Cody Jinks
Cody Jinks is an outlaw country music singer and songwriter. His 2016 album… Read Full Bio ↴Cody Jinks is an outlaw country music singer and songwriter. His 2016 album, I'm Not the Devil, reached #4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, while his 2018 album, Lifers, reached #2 on the same chart.
Jinks is a native of Haltom City in Fort Worth, Texas, 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.
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, Anthony Walker on drums, and Ben Heffley on guitar. They were influenced by Metallica and Pantera. An album, The Massacre Begins was released in 2002. Songs they recorded included "Hell Razor" and "Kill Me Again". 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.
Jinks is backed by The Tone Deaf Hippies. He began to release albums in the country genre in 2008. An album titled 30 was released in 2012. He began to develop his own sound in an EP, Blacksheep, which was released in 2013.
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. It was released in January 2015 and charted in Billboard's regional Heatseekers charts – #2 on Heatseekers South Central and #8 on Heatseekers Mountain. Jinks toured in support of Adobe Sessions as an opener for Sturgill Simpson in 2015.
2016: I'm Not the Devil
I'm Not the Devil was released on August 12, 2016. The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas. It includes a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am". 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. The album debuted at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,300 copies in the first week. Jinks supported I'm Not the Devil with a co-headlining tour with Whitey Morgan and the 78's in August, September, and October. The album was rated one of the best country albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone.
2017
Jinks released a cover of Pink Floyd's hit song "Wish You Were Here" in January 2017. 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.
2018: Lifers
Jinks released the album Lifers on July 27, 2018, via Rounder Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Must Be the Whiskey", which was released on June 15, 2018.
2019: After the Fire and The Wanting
On October 11, 2019, Jinks released the album After the Fire. The album was independently produced and released by his own label, Late August Records, marking a departure from Rounder Records, with whom he produced 2018's Lifers. The album was preceded by two singles, "Ain't a Train" and "Think Like You Think". Jinks also promoted the song "William and Wanda", which was written about his late grandparents. For the week of October 26, 2019, the album was #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
One week later, October 18, 2019, Jinks released a second album, The Wanting. Similar to After the Fire, the album was independently produced. It was preceded by two singles, "Same Kind of Crazy as Me" and "Which One I Feed".
On October 24, 2019, both albums held the # 1 and 2 spots for Top Albums on iTunes and Apple Music.
Jinks is a native of Haltom City in Fort Worth, Texas, 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.
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, Anthony Walker on drums, and Ben Heffley on guitar. They were influenced by Metallica and Pantera. An album, The Massacre Begins was released in 2002. Songs they recorded included "Hell Razor" and "Kill Me Again". 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.
Jinks is backed by The Tone Deaf Hippies. He began to release albums in the country genre in 2008. An album titled 30 was released in 2012. He began to develop his own sound in an EP, Blacksheep, which was released in 2013.
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. It was released in January 2015 and charted in Billboard's regional Heatseekers charts – #2 on Heatseekers South Central and #8 on Heatseekers Mountain. Jinks toured in support of Adobe Sessions as an opener for Sturgill Simpson in 2015.
2016: I'm Not the Devil
I'm Not the Devil was released on August 12, 2016. The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas. It includes a cover of Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am". 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. The album debuted at #4 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 11,300 copies in the first week. Jinks supported I'm Not the Devil with a co-headlining tour with Whitey Morgan and the 78's in August, September, and October. The album was rated one of the best country albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone.
2017
Jinks released a cover of Pink Floyd's hit song "Wish You Were Here" in January 2017. 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.
2018: Lifers
Jinks released the album Lifers on July 27, 2018, via Rounder Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Must Be the Whiskey", which was released on June 15, 2018.
2019: After the Fire and The Wanting
On October 11, 2019, Jinks released the album After the Fire. The album was independently produced and released by his own label, Late August Records, marking a departure from Rounder Records, with whom he produced 2018's Lifers. The album was preceded by two singles, "Ain't a Train" and "Think Like You Think". Jinks also promoted the song "William and Wanda", which was written about his late grandparents. For the week of October 26, 2019, the album was #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
One week later, October 18, 2019, Jinks released a second album, The Wanting. Similar to After the Fire, the album was independently produced. It was preceded by two singles, "Same Kind of Crazy as Me" and "Which One I Feed".
On October 24, 2019, both albums held the # 1 and 2 spots for Top Albums on iTunes and Apple Music.
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Cody Jinks Lyrics
13 Years In thirteen years this spring we've been together And I reca…
65 Days in L.A All I did was drink all day in that hell…
65 Days in L.A. Weightless falls Honeysuckle Strangers, strange this Lights …
7th Floor From the seventh floor window sometimes I swear I see…
A Bite of Something Sweet I need a bite of something sweet I need a day…
A Memory and a Dream It's a long, hard, and windin' road to where I…
After the Fire I lost my way I lost track My heart and all my…
Ain't a Train Living on wings and wheels In my mind we're made of…
All It Cost Me Was Everything I've been high I've been low I've been wound up tighter than…
Alone I've see the sun for the first time In a week…
Been Around I don't run from guilt you see My conscious lets me…
Big Iron Wheels Big iron wheels keep on rollin', big iron wheels turnin'…
Big Last Name Daddy must've told her when she was sixteen Don't settle for…
Birds Tell me old man where have you been I've been reading…
Blacksheep They ask a blacksheep of a blacksheep's son Have you any…
Can't Quit Enough I've played every honky tonk and roadside bar and juke…
Cast No Stones I cast no stones I build no walls And I tell the…
Chase That Song I'm an eighteen wheeler with a throttle pin down And a…
Church at Gaylor Creek Well my favorite memories are some of my first Like a…
Colorado Don't think that I don't think about Colorado It's about the…
Curse The Sky Sometimes in the summer it'll lightnin', it'll thunder But t…
David My friend David was a good kid He had my back,…
Desert Wind City lights Been treatin' me right On this side of the wall …
Dirt I remember that summer I was ten years old When our…
Dying Isn't Cheap There′s an ashtray of crushed out cigarettes And an empty bo…
FAst Hand I didn't want to shoot that man but he heard…
Fast Lane The smoke and the booze They don′t treat me like they…
Folks Some folks like to look, they like to point They like…
From Here To You So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell Blue skies…
Give All You Can The dark places I go, ain't just on the road 'Tween…
Glad to Say The good guys always win And we're all forgivin' of our…
Grey When the canvas is no longer blank And the colors have…
Hand Me Down Well hand me down, hand me down Come on, come on,…
Head Case I know it's hard to find the words so often…
Heavy Load I can't think of one damn thing to say Stuck where…
Hippies & Cowboys Well I started on the whiskey pretty early this morning That…
Holy Water I walk around on pins and needles Around people I can't…
How It Works Well, they said we′d never make it And they just wonder…
Hurt You I hear them talking under their breath Their lips don’t move…
I I'm somewhere between "I love you" and "I'm leavin'" Somewhe…
I'm Not The Devil I'm not the devil you think that I am It…
Johnny Locked him up back in '69 on clear Kentucky shine Then…
lady bug Here's to you, my Lady Bug You're my gift from God…
Lifers He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun He's got…
Little Train Little train, little train just a rollin' down the track Lit…
Looking for a Friend I stopped by a place I used to know But nobody…
Loud Loud thunder, heavy rain Thin line 'tween joy and pain It's …
Loveletters and Cigarettes They don't want you none Virginia So why don't you just…
Mamma Song I got a half a six pack of Old Milwaukee And…
Me or You If You're thinking of leaving tonight. Go on and go If you'r…
mercy Strong liquor and an empty glass And three weeks that kicked…
Must Be The Whiskey No, I'm not goin' crazy, but lately my head and…
No Guarantees And it's gonna get hard, fore it gets easy, I…
No Time Burning the candle at both ends leaves no time to think, To…
No Words My whole view of the world has changed I guess that…
nobody knows how to read Chasing our tails And calling it hell And running ‘cause ru…
Nothing's News I spent my lifetime wishin' the waitress would come around T…
Old Friend My old friend I'll see you again another day We can talk…
Outlaws and Mustangs Well, the world tears down all those who go astray We…
Prairie House Redemption All the people ask me where I've been Where I'm from,…
Ready for the Times It's been a too long time with no peace of…
Rock & Roll I don't wanna rock and roll no more At least not…
Same Kind of Crazy as Me I don't go to church on Sunday I don't go to…
She's All Mine Doors open when she smiles She moves mountains with her migh…
Shoulders Working down my third cup of coffee Waiting on the grey…
Somewhere Between I Love You And I'm Leavin' I'm somewhere between "I love you" and "I'm leavin'" Somewhe…
Somewhere In The Middle It couldn't ever dawned on me All the things that I…
Stranger Who's this stranger in the mirror The one that's lookin' bac…
Tell’em What It’s Like Tell 'em what it's like, Bec Because they think they want…
The Plea Mama, this highways gonna kill me And mama, I think my…
The Same I heard "Good to see - those lights were sure…
The Wanting From the morning, through the day, and on through the…
The Way I Am Wish I were down, on some blue bayou A bamboo cane…
Think Like You Think The good book holds reasons I believe the way I…
This Old Guitar This old guitar is gonna smell like this bar tomorrow Yeah,…
Thunderheads Yonder way, in the distance Thunderheads comin' down Yesterd…
Vampires Where does time go? It's gone away Time was on my…
Wake Up Becki Wake up Becki, I've got something to say Listen to me,…
Watch the World Die Look at the world and all the mess that man…
We Get By stayin' burnt out all the time Well that's a good way…
We're Gonna Dance I've been gone for way too long And I've been working…
What Else Is New Caliornia's still on fire And it don't rain no more in…
When Whiskey Calls the Shots Well it’s closing time, I’m down to my last dime You…
Where Even Angels Fear to Fly Bastrop you don't grow up, you just get raised On Hellfire…
Which One I Feed I am the river that flows through my veins I am…
Whiskey I've never been the kind to just turn and run Never…
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound I′ve got a good woman at home Who thinks I do…
Wish You Were Here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell Blue skies…
Wounded Mind I feel their eyes upon me, as I walk across…
Yesterday Again Let's do yesterday again Turn back the hands of time And may…
Dakota
on Loud and Heavy
I love the meaning behind songs and not just the music and Cody jinks songs are all of the above!
Ernie
on Loud and Heavy
Duh