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Cody Johnson

Sebastopol, TX

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Region: Central Texas / Hill Country Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #4

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Did You Know

  • • Grew up in Sebastopol, Texas — an unincorporated community that's never exceeded 500 residents.
  • • Learned music from his father playing drums in their church — still can't read music to this day.
  • • Started bull riding at 14 through his vo-ag teacher; rode until 19, breaking his ankle, clavicle, and multiple ribs.
  • • Worked as a prison guard at the Wynne maximum-security unit in Huntsville, where his father also worked.
  • • The prison warden convinced him to quit his corrections job and pursue music full-time.
  • • Got his big break as a last-minute replacement for Old Dominion at the Houston Rodeo — in front of 70,000+ people.
  • • Won his first Grammy for "'Til You Can't" at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in 2023.
  • • His documentary "Dear Rodeo" features Reba McEntire and Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's widow Taya Kyle.
  • • On his first bull ride he said: "I got the piss stomped outta me."
  • • Plays everything by ear — learned drums first from his dad, which taught him to feel the song before anything else.

Locations in Lyrics

69 location references across 27 songs

Songs & Places

’Til You Can’t
Detroit, MI
"You can always get around to fixin' up that Pontiac"
Diamond In My Pocket
East Texas Kickapoo Creek, TX New York City, NY
"Just shinin' over top of the pines"
Me and My Kind
Greensboro, NC
"To her, you're just a heartache in a Wrangler pearl snap shirt"
Human
Texas Fort Worth, TX
"I never planned on being nothin' but a cowboy"
Georgia Peaches
Georgia Georgia Peach Belt, GA
"Georgia Peaches, Georgia Peaches"
Give a Cowboy a Kiss
Poteet, TX Pearsall, TX San Marcos, TX
"Pull out his guitar and play some George Strait"
Stronger
Hollywood, CA Winterset, IA
"I think I'm John Wayne when I get to drinking"
Lucky
Rome, GA
"flies his jet to Rome"
Dance Her Home
Saratoga, TX Nashville, TN
"the DJ played a little George Jones"
Country Boy Singin’ The Blues
Memphis, TN Mississippi Delta, MS
"Well I'm miles from Memphis"
With You I Am
New York City, NY Rio Grande, TX
"Lit up like Times Square"
Known for Loving You
Las Vegas, NV Texas New York City, NY San Francisco, CA Memphis, TN Nashville, TN Dyess, AR
"I could strike it big in Vegas"
Dirt Cheap
Texas Cotton Belt, TX
"To that old cotton crop farmer"
On My Way to You
Sebastopol, TX
The Painter
Sebastopol, TX
Til You Can't
Sebastopol, TX
Wild as You
Sebastopol, TX
Welcome to the Show
Houston, TX
Texas Kind of Way
Huntsville, TX Austin, TX Matagorda Bay, TX
"Lock me up in Huntsville if the memories stay"
Texas Kind Of Way
Texas Colorado Oklahoma Houston, TX Matagorda Bay, TX Austin, TX Santa Fe, NM Huntsville, TX New York New York City, NY Montana Tennessee
"Cause no matter where i go Ill just be missing you in a texas kind of way"
Banks Of The Trinity
Trinity River, TX
"On the banks of the Trinity"
Thank Somebody Country
Reno, TX Abilene, TX Saginaw, TX New York City, NY Los Angeles, CA Akron, OH mountains (Appalachia)
"Reno"
Shoot The Bull
Texas Appalachia
"making Texas noise"
Underneath This Hat
Texas
"Well there's a Texan standin' proud"
Blame Texas
Texas Poteet, TX Pearsall, TX San Marcos, TX Tupelo, MS Memphis, TN Shiner, TX Dallas, TX
"If I chase my tequila with an ice-cold beer, blame Texas"
Slam the Door
Austin, TX College Station, TX Montgomery County, TX
"Well, I'm leaving Austin thinking about everything she said"
Yippy Ty Oh Hey Hey
Piney Woods, TX
"Well, this land is cut by the river, the damned ol' trinity"

Rivers & Roads in Song Nearby

Trinity River 11 Kickapoo Creek 4 U.S. Route 59 9 Interstate 45 8 Neches River 2

Connected Places

Sebastopol, TX Atoka, TN Braden, TN Brighton, TN Byron, GA Drummonds, TN Dyess, AR Eldorado, TX Fort Valley, GA Fort Worth, TX Frenchmans Bayou, AR Gallaway, TN Gilmore, AR Heth, AR Hughes, AR Las Vegas, NV Macon, GA Memphis, TN Moscow, TN Munford, TN Nashville, TN New York City, NY Newport Beach, CA Peoria, IL Rome, GA Rome, NY Rome, TX San Antonio, TX Sarah, MS Senatobia, MS Tipton, TN Williston, TN Winterset, IA
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