During the 15 years as front man for Cross Canadian Ragweed, Cody Canada successfully tapped into some very strong, early influences on each of their nine albums. Four of those nine charted on Billboard’s Top 10 Country Albums over the course of the years, thousands of albums were sold and the band played to sell out crowds across the country helping to spread “red dirt” music. But the one thing that Canada wanted to do in honor of his musical heartland never came to fruition…until now. His new band CODY CANADA & THE DEPARTED has nearly two years in the pocket and is making waves on the road once again.
Once upon a time, Canada made his way from Yukon to Stillwater, Oklahoma in search of some inspiration - a place to call home musically. What he found was a creative nirvana of musicians who were generating the music that would stay with him for the rest of his life. “It was like the greatest place on earth, “ Cody recalls. "But what came out of it was really diverse. There were more country acts like Jason Boland. The All American Rejects were the rock guys. Then you had the whole Red Dirt hippie thing…I didn’t even know what Red Dirt was until somebody told me. I got turned on to it all and it’s stayed with me ever since.” In the wake of Ragweed’s decision to part ways, Canada resurfaced with an armament of musicians and a mission in mind. “We’re all from different bands and we wanted something to sound like we came from different places. The Departed was right on the money.” Although the band is writing and will record original material, their first priority was getting into the studio and cutting the Oklahoma tribute album that Cody had been wanting to do for years. The result was their debut album, This Is Indian Land, a 15-track deep “buffet of really kick-ass Okie songs,” Canada states. As excited as they are about their gigs, they are taking it all very seriously but at the same time “It’s a whole lot of fun. I can’t sleep at night. It keeps me awake, not from worry but from excitement. We’re just ready to tear it up.”
Contact Information
- Uncle Slayton's
- 1017 East Broadway, Louisville, KY 40204
- (502) 657-9555
Event Time
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
- 8:00 PM
Price
- $10 / $12 / 21+ with ID