Cody Jinks

Cody Jinks
Birth name Cody Jinks
Born (1980-08-18) August 18, 1980
Origin Haltom City, Texas
Genres Country, outlaw country
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Labels Cody Jinks Music Rounder Records
Associated acts
  • Unchecked Aggression
  • The Tone Deaf Hippies

Cody Jinks is an American country music singer from Denton, Texas.[1] His 2016 album, I'm Not the Devil, reached No. 98 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

Early life

Cody Jinks is a native of Haltom City, Texas,[2] and attended Haltom High School. He started learning to play a few country music riffs on the guitar from his father when he was 16, but soon formed a heavy metal band.[3]

Music career

Jinks started out as the lead singer of a thrash metal band from Fort Worth named Unchecked Aggression, initially named Silas, that was active from 1998 to 2003. He also played the lead guitar; the other band members were Gary Burkham on bass who left in 2000 and was replaced by Chris Lewis,[4] Anthony Walker on drums, and Ben Heffley on guitar.[5] An album, The Massacre Begins was released in 2002.[6][7] The band however broke up after a trip to Los Angeles, and Jinks took a year off from music. In around 2005, he started playing country music, the music he grew up with.[1][8][9]

Jinks is backed by The Tone Deaf Hippies.[10] He began to release albums in the country genre in 2008.[11] An album titled 30 was released in 2012,[12] and an EP, Blacksheep, was released in 2013.[13]

2015: Adobe Sessions

The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and the album title was named after a small adobe room they recorded the album in.[3] It was released in January 2015 and charted in Billboard's regional Heatseekers charts – No.2 on Heatseekers South Central and No. 8 on Heatseekers Mountain.[14][15] Jinks toured in support of Adobe Sessions as an opener for Sturgill Simpson in 2015.[16]

2016: I'm Not the Devil

I'm Not the Devil was released on August 12, 2016.[17] The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.[18] It includes a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am".[19] The title track was written with Ward Davis; the album was almost finished and the album title had already been decided, but it was retitled with the name of the song they wrote.[17] The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,300 copies in the first week.[20] Jinks supported I'm Not the Devil with a co-headlining tour with Whitey Morgan and the 78's in August, September, and October.[21] The album was rated one the best country albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone.[22]

2017

Jinks released a cover of Pink Floyd's hit song "Wish You Were Here" in January 2017.[23] He also re-released a remixed and remastered version of his 2010 album Less Wise, as Less Wise Modified 2017, with three bonus tracks included.[24]

2018: Lifers

Jinks released the album titled "Lifers" on July 27, 2018. His New Single "Must Be the Whiskey" was released on June 15. Cody Jinks has signed with Rounder Records.[25]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[26]		 US Country
[27]		 US Indie
[28]
Collector's Item[29]
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Cody Jinks
 — — —
Cast No Stones[30]
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Cody Jinks
 — — —
Less Wise[11]
Less Wise Modified[31] (2017 version with three extra tracks)
  • Release date: June 28, 2010
    December 8, 2017 (2017 version)
  • Label: Cody Jinks
 — — —
30[11]
  • Release date: April 11, 2012
  • Label: Cody Jinks
 — — —
Blacksheep (EP)
  • Release date: June 18, 2013
  • Label: Cody Jinks
 — — —
Adobe Sessions
  • Release date: January 12, 2015
  • Label: Cody Jinks Music
 — — —
I'm Not the Devil
  • Release date: August 12, 2016
  • Label: Cody Jinks Music
 39 4 3
Lifers 11 2 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. 1 2 Schulze, Troy (September 8, 2016). "Live In Studio: Cody Jinks". Houston Public Media.
  2. ↑ Steward, Steve (January 25, 2012). "Cody Jinks Hits 30". Fort Worth Weekly.
  3. 1 2 May 28, 2015, Eric. "Cody Jinks touring in suport of "Adobe Sessions" album". Lubbock Online.
  4. ↑ "Unchecked Aggression". sbs666.tripod.com.
  5. ↑ "Unchecked Aggression". Spirit of Metal.
  6. ↑ "Unchecked Aggression". The Metal Archive.
  7. ↑ "10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: September 2016". Rolling Stone.
  8. ↑ "Give A Listen: Cody Jinks". The Daily Country. April 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Alpert, Matt (28 January 2016). "The New Texas: Cody Jinks". Wide Open Country.
  10. ↑ "Bearded Brothers: Honkytonk Proud, the Beard of Cody Jinks". Roughneck Beard Company.
  11. 1 2 3 Steward, Steve (January 25, 2012). "Cody Jinks Hits 30". Fort Worth Weekly.
  12. ↑ "Cody Jinks & Tone Deaf Hippies:Thirsty Armadillo". Outlaw Magazine. February 5, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Blacksheep". iTunes.
  14. ↑ "Heatseekers - South Central". Billboard. January 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Heatseekers - Mountain". Billboard. May 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sturgill Simpson plays some real country music". Omaha World-Herald. July 16, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  17. 1 2 Hudak, Joseph (June 21, 2016). "Hear Cody Jinks Declare 'I'm Not the Devil' in Dark New Ballad". Rolling Stone.
  18. ↑ Hudak, Joseph (August 23, 2016). "See Cody Jinks' Brooding Live Performance of 'I'm Not the Devil'". Rolling Stone.
  19. ↑ Leight, Elias (July 28, 2016). "Cody Jinks' Covers Merle Haggard's 'The Way I Am': Listen". Billbord.
  20. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (August 21, 2016). "Country Albums Sales Chart: August 22, 2016". Roughstock.
  21. ↑ "Whitey Morgan & Cody Jinks Embark on Hard-Driving Co-Headline Tour". Saving Country Music. August 10, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  22. ↑ "40 Best Country Albums of 2016". Rolling Stone. December 7, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Hear Cody Jinks' Swirling Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'". Rolling Stone. January 23, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  24. ↑ Baker, Chuck (November 8, 2017). "Cody Jinks Re-issues an album from 2010Trigger". Kickin Country 103.1.
  25. ↑ Parton, Chris (June 4, 2018). "Cody Jinks Details New Album 'Lifers'". Rolling Stone.
  26. ↑ "Cody Jinks Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Cody Jinks Chart History: Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Cody Jinks Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  29. ↑ "Collectors Item Album by Cody Jinks". CDtracks.org.
  30. ↑ "Cast No Stones Album by Cody Jinks". CDtracks.org.
  31. ↑ "Cody Jinks: Less Wise Modified". AllMusic.
  32. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  33. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (December 17, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: December 18, 2017". Roughstock.
  34. ↑ Freeman, Cody (June 29, 2018). "Hear Cody Jinks' Existential New Song "Lifers"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  35. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (September 24, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: September 24, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
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