Cody Gill’s debut performance took place more than a decade ago. He has since become a fixture in Texas country music. Gill spent many of his early years in Houston working an 8-5 gig before he listened to his heart and moved back to Stephenville to pursue a life in music. He has since established a reputation for genuine, real-life narratives in his lyrics. Two full-length albums and loyal fans spanning the country has solidified Gill’s place in this scene.
Gill has all his cards on the ta...
Cody Gill’s debut performance took place more than a decade ago. He has since become a fixture in Texas country music. Gill spent many of his early years in Houston working an 8-5 gig before he listened to his heart and moved back to Stephenville to pursue a life in music. He has since established a reputation for genuine, real-life narratives in his lyrics. Two full-length albums and loyal fans spanning the country has solidified Gill’s place in this scene.
Gill has all his cards on the table with his new EP arriving in early 2011 featuring the hit single “Road Signs.” He hopes this is arguably his best work yet. “The music business is changing; it has been changing. Fans receive music much differently now than in the past,” says Gill. By expanding his musical horizons but remaining in the vein of passion and integrity that he has always brought to his music, Gill expects his new work to be well received. “I want my music to reach beyond state lines, but not lose its integrity. I won’t lose where I came from.”
Gill’s new EP will be a follow up to his self-produced sophomore full-length album King of Your Hometown released in 2009. Collaborating with Smith Entertainment, the album’s first two singles “King of Your Hometown,” a good-hearted, satirical memoir-of sorts and “Crazy,” an up-beat sing-a-long, each reached the “Top 30” on the Texas Music Chart. “Road Signs,” mixed and engineered by Erik Herbst, was the rocking fan-favorite. It peaked at #18 on the Texas Music Chart. The album filled the Lonestar Music #2 Best Seller position for two months. The success of King of Your Hometown gave Gill the recognition and honor of having a Gruene with Envy ‘New Artist of the Year’ nomination.
In 2007, Gill’s debut album Boxcars, produced by Mike McClure, also churned out a Texas Music Chart hit. “Can’t Let Her Go” spent an astonishing nine months on the Chart which only further illustrates that Gill is no stranger to chart-topping hits. The powerful vocals of Gill combined with the soaring guitar of lead man Zack Hooper, driving drums of Jarrod Baker, interwoven bass grooves of Zach ‘Cooder’ Wade and the harmonious keys of Kayleigh Jones make for one magnetic stage performance.
Gill’s touring radius is expanding as his popularity grows. “Road signs keep flying by” as he hits the pavement over 175 days a year. Recent shows have him breaking out of the borders of the Lonestar State in support for his new EP due out in early 2011. This is much to the delight of many out-of-state fans. Gill shows no signs of slowing down and says, “Every road is worth traveling at least once."
© CODY GILL MUSIC, 2011
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