Cody Jinks’ Loud and Heavy Fest Announces Lineup & Schedule
“Loud and Heavy” –Â One of the signature songs from Cody Jinks, first featured on his 2015 record ‘The Adobe Sessions.’
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The inaugural Loud and Heavy Fest curated by Cody Jinks is about to be unleashed on Ft. Worth, Texas this Saturday, August 18th, and they’ve released the lineup and time schedule for the event. Loud and Heavy Fest will be held at the Panther Island Pavilion, which is positioned in the heart of Ft. Worth, right on the banks of the Trinity River, with the city skyline flanking it in the back.
Featuring Southern rockers Whiskey Myers, metal band Corrosion of Conformity, Austin metal Gods The Sword, hard country crooners Whitey Morgan, Ward Davis, Paul Cauthen, songwriter and singer Sunny Sweeney, throwback Highway Queen Nikki Lane, and modern day folk hero Colter Wall, there will be a little something for everyone.
Ward Davis: 3:15 – 3:45 – Heavy Stage
Ward Davis is a singer, songwriter, and performer who wrote the title track for Cody Jinks’ 2016 record I’m Not The Devil, co-wrote “Colorado” for Cody’s latest record Lifers, and had Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recorded his song “Unfair Weather Friend” for their duet record from 2015. Ward Davis was also able to rope Willie Nelson and Jamey Johnson to guest on a track from his debut record 15 Years in a 10 Year town from 2015. He’s a frequent tour partner of Cody Jinks.
Sunny Sweeney: 3:45 – 4:15 – Loud Stage
A Nashville survivor who was once signed to Big Machine Records right beside Taylor Swift, she’s now returned to her home state of Texas to be a part of the resurgent country movement. Both a great singer and songwriter, her 2017 track “Bottle By My Bed” from the album Trophy won Saving Country Music’s Song of the Year.
Paul Cauthen: 4:15 – 4:45 – Heavy Stage
Austin,TX-based old school country music crooner in the vein of Johnny Cash, he’s part preacher, part honky tonk hero. Cauthen just released a new EP called Have Mercy, and will be coming off a West Coast road trip where he unfortunately had his van and trailer stolen in Sacramento, California. Van was recovered. Much stolen gear is still missing.
Colter Wall: 4:45 – 5:30 – Loud Stage
The young man who sounds like he’s in his sixties is gearing up for the release of his second full-length record Songs of The Plains on October 12th via Thirty Tigers. Originally from the small town of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, the 23-year-old has been compelling audiences since the release of his EP Imaginary Appalachia in 2015. He’s built a strong following across country, folk, and roots circuits through his gripping original songs and stellar takes on traditional tunes sung with a one-in-a-million voice.
Nikki Lane: 5:30 – 6:15 – Heavy Stage
East Nashville’s throwback country rockabilly “Highway Queen,” she brings old-school spunk and high vintage fashion to the stage with original songs and a stellar band. Signed to New West Records, she’s the new generation’s version of Wanda Jackson. Twang and fringe.
Whitey Morgan: 6:15 – 7:00 – Loud Stage
The Flint, Michigan native who now calls interior California his home helped pave the way for many of the independent country artists we enjoy today. At one point Cody Jinks was opening for him before Cody blew up. Now to many, Cody and Whitey are 1 and 1A of modern American country music. His next album Hard Times and White Lines is due October 26th.
The Sword: 7:00 – 8:00 – Heavy Stage
Heavy metal band from Austin, TX who started out as mostly a doom metal project, but recently has been classified more as hard rock or stoner rock. They’ve toured with bands such as Metallica and Lamb of God in the past, but hailing from Austin and filling bills with bands such as Clutch who also have a following in the roots world, The Sword fits well into the “Loud and Heavy” Cody Jinks festival concept.
Whiskey Myers: 8:00 – 9:00 – Loud Stage
Texas Country’s preeminent Southern Rock band originally from the Palestine area, they just received a huge boost by being featured in the Paramount Network series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner, sending their records racing up the iTunes charts. Their 2016 record Mud was produced by Dave Cobb, and debuted #4 on the Billboard Country Albums index. Hard-driving rock n’ roll soul with strong country music influences.
Corrosion of Conformity: 9:00 – 10:00 – Heavy Stage
A long-time touring metal band out of Raleigh, North Carolina that started in hardcore punk, guitarist Woody Weatherman has been going at it since 1982. Signed to Columbia Records in the 90’s, like The Sword, they have some ties to country and roots. Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers fame once collaborated with the band, and they’ve featured steel guitar in their music before and been label as “southern metal” in the past. But don’t mistake it it, Corrosion of Conformity is a loud and heavy metal band, evidenced by their new 2018 album No Cross No Crown.
Cody Jinks: 10:00 – 11:45 – Loud Stage
The King and chief curator of Loud and Heavy Fest, Cody Jinks hopes to make this the annual gathering for his devoted followers known as “Flockers.” A former player in a metal band himself who it’s not uncommon to see sporting a Metallica T-shirt on stage, he’s now brought the “Loud and Heavy” concept to hard country music. Cody’s just-released album Lifers shook up the country music charts, coming in at #2 in country, #1 in Americana, and #5 in all of music.
Chet
August 13, 2018 @ 11:09 am
For a second I thought you were just reading the names off of my CD collection.
JB-Chicago
August 13, 2018 @ 12:31 pm
This should be a touring festival starting next summer. Start working on it now!!!
Tex Hex
August 13, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
Living in Washington, DC, looking at this festival lineup and the tour schedules of those artists, is so bittersweet.
Good country is so underrepresented around here. You either have to go to Jiffy Lube Live (a large amphitheater way out in the burbs, considered one of the worst and most inconvenient venues in the area) to see one of the bigger commercial acts, or pray the rock venues book the occasional country artist – usually ones with broader crossover appeal or hipster buzz like Sturgill, Childers, or even Midland.
As a metal fan though (which I am, as well), you can see great bands (both underground and popular) just about every week in DC (or Baltimore, just a quick hike up 95). Country still has that “redneck” stigma in the major coastal cities though, I guess.
Corncaster
August 13, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
(nodding sagely) City dwellers are provincial and bigoted, it’s true.
I’d like to be able to say in response “duh dude you’re in a city what do you expect, come out to the country for real country music” but I’d be lying. There aren’t a lot of places to hear national country acts out here in the cornfields, and even local acts are few. Live country music is fairly rare out here. At a recent 4H Fair, all we had were two guys doing a) bad country karaoke, and b) a trio with tinny gear doing Top 40 country favorites or some such bullsh*t. Now you’re in DC and environs, a.k.a. the Land of Danny Gatton RIP, so you may have access to a bigger swimming pool of live music, but everything is a percentage. You probably have the usual 80/20 rule.
The only thing to do really is lead the kid horses to water.
Tex Hex
August 13, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
Yeah, I didn’t mean to make sweeping generalizations or pout about it too much – though, in retrospect that’s exactly how that came across. Thanks for pointing out that I probably do have it way better than most.
Luckily, in the next few months, I’ll have the opportunity to see a bunch of acts that most of the country doesn’t usually have easy access to – Chris Stapleton (w/ Brent Cobb and Marty Stuart), Shooter Jennings, Wheeler Walker Jr., Tyler Childers, Sarah Shook, Colter Wall, and even Midland. I’ve also seen Sturgill Simpson a bunch of times here. Missed Mike and the Moonpies earlier this year, and Ray Wylie Hubbard last month. Whiskey Myers played a festival a couple hours north just last week.
Honestly, most DC residents have no clue who Danny Gatton is (great reference, btw). We do have a healthy bluegrass community though, with a yearly festival in town and others within a couple hours drive. Also, NPR is based here, and a handful of small roots music oriented venues have sprouted up in recent years, so we do get a lot of polite folk and Americana bands through town.
I guess I should’ve just said I wished Cody Jinks and Whitey Morgan toured somewhere near here soon! 🙂
Corncaster
August 13, 2018 @ 5:11 pm
It’s all good, I wasn’t talking about you, and brother, you’re in clover by comparison. Hoelp us out by holding up a sign during the show that says “don’t forget the midwest!” I’ll send you a postcard.
Brian B.
August 14, 2018 @ 8:05 am
Whiskey Myers, Jason Boland, Jackson Taylor, Z. Ohora and more are playing at the boondocks fest about 90 min west of DC Sept 28-29. Hagerstown area.
Jared
August 13, 2018 @ 2:26 pm
You couldn’t be more wrong about the lack of good music in the DC area; you’re just not looking hard enough – or you don’t know where to look. For instance, Turnpike Troubadors have played multiple times at the Filmore in Silver Spring, MD. Saw American Aquarium a couple weeks ago at the 930 Club. Smaller acts play at Hill Country BBQ – have seen Hayes Carll, RW Hubbard, Chris Knight there. Also there’s the Birchmere in Alexandria. And there’s a music festival in Boonsboro, MD (60-75 min from DC) end of September that features Whiskey Myers, Jason Boland, and Jackson Taylor and the Sinners. I think tickets are under $30. Shooter + Hellbound Glory played that festival last year and Whitey Morgan and Cody Jinks the year before that.
Tex Hex
August 13, 2018 @ 2:50 pm
Thanks, Jared. Read my last comment to Corncaster. I spoke too early, and ignorantly. Entirely open to suggestions for venues/events, since I’m primarily involved in other music genres (I attend shows once a week, often more) and am relatively new to country music. I thought Boondocks (w/ Whiskey Myers etc.) already happened, but I stand corrected.
Jared
August 13, 2018 @ 3:03 pm
Sorry if I’m hijacking this thread.
Tex – what you ARE right about is the lack of a dedicated live music space for larger non-mainstream country and americana acts but there are a ton of venues that hosts those kind of shows when artists are in town. And even more if you’re willing to travel 60-90 min (which I am). Good venues in Richmond and Charlottesville too; saw Tyler Childers, Lukas Nelson, Nikki Lane, and Isbell at FloydFest a couple weekends ago. Better off tracking the artists instead of the venues. I’d much rather have this problem than Corncaster’s.
Tex Hex
August 14, 2018 @ 8:03 am
You’re right. Just like any non-mainstream music, gotta dig a little deeper and mark calendars carefully. My original message was written out of FOMO and envy for this Loud & Heavy lineup, which sounds like so much fun and right up my alley.
On a related note (regarding hijacking threads), might be fun to have a separate message board/forum on this site for fans to discuss and share live dates and events. Maybe it’s already been brought up before? Probably too much of a hassle for Trigger to maintain and moderate.
Trigger
August 14, 2018 @ 9:00 am
Yes there was a message board at one point that went mostly ignored. I’ve threatened to bring it back over the years. We’ll see.
Dirt Road Derek
August 13, 2018 @ 3:23 pm
Wow, killer lineup! The Sword and CoC are surprising, yet brilliant additions. Davis, Sweeney, Wall, Morgan, all fantastic. Damn, I wish I attend this!
Seth of Lampasas
August 13, 2018 @ 3:38 pm
Nikki Lane is by far my favorite female artist right now. I would love to see her live.
Trainwreck92
August 13, 2018 @ 9:35 pm
I saw her at the Old 97s County Fair in Dallas a couple years ago, and she was such a great performer.
I miss Stevie Gaines
August 13, 2018 @ 3:40 pm
Wonderful line up Trig!
ShadeGrown
August 13, 2018 @ 4:41 pm
C.O.C. needs more than an hour – still, I’m extremely jealous I can’t see this show.
Montanaman
August 13, 2018 @ 6:59 pm
Gonna have to put it on the calendar for next year and plan a long road trip. Love every act on the lineup. Confident with Cody curating that next years lineup will be stellar too. In the meantime I get to see Cody on Wednesday, Alice Cooper Saturday, Anthrax & Testament next week and Whitey on September 1st. Nathaniel Rateliff with Nikki Lane was last week. Missoula has really improved its live music scene the last few years.
Joecephus
August 13, 2018 @ 8:19 pm
This is just about the first music festival ever, where there is not a single band or artist that I would want to skip. It’s almost as if Cody handpicked it based on my music collection. Throw in Anthrax, Clutch, Ray Wylie Hubbard & Sturgil Simpson and I’d be in heaven.
I so wish I could travel down to Texas for this.
Kelcy
August 14, 2018 @ 6:04 am
The Sword & COC are worth the price of admission alone. What a great lineup!
Jack K.
August 14, 2018 @ 9:49 am
I can’t wait for Saturday! My head almost exploded when I saw the lineup announced. Thanks to Cody Jinks and everyone who has anything to do with putting this together! We are in for a treat from an amazing group of talented musicians.