Cody Links with Tanner Usrey
Seeing Cody Jinks onstage, you get a sense of what it must've felt like to catch outlaw country legends like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson back in the 1970s when their raw-boned brand of country music was hitting folks for the first time. Jinks brings his deep, rich voice to bear on tunes that manage to incorporate those influences while still feeling completely current. Jinks has as much rock 'n' roll in him as country, and you're as likely to hear him and his band cover songs by the likes of Dire Straits and Pink Floyd as you are to catch them playing tunes made famous by country giants like Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley. Either way, a Cody Jinks concert is first and foremost a party, where the whole audience gets involved in singing along and creating an atmosphere of fun and community.
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The honky-tonk crooner has a background in thrash metal and sounds like the second coming of Merle Haggard.
A native of Haltom City and current resident of Denton, Cody Jink's musical identity was shaped in the Stockyards. Growing up in Fort Worth, he publicly played his first chords in a Cowtown club before becoming a fixture on the Texas honky-tonk circuit. Now, though, Jinks has broken out of the Texas Country bubble to produce the year's biggest success for an independent country artist.
In addition to its impressive commercial performance, including its peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, Jinks' 2016 release I'm Not The Devil has earned heaps of praise from critics across the country, and will likely top many best-of lists by the time the end of the year rolls around. It is, to be sure, one of the best country albums recorded all year, in Texas or Nashville or anywhere else. But, despite the success of his breakout album, Jinks seems to be flying under the radar in North Texas, overlooked by local media outlets and denied the attention he deserves at home.
Perhaps Jinks' relative absence from the music conversation in North Texas was by design. Texas' country scene has long been one of the strongest in the nation, but Jinks never really quite fit into that formula.
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Seeing Cody Jinks onstage, you get a sense of what it must've felt like to catch outlaw country legends like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson back in the 1970s when their raw-boned brand of country music was hitting folks for the first time. Jinks brings his deep, rich voice to bear on tunes that manage to incorporate those influences while still feeling completely current. Jinks has as much rock 'n' roll in him as country, and you're as likely to hear him and his band cover songs by the likes of Dire Straits and Pink Floyd as you are to catch them playing tunes made famous by country giants like Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley. Either way, a Cody Jinks concert is first and foremost a party, where the whole audience gets involved in singing along and creating an atmosphere of fun and community.
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The honky-tonk crooner has a background in thrash metal and sounds like the second coming of Merle Haggard.
A native of Haltom City and current resident of Denton, Cody Jink's musical identity was shaped in the Stockyards. Growing up in Fort Worth, he publicly played his first chords in a Cowtown club before becoming a fixture on the Texas honky-tonk circuit. Now, though, Jinks has broken out of the Texas Country bubble to produce the year's biggest success for an independent country artist.
In addition to its impressive commercial performance, including its peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, Jinks' 2016 release I'm Not The Devil has earned heaps of praise from critics across the country, and will likely top many best-of lists by the time the end of the year rolls around. It is, to be sure, one of the best country albums recorded all year, in Texas or Nashville or anywhere else. But, despite the success of his breakout album, Jinks seems to be flying under the radar in North Texas, overlooked by local media outlets and denied the attention he deserves at home.
Perhaps Jinks' relative absence from the music conversation in North Texas was by design. Texas' country scene has long been one of the strongest in the nation, but Jinks never really quite fit into that formula.
Cody Links with Tanner Usrey
Seeing Cody Jinks onstage, you get a sense of what it must've felt like to catch outlaw country legends like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson back in the 1970s when their raw-boned brand of country music was hitting folks for the first time. Jinks brings his deep, rich voice to bear on tunes that manage to incorporate those influences while still feeling completely current. Jinks has as much rock 'n' roll in him as country, and you're as likely to hear him and his band cover songs by the likes of Dire Straits and Pink Floyd as you are to catch them playing tunes made famous by country giants like Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley. Either way, a Cody Jinks concert is first and foremost a party, where the whole audience gets involved in singing along and creating an atmosphere of fun and community.
~~~
The honky-tonk crooner has a background in thrash metal and sounds like the second coming of Merle Haggard.
A native of Haltom City and current resident of Denton, Cody Jink's musical identity was shaped in the Stockyards. Growing up in Fort Worth, he publicly played his first chords in a Cowtown club before becoming a fixture on the Texas honky-tonk circuit. Now, though, Jinks has broken out of the Texas Country bubble to produce the year's biggest success for an independent country artist.
In addition to its impressive commercial performance, including its peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, Jinks' 2016 release I'm Not The Devil has earned heaps of praise from critics across the country, and will likely top many best-of lists by the time the end of the year rolls around. It is, to be sure, one of the best country albums recorded all year, in Texas or Nashville or anywhere else. But, despite the success of his breakout album, Jinks seems to be flying under the radar in North Texas, overlooked by local media outlets and denied the attention he deserves at home.
Perhaps Jinks' relative absence from the music conversation in North Texas was by design. Texas' country scene has long been one of the strongest in the nation, but Jinks never really quite fit into that formula.
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Seeing Cody Jinks onstage, you get a sense of what it must've felt like to catch outlaw country legends like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson back in the 1970s when their raw-boned brand of country music was hitting folks for the first time. Jinks brings his deep, rich voice to bear on tunes that manage to incorporate those influences while still feeling completely current. Jinks has as much rock 'n' roll in him as country, and you're as likely to hear him and his band cover songs by the likes of Dire Straits and Pink Floyd as you are to catch them playing tunes made famous by country giants like Alan Jackson and Keith Whitley. Either way, a Cody Jinks concert is first and foremost a party, where the whole audience gets involved in singing along and creating an atmosphere of fun and community.
~~~
The honky-tonk crooner has a background in thrash metal and sounds like the second coming of Merle Haggard.
A native of Haltom City and current resident of Denton, Cody Jink's musical identity was shaped in the Stockyards. Growing up in Fort Worth, he publicly played his first chords in a Cowtown club before becoming a fixture on the Texas honky-tonk circuit. Now, though, Jinks has broken out of the Texas Country bubble to produce the year's biggest success for an independent country artist.
In addition to its impressive commercial performance, including its peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, Jinks' 2016 release I'm Not The Devil has earned heaps of praise from critics across the country, and will likely top many best-of lists by the time the end of the year rolls around. It is, to be sure, one of the best country albums recorded all year, in Texas or Nashville or anywhere else. But, despite the success of his breakout album, Jinks seems to be flying under the radar in North Texas, overlooked by local media outlets and denied the attention he deserves at home.
Perhaps Jinks' relative absence from the music conversation in North Texas was by design. Texas' country scene has long been one of the strongest in the nation, but Jinks never really quite fit into that formula.
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