Cody Johnson is 100 Percent Cowboy

Cody Johnson and the Rockin' CJB returns to the Electric Cowboy Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.
Johnson's home was Sebastopol, a dot on the East Texas piney woods map and it was the perfect setting for a 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. While there, Cody met Nathan Reedy, who became his new drummer. With Carl Johnson playing bass, the trio began traveling as the Cody Johnson Band.

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).

He won 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 and age when country music has taken on a more pop sound, Johnson continues to stay true to his musical roots. He's Texas, cowboy and country, reiterating, "I'm Just Me." And by the way, Johnson is 100 percent cowboy. He still wears a hat and Wrangler jeans.

Cody's latest album is Cowboy Like Me and recently "Me And My Kind" reached No. 1 on both The Texas Music Chart, and The Texas Regional Radio Report. Johnson is already in the studio wrapping up a new album due out soon.

His newest single is called "Proud."

Listen to win tickets to see Cody Johnson. Tickets available in advance for just $15 at the Electric Cowboy. Doors open at 8PM.