Cody Jinks Performs for Veterans & Sutherland Springs Hero Ahead of Recording New Album
Veteran’s Day 2017 (11-11) saw Cody Jinks in Boerne, TX near San Antonio, playing to a capacity crowd at The Roundup, with a special tribute to veterans, and for a hero who recently made national headlines.
The guests of honor for the night were service members from VFW Post 688 in Boerne, with members of Cody’s fan club known as The Flockers purchasing VIP tables for the veterans and their families, and the event helping to raise funds for the local VFW chapter.
The show was also attended by Johnnie Langendorff, who you may remember as the lanky cowboy that drove by the massacre occurring at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs two weeks ago, saw Stephen Willeford exchanging gunfire with the suspect, and eventually picked up Willeford and pursued the gunman until the gunman crashed and police arrived. Cody Jinks met with Johnnie Langendorff and his girlfriend during the event.
Texas country artists Josh Ward from the Houston area opened the show, and songwriter/performer Tom Mcelvain also took the stage to sing with Cody. Mcelvain wrote the song “Rock and Roll” off of Cody’s album Adobe Sessions.
Cody Jinks played the show in Boerne en route to the Sonic Ranch in West Texas where he is currently recording his new album. It is the same location Jinks recorded his previous two albums, including Adobe Sessions, which is named for one of the recording complex’s studios. Frequent touring buddy Whitey Morgan also recorded his last album at the location (aptly named Sonic Ranch), and the latest album from the Turnpike Troubadours was also was partly recorded there. New projects from both Cody Jinks and Whitey Morgan are expected in 2018.
Photos below and reporting from the event are by Brad Coolidge, who can be found on Instagram and Twitter.
November 14, 2017 @ 9:18 am
Cody is the man!!!
November 14, 2017 @ 9:21 am
Great job, and I’m proud to be a Flocker! I am looking forward to the new album.
November 14, 2017 @ 9:49 am
Hat’s off to Cody Jinks. Very good guy that makes great country music and respects his fans.
Sturgill Simpson hates people like Stephen Willeford and Johnnie Langendorff.
November 14, 2017 @ 10:36 am
Bonehead comment of the day (second sentence)…..and it’s still early!
November 14, 2017 @ 11:02 am
“Sturgill Simpson hates people like Stephen Willeford and Johnnie Langendorff.”
Seems a little presumptuous. Sturgill doesn’t hate Cody Jinks. He was singing his praises along with Whitey outside the CMA Awards.
November 14, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
Yea and he doesn’t hate Keith Urban either. It’s not his style to directly blast another musician/artist. He prefers to condemn large certain groups, an organization, and or stay vague. He probably doesn’t do very well in prolong direct confrontations considering he suffers from social anxiety (Depression too probably).
Considering all the comments he’s made so far, I don’t think he’s a fan of cowboy(s)/rednecks with an AR-15 chasing after a bad guy.
November 14, 2017 @ 3:06 pm
His comment was about machine guns, not AR-15’s. Especially as a gun owner himself, I would find it hard to believe that he could possibly be against someone stopping a mass shooting. You can’t be serious….. Or, maybe you aren’t and the joke’s on me?
November 15, 2017 @ 9:52 am
We know that folks on the left of the political spectrum or democratic politicians like to incorrectly refer to AR-15’s or semi-automatics as machine guns or military grade weapons. Which they are not. They still do anyways. This is no secret.
Considering the recent events, I’m pretty sure S.S. was speaking up about ownership of semi-automatics since that was the type of weapon used in these tragic incidences (Las Vegas, Texas). With modification these weapons can resemble/mimic a fully automatic weapon. No one mowed down people with a M2 Browning or M134 Minigun. Those are machine guns. You’d think S.S. would distinguish the difference but I don’t think he cares and he’s just doing what most on the left do to express their disdain with semi-automatics.
November 14, 2017 @ 6:33 pm
Whiskey_Pete I betcha he doesn’t hate them. He served in the military too, remember? I know you can’t handle anyone with a difference of opinion, but c’mon man. And I think Sturgill’s a better musican than Cody, voice and guitar.
November 15, 2017 @ 9:20 am
“Can’t handle anyone with a difference of opinion”
Yea I can handle it and I deal with by speaking up. Just as you’re handling my difference of opinion by speaking up yourself. Me punching someone in the face or threatening to armbar someone because a person has a different opinion would be a good example of not being able to handle a difference of opinion. Believe me, I’m not over screaming at the top of my lungs and pulling my hair out when I read something that I disagree with.
I’m not arguing about who’s a better skilled musician or talented vocalist. I know, I know, you are a S.S. cheerleader.
November 17, 2017 @ 6:24 am
You watch your mouth!!!!! Lol
November 15, 2017 @ 10:22 am
Pete, I’m not a SS cheerleader. I’ve simply been a fan of his since day one and it pisses me off to see people insulting him in the comment section of an article that has literally nothing to do with him.
November 14, 2017 @ 12:22 pm
Strugill insulted people he knew nothing about. Huge dick move, and it should be rubbed in his face that, quite possibly, he publicly said nasty things about these very people.
No, I don’t want to burn all my ss albums, but maybe ss can stop and think ‘maybe there are some really nice trump supporters’ and maybe it will stop him spreading more hatred.
I think Whiskey Pete’s comment is topical relevant to show the difference between one artist making a difference by helping out vs another showing off and dividing people.
Peace
November 14, 2017 @ 3:03 pm
It was a spontaneous comment in response to a question from a fan during a live stream…which has since been taken down. It is ok if people have different opinions than you…not the end of the world. It is beyond me how people can’t grasp this, specifically in the very divided times we live in. Harsh political talk is everywhere and everyone has a strong opinion, especially when it comes to someone like trump who is so polarizing. I can guarantee you Sturgill is smart enough to realize that people who support trump are not all horrible bigots. It was one spontaneous comment, and him doing so is such a small blip in the overall political climate right now that it can hardly be viewed as “dividing people” in any real way.
The context is key here. If he starts spouting off like he briefly did the other night at the CMA’s either during live performances, during interviews with the press, or even on social media regularly (his social media presence has been entirely non political up until the comments the other night), then yes, I agree that we can start telling him to shut the hell up and focus on music. BUT, that is not what is happening here at all. Not even close. People need to grow a pair and stop being so sensitive about everything.
November 14, 2017 @ 10:03 am
Great pics. Johnnie Langendorff is one cool dude — salt of the earth sort of guy.
Looks like we’ll have new music from both Cody and Whitey next year!
November 14, 2017 @ 10:36 am
Agreed. Looks like Whitey and Cody missed each other by a few weeks at Sonic Ranch.
November 14, 2017 @ 11:26 am
God Bless Cody Jinks. Awesome guy and what a talent. I can’t wait for the new album
November 14, 2017 @ 3:04 pm
Flockers is a great name for the sheep that hype up this average former metal artist
November 14, 2017 @ 4:50 pm
I like Jinks alright. Seen him 5 or 6 times but these fucking Flockers are something else. When you meet a Flocker at a show they don’t say How ya doin my name is Bill they say Hi I’m #1436. At Tumbleweed they acted like you couldn’t set a tent up by them if you wouldn’t one. Fuck Em. Oh and Flockers Codys good but he ain’t no WHITEY
November 14, 2017 @ 8:54 pm
Wow! Last I checked, Cody & Whitey’s fans are the same. Damn, dude!
November 14, 2017 @ 9:22 pm
Bullshit! I was in Nacogdoches, Tx this weekend and NO ONE asked me my number. Hell, I don’t even know my “FLOCKER” number.I’m a Jinks fan, PERIOD!
November 14, 2017 @ 3:11 pm
Not at all surprised. He’s real and authentic and genuine.
November 14, 2017 @ 4:37 pm
New album in 2018…YES
November 14, 2017 @ 5:07 pm
Cody Jinks is twice the person and artist that Sturgill Simpson is, glad Jinks cares about his fans.
November 14, 2017 @ 6:40 pm
Sturgill’s a much better guitar player hoss. And arguably a better voice. Not sure why you felt the need to insult Sturgill in the comment section of an article about Cody Jinks. I’m also guessing you don’t personally know Sturgill.
November 14, 2017 @ 9:41 pm
I could give 2 shits about SS. I cannot understand him. I have tried, tried so hard. I can understand Cody.
November 15, 2017 @ 5:58 am
I can understand every word he says.
November 15, 2017 @ 1:34 pm
Gotta agree with that. Speaking or singing, he’s completely intelligible to me.
November 14, 2017 @ 6:41 pm
I commend Cody for his generosity and support for our heroes. But the comments about Sturgill by some here are completely uncalled for.
November 14, 2017 @ 7:03 pm
Yeah, I don’t even really know why people brought it up. Why can’t we just have one topic that folks don’t tee off on some divisive subject? What’s wrong with focusing on the good that Cody did here?
November 14, 2017 @ 8:57 pm
I’ve TRIED to like Sturgill….I love his sound, his voice…but I can’t understand a damn thing he says.
November 15, 2017 @ 6:02 am
Well as he said a few years ago…..”My voice might be too country next to what they been hearin”.
November 14, 2017 @ 9:13 pm
“I can guarantee you Sturgill is smart enough to realize that people who support trump are not all horrible bigots” I have issues with what he said. I don’t care WHO you support politically..please stop with politics in music. We can’t get away from it. I want my music, not politics!
November 14, 2017 @ 9:45 pm
Can we all just put a piece of duct tape over our mouths/keyboards long enough to NOT make everything political? PLEASE??!!
November 15, 2017 @ 9:40 am
Believe it or not, I actually like BOTH Cody Jinks and Sturgill Simpson. I didn’t know that it was an either/or thing. As I stated previously, this seemed to be a great event.
November 15, 2017 @ 10:08 am
Real music. Class act for a good cause with recognition of an heroic deed. Great pictures. Uplifting. Thanks.
November 15, 2017 @ 11:55 am
Cody Jinks, everything about this guy is classy and humble
treatin saints and sinners right, what a motto to live by, seems like he does…..
November 15, 2017 @ 1:36 pm
Good on Mr Jinks, seems like a great bloke.