Cody Canada Biography
Cody Canada (Born Cody Jay Canada) is an American rock/alt-country musician who currently is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the rock band The Departed since 2010. From 1994-2010, Canada was the lead singer of rock/alt-country band Cross Canadian Ragweed.
Cody Canada Age
Cody Jay Canada was born in Pampa, Texas United States on May 25, 1976. He is 43 years as of 2019.
Cody Canada Family
Canada was born in Pampa, Texas in 1976. He acquired a taste for music at the age of four after attending a George Strait concert with his parents. The next day he asked for a guitar. He first started playing guitar at the age of eight. When he was a teen, the Canada family relocated to Yukon, Oklahoma and as a teenager, he was drawn to rock bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam and also outlaw country.
Cody Canada Wife
Canada is married to Shannon Canada, who also manages The Departed and their label Underground Sound. They have two sons, Dierks Cobain Canada, and Willy Vedder Canada. He is also the brother in law of fellow red dirt musician Wade Bowen, who married his sister-in-law Shelby. Canada is also a Christian and has mentioned his faith and Jesus Christ in some of his albums.
Cody Canada Career
In 1994, Canada along with fellow musicians Jeremy Plato (bass), Grady Cross (guitar), and Randy Ragsdale (percussion) formed Cross Canadian Ragweed in Yukon, Oklahoma.
The band was named after three of its original members with Canada taking on the role of lead guitarist, lead vocals, and prominent songwriter. Later, they move to Still water, Oklahoma. From the time of Ragweed’s formation until its end in 2010, the band released seven studio albums as well as three live albums.
In 2010, the band went on an extended hiatus due to slight tensions inside the band, and Ragsdale’s family responsibilities. This led to the band breaking up in late 2010.
He first rose to fame as the leader of the rabble-rousing alt-country act Cross Canadian Ragweed. He later launched a solo career that found him following a similar formula of barnstorming rock & roll with strong country and blues influences.
Canada’s work with Cross Canadian Ragweed took the influences of the Southwestern Red Dirt music community and paired them with solid, high-spirited musicianship and rowdy but literate songs, and the prolific band (ten albums between 2001 and 2009) was at the peak of their strength when Canada headed out as a solo artist.
On his own, he debuted with 2011’s This Is Indian Land, a tribute to Oklahoma songwriters who inspired him, while his subsequent releases ranged from the beefy hard rock of 2015’s Hippielovepunk to the more contemplative singer/songwriter vibe of 2018’s 3.
The Departed
In 2011, he and Plato formed a new band, it was initially called Cody Canada & the Departed. The band originally consisted of Canada (guitar/vocals), Plato (bass guitar/vocals), Seth James (guitar/vocals), Steve Little ton (keyboards) and Chris Doege (drums) who replaced original drummer, Dave Bowen. They released their first album in June 2011 titled This Is Indian Land, consisting of covers written by Oklahoma songwriters.
On August 24, 2012, The Departed, announced through their website and social media that they would release their first original album titled Adventus. The album was released on November 13, 2012. In September 2012, the band announced that they would release one song from Adventus every Monday leading up until the album’s release on their Facebook artist profile.
Again in 2014, the band announced a third studio album. Hippielovepunk which was released on January 13, 2015. The album premiered at #9 on the Billboard US Country chart as well as #9 on the US Indie chart. The first single was a return to the Red Dirt sound of CCR titled Inbetweener.
Solos
On November 19, 2013, Canada released a solo acoustic 2-disc album Some Old, Some New, Maybe A Cover Or Two. The album was recorded live at Third Coast Music in Port Aransas, Texas, with 19 songs from throughout Canada’s career, including work with Cross Canadian Ragweed and The Departed.
On November 13, 2015, he released a two-disc, 35-track album with Mike McClure, Chip, and Ray, Together Again for the First Time. The album was recorded in Port Aransas, Texas, and features songs they worked on or recorded together.
Cody Canada Net Worth
Canada is an American rock/alt-country musician whose primary source of wealth comes from being a country singer. However, his estimated net worth is still under review.
Cody Canada Albums
- 2013: Some Old, Some New, Maybe a Cover or Two
- 2015: Chip and Ray, Together Again for the First Time (with Mike McClure)
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