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Cody Jinks

Haltom City, TX

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Region: North Texas / DFW Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #13

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Did You Know

  • • Cody Jinks fronted a thrash metal band called Unchecked Aggression before his country career.
  • • He independently built his fanbase, selling albums from his van after early shows.
  • • Jinks's 2016 album, *I'm Not the Devil*, unexpectedly reached #4 on Billboard's Country chart.
  • • Growing up in Haltom City, Texas, shaped his blue-collar, outlaw country ethos.
  • • He cites Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings as major influences on his sound.
  • • Jinks often covers classic rock artists like Pink Floyd during his live performances.
  • • His song "Hippies and Cowboys" is a fan-favorite anthem celebrating diverse backgrounds.
  • • He frequently collaborates with fellow Texas musicians like Whitey Morgan.
  • • Jinks's music helped revitalize the independent, authentic country movement.
  • • He has earned multiple Americana Music Award nominations for his independent success.

Locations in Lyrics

39 location references across 25 songs

Songs & Places

What Else is New
California Texas
"Caliornia's still on fire"
Lifers
Waco, TX Nashville, TN
"He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun"
It Don’t Rain in California
California California shore, CA
"It don't rain in California"
It Don't Rain in California
California
Hippies and Cowboys
Nashville, TN Oildale, CA Bakersfield, CA
"I ain't just talking Nashville, if you know what I mean"
65 Days in L.A.
Los Angeles, CA California Arizona
"65 Days in L.A."
Head Case
Gary, IN
"But I remember Jackson singin' "Doctor, doctor, please""
Colorado
Colorado Vail, CO Rocky Mountains, CO
"Don't think that I don't think about Colorado"
Colorado - Live
Vail, CO Colorado
"Like a sunset on the mountains out in Vail"
Somewhere in the Middle
West Coast
"Sellin' guitars on the west coast"
Mamma Song
Los Angeles, CA
"You remember the time I was stuck in L.A.?"
David
llano estacado, TX
"Than we could see on these plains"
I Never Go Around Mirrors
Corsicana, TX
"I never go around mirrors"
Grey
chihuahuan desert, TX
"When the desert that you're in gets too cold for you to stay"
She’s All Mine
Fort Worth, TX
"She's that Fort Worth Texas girl"
Fast Hand
Fort Worth, TX
"I ended up in Fort Worth 'cause no one knows me here"
65 Days in L.A. (Modified)
Los Angeles, CA
Less Wise
Houston, TX
"He's still livin' down in Houston, still never call him back when I phone"
Love Letters and Cigarettes
Virginia
"They don't want you none Virginia"
No Guarantees
Appalachian region, NC Appalachian region, WV Appalachian region, KY Appalachian region, TN Appalachian region, VA
"I hear the voice of Jesus and hear the Devil talkin'"
loveletters and cigerettes
Virginia
Better Than the Bottle
Clay County, MO Northfield, MN
"Like the James-Younger brothers"
Loveletters and Cigarettes (Modified)
Virginia
"They don't want you none Virginia"
Where Even Angels Fear to Fly
Bastrop, TX
"Bastrop, you don't grow up, you just get raised"
Loveletters and Cigarettes
Virginia Haltom City, TX
"They don't want you none Virginia"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Texas State Highway 199 8 Interstate 20 13 Trinity River 11 Interstate 45 8 Interstate 35 43 Chisholm Trail 8

Connected Places

Haltom City, TX Asheville, NC Charleston, WV Fort Worth, TX Harlan, KY Houston, TX Jackson, MS Johnson City, TN Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee, WI Nashville, TN Vail, CO Waco, TX Wise, VA
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