Sebastopol, a dot on the East Texas piney woods map, the perfect setting for that country boy to roam the woods, hunt, and fish. Home-schooling and family times around the piano provided the kind of life the kind many folks envy. Even Cody's music training started when dad Carl taught him the chords to “I’ll Fly Away,” a Southern Gospel favorite.

After graduation, Johnson worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville. There, supervising prison inmates, Cody confides, "I developed an even greater appreciation for family and friends. Seeing how easy it was to go to prison set me on the 'straight and narrow'."

Also in Huntsville, Cody met Nathan Reedy, who became his new drummer. With Carl Johnson playing bass, the trio began traveling as the Cody Johnson Band. Their first CD, Black & White Label, provided funding for travel and radio promotion - and the assurance that the music dream was real.

Many Texas Music fans met Cody Johnson’s honest style through the radio singles from his Six Strings, One Dream album: "Nobody to Blame" (#6 on the Texas music charts in 2009); #1"Pray for Rain" (2009 - 2010); and "Texas Kind of Way" (#6, late 2010 – 2011).

Winning the Texas’ Regional Music Awards as “New Male Vocalist of the Year" 2011. Expanding his boundaries beyond Texas, he flew to Nashville to record a new CD with Nashville studio musicians hand-picked by his "big brother," Nashville-based fellow Texan, Trent Willmon, producer of the new album, A Different Day (released October 31,2011).

In a day in age when country music has taken a more pop approach, Johnson continues to stay true to his musical roots Texas, outlaw, cowboy, country, reiterating "I'm Just Me." And by the way Johnson is 100% cowboy still wears a hat and wrangler jeans. Now that's refreshing and country!

Cody's latest album is "Cowboy Like Me" and this past week "Me And My Kind" reached Number 1 on both The Texas Music Chart, and The Texas Regional Radio Report.

Listen during my show all this week to win tickets to see Cody Johnson and I'll see you at theElectric Cowboy! Tickets available in advance for just $10 at the Electric Cowboy. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.

 

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