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cody jinks after the fire

10/25/2019

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Cody Jinks (from the album After the Fire available on Late August Records)
The title track starts the song cycle rolling, the story immediately donning the skin of the outlaws that loom large in the songs of Cody Jinks as tales of love and freedom play leapfrog in the hearts of his characters. “After the Fire” follows the pounding of a heartbeat drum into a story that finds a tiny spark lighting a way into tomorrow with the admission ‘you’re my first clean breath, after the fire’. A honky tonky, heart-on-a-sleeve, sway spins little swirls of sawdust when “Someone to You” reads a love letter while Cody Jinks lets dawn’s light fortify his courage to make a request for “Yesterday Again” and holds out hope for “One Good Decision” as his world is once again bathed in the glow of neon and temptation.
Family lineage is present on After the Fire courtesy of the cut “William and Wanda”, Cody Jinks giving the background for the tracks as ‘we lost my grandfather earlier this year. My mother's father was the only grandfather I had, and we got closer than we had ever been after the death of my grandmother. He fought in Korea and was a part of the last great generation, so when Nanny died, we all saw a different side of him. When 'William And Wanda' came as an idea, I knew I had to write a song about how my nanny probably fussed at him for being late to heaven. I started the song shortly after his funeral, and my wife Rebecca helped me finish it. She would say, 'Your nanny would have said this,' and I would respond with what Papa would have said. It's the first full song Rebecca and I have sat down and written together. We are so proud of it; it's celebrating a 60-year love story told by two people building their own’. The songs on After the Fire stay true to the finely-honed brand Cody Jinks has brewed over ten years of touring. The album swings out the exit door on an instrumental with “Tonedeaf Boogie” and revisits “Think Like You Think” from an earlier release (Collector’s Item) as Cody Jinks rides an edgy rumble, betting heavy that the light coming to him from the tunnel’s end “Ain’t a Train”.
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