Whiskey Myers

Whiskey Myers
Background information
Origin	East Texas
Genres	Rock, Southern rock, Country, hard rock
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Wiggy Thump Records
Members	Cody Cannon Cody Tate John Jeffers Jeff Hogg Tony Kent Jamey Gleaves
Past members	Gary Brown
Website	www.whiskeymyers.com

Whiskey Myers is an American rock and roll band from Palestine, Texas composed of Cody Cannon (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), John Jeffers (lead guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals), Cody Tate (lead and rhythm guitar, vocals), Jeff Hogg (drums), Tony Kent (percussion/drums), and Jamey Gleaves (bass). They have released six albums, the latest being Tornillo released in July 2022.

Music career

In 2008, the band 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. In September 2016, their fourth album Mud was released. The band's self-titled album was released on September 27, 2019, followed by "Tornillo" on July 29, 2022.

The band started when friends Cody Cannon and John Jeffers began learning guitar together, inspired by the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, amongst many other artists. After being joined by Cannon's co-worker and friend Cody Tate. 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 Texas/Red Dirt scene.

In 2018, the band was featured in four episodes of the Kevin Costner Paramount Network series Yellowstone. Shortly afterwards, the band's three available albums moved into the top 10 iTunes country chart. Their most recent album at the time, Mud, reached No. 1 on the charts, and its song "Stone" reached No. 9 in all genres.

On September 27, 2019, the band released the self-titled album, Whiskey Myers. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Country,^[2] No. 2 on Billboard active rock,^[3] and No. 6 on the Billboard 200.^[4]

Band members

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Current members

Whiskey Myers live in 2013

• Cody Cannon – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (2007–present)
• John Jeffers – guitar, slide guitar, lap steel, vocals (2007–present)
• Cody Tate – guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals (2007–present)
• Jeff Hogg – drums (2007–present)
• Tony Kent – keyboards, percussion (2016–present)
• Jamey Gleaves – bass guitar (2017–present)

Former members

• Gary Brown – bass guitar (2007–2017)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales	Certifications
		US Country [6]	US [7]	US Heat [8]	US Indie [9]	US Rock [10]
Road of Life	Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Smith Entertainment	—	—	—	—	—
Firewater	Release date: April 26, 2011 Label: Wiggy Thump	26	198	4	39	—		RIAA: Gold[11]
Early Morning Shakes	Release date: February 4, 2014 Label: Wiggy Thump	10	54	—	12	—
Mud	Release date: September 9, 2016 Label: Wiggy Thump	4	80	—	12	17	US: 8,600[12]
Whiskey Myers	Release date: September 27, 2019 Label: Wiggy Thump	1	6	—	1	2	US: 47,900[13]
Tornillo	Release date: July 29, 2022 Label: Wiggy Thump	10	67	—	10	14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album
		US Main. [14]
2011	"Ballad of a Southern Man"	—	RIAA: Platinum[11]	Firewater
2013	"Virginia"	—	RIAA: Gold[11]
	"Home"	—		Early Morning Shakes
2014	"Dogwood"	—
2016	"Stone"	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum[11]	Mud
2019	"Gasoline"	20		Whiskey Myers
2020	"Die Rockin"	—
2022	"The Wolf"	—		Tornillo

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2011	"Ballad of a Southern Man"[15]	Mason Dixon
2012	"Anna Marie"[16]	Matt Bizer
2013	"Virginia"[17]	Phillip Guzman
	"Home"[18]	Jeff Ray
2014	"Dogwood"[19]	Phillip Guzman
2018	"Stone"
2019	"Die Rockin"[20]	Zack Morris
	"Bitch"[21]	Khris Poage
	"Gasoline"[22]	Zack Morris
2020	"Bury My Bones"[23]	Evan Kaufmann
2022	"John Wayne"[24]	Nayip

References

1. Leggett, Steve. "Whiskey Myers Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
2. Asker, Jim (October 8, 2019). "Whiskey Myers Scores First Top Country Albums No. 1, Jon Pardi & Sturgill Simpson Debut in Top 3". Billboard.
3. "Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard.
4. "Whiskey Myers hit Billboard 200 Top 10 with new self-titled album". Entertainment Focus. 15 October 2019.
5. "About - Whiskey Myers". Retrieved June 29, 2022.
6. "Whiskey Myers Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
7. "Whiskey Myers Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
8. "Whiskey Myers Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
9. "Whiskey Myers Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
10. "Whiskey Myers Chart History – Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
11. "American certifications – Whiskey Myers". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
12. Bjorke, Matt (September 27, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: September 22, 2016". Roughstock.
13. Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
14. "Whiskey Myers Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
15. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Ballad of a Southern Man". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
16. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Anna Marie". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
17. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Virginia". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
18. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Home". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
19. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Dogwood". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
20. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Die Rockin". Country Music Television. Retrieved August 21, 2019.^{[dead link‍]}
21. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Bitch". Country Music Television. Retrieved September 13, 2019.^{[dead link‍]}
22. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Gasoline". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 3, 2019.^{[dead link‍]}
23. "CMT : Videos : Whiskey Myers : Bury My Bones". Country Music Television. Retrieved Jul 2, 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
24. "Whiskey Myers - John Wayne (Official Music Video)". Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via YouTube.