Jinks is "Better Than the Bottle"
This is the second track put out from his forthcoming album, "In My Blood," due July 25.
"Better Than the Bottle" is a reflective country ballad about a person grappling with their flaws, while clinging onto hope, having given up their main vice.
Jinks and Ward Davis are announcing the second go-around of their previously sold-out tour, Same Kind of Crazy Acoustic Tour, and will feature 10 dates spanning from Hawaii to Alaska. Tour dates are:
Nov. 1 - Honolulu, HI - Hawaii Theatre Center
Nov. 7 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet's
Nov. 8 - Tucson, AZ - Encore
Nov. 11 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Theatre
Nov. 14 - Bismarck, ND - Belle Mehus Auditorium
Nov. 15 - Deadwood, SD - Deadwood Mountain Grand
Nov. 17 - Rutland, VT - The Paramount Theatre
Nov. 18 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium
Nov. 20 - Anchorage, AK - Williwaw
More news for Cody Jinks
- 10/10/25: Jinks finds himself a "Lonely Man"
- 06/27/25: Jinks considers "The Others"
- 05/02/25: Jinks has it "In My Blood" for July
- 04/04/25: Jinks is "Snakebit"
- 03/14/25: Jinks will "Put the Whiskey Down"
- 12/06/24: Jinks, Wetzel, The Castellows, Springsteen present new music
- 12/02/24: Jinks pays tribute to Frizzell; sets 2025 tour
- 10/24/24: Jinks revisits "Same Kind of Crazy As Me"
CD reviews for Cody Jinks
Like all artists worthy the name, hard-living country outlaw Cody Jinks has matured as a singer-songwriter and human. Some bad habits have been left behind, but Jinks hasn't abandoned what has brought him success.
While he tends to limit himself to writing of current circumstances — life on the road, pursuing music and changing behavior — he does so very well. Featuring fellow road warriors Blackberry Smoke, "In My Blood" lays it out:
"It's in my ...
Cody Jinks stands defiantly among the generation that grew up with country music, but chose a louder, more aggressive outlet for their creative expressions. As a teenager, the native Texan learned country licks from his father, but channeled his high school angst and anger through the lens of heavy metal and thrash. When his band broke up in 2004, Jinks took a musical hiatus, emerging a year later as a more overtly country artist and releasing his debut solo album, "Collector's Item," in 2006. ...
It's challenging coming up with enough superlatives to describe Cody Jinks' "The Wanting." Yes, it surpasses the traditional country sonic test. Just listen to the twangy electric and steel guitar on "Bite Of Something Sweet." Although taking the latter advice literally, may lead to a diabetic coma, Jinks delivers its words with an enjoyably conversational tone, the song - both musically and lyrically - feels like something Merle Haggard might have written and sung. ...
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