Whiskey Myers

Whiskey Myers
Origin	Palestine, Texas
Genres	Country rock Southern rock Hard rock
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Smith Entertainment, Wiggy Thump Records
Website	http://www.whiskeymyers.com
Members	Cody Cannon Cody Tate John Jeffers Jeff Hogg Gary Brown

Whiskey Myers is an American Southern Rock/Red Dirt/Country group from Palestine, Texas composed of Cody Cannon(lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Cody Tate(lead and rhythm guitar), John Jeffers(lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jeff Hogg(drums) and Gary Brown(bass). In 2008, they signed with Smith Entertainment and released their debut album, Road of Life.^[1] Their second album, Firewater, was released by Wiggy Thump in 2011 and debuted in the Top 30 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, largely thanks to the single "Ballad of a Southern Man". On February 4, 2014, the album ,Early Morning Shakes, was released and received mostly positive reviews. They have not yet released a live album. A new studio album was announced in 2015.

The band started when friends Cody Cannon and Cody Tate began playing guitar together, inspired by the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, and many other southern rock and country artists. After being joined by friend John Jeffers, they began calling themselves Lucky Southern. After playing together for a while, the three decided to start a more serious band. They enlisted friend Jeff Hogg to play drums, and asked Cannon's cousin Gary Brown to play bass(although he did not know how to play the instrument at the time). They began playing shows around their hometown and native state of Texas, slowly starting to build a following on the Red Dirt scene.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [2]	US [3]	US Heat [4]	US Indie [5]
Road of Life	Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Smith Entertainment	—	—	—	—
Firewater	Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: Wiggy Thump Records	26	198	4	39
Early Morning Shakes	Release date: February 4, 2014 Label: Wiggy Thump Records	10	54	—	12
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2011	"Ballad of a Southern Man"[6]	Mason Dixon
2012	"Anna Marie"[7]	Matt Bizer
2013	"Virginia"[8]	Phillip Guzman
	"Home"[9]	Jeff Ray
2014	"Dogwood"[10]

References

1. Leggett, Steve. "Whiskey Myers Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
2. "Whiskey Myers Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
3. "Whiskey Myers Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
4. "Whiskey Myers Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
5. "Whiskey Myers Album & Song Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
6. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Ballad of a Southern Man". Country Music Television. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
7. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Anna Marie". Country Music Television. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
8. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Virginia". Country Music Television. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
9. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Home". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
10. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Dogwood". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 30, 2014.