Cody Johnson, who grew up in Sebastopol, Texas on the banks of the Trinity River, has announced he will release a new album, Banks of the Trinity on June 26th on COJO Music/Warner Records Nashville.
"There's this common misconception that 'Cody grew up working on a ranch and had horses and cows,' and that was not the case," the two-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper said. "My Dad and Mom worked very hard for the things we had, but we were not rich by any means. A lot of times, to make things stretch out a bit more, we would go down to the Trinity River, cast a net, run jug lines and go catfishing. When the white bass were running, we'd get pulled out of school to go catch as many white bass as we could to keep meat in the freezer. The first bar I snuck out to go play when I was 15 was on the banks of the Trinity River."
Johnson added that when he heard "Banks of the Trinity," written by Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, it "started a slideshow of memories in my mind. I thought, 'Let's do something a little different, and tell people more about myself that they don't know.'"
Banks of the Trinity, which is Johnson's tenth studio album, follows his RIAA Gold-certified 2023 album Leather (and its Deluxe counterpart), which featured hits including "Dirt Cheap" and "The Fall."
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