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Whiskey Myers
Background information
Origin	East Texas
Genres	Rock,Southern rock,Country,hard rock
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Wiggy Thump Records
Members	Cody Cannon Cody Tate John Jeffers Jeff Hogg Tony Kent Jamey Gleaves
Past members	Gary Brown
Website	www.whiskeymyers.com

Whiskey Myers is an American rock and roll band fromPalestine, Texas composed of Cody Cannon (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), John Jeffers (lead guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals), Cody Tate (lead and rhythm guitar, vocals), Jeff Hogg (drums), Tony Kent (percussion/drums), and Jamey Gleaves (bass). They have released six albums, the latest beingTornillo released in July 2022.

In 2008, the band released their debut album,Road of Life.^[1] Their second album,Firewater, was released by Wiggy Thump in 2011 and debuted in the Top 30 on theBillboardTop Country Albums chart, largely thanks to the single "Ballad of a Southern Man". On February 4, 2014, the album,Early Morning Shakes, was released and received mostly positive reviews. In September 2016, their fourth albumMud was released. The band's self-titled album was released on September 27, 2019, followed by "Tornillo" on July 29, 2022.

The band started when friends Cody Cannon and John Jeffers began learning guitar together, inspired by the music ofLynyrd Skynyrd,Hank Williams Jr.,Waylon Jennings, amongst many other artists. After being joined by Cannon's co-worker and friend Cody Tate. After playing together for a while, the three decided to start a more serious band. They enlisted friend Jeff Hogg to play drums, and asked Cannon's cousin Gary Brown to play bass (although he did not know how to play the instrument at the time). They began playing shows around their hometown and native state of Texas, slowly starting to build a following on the Texas/Red Dirt scene.

In 2018, the band was featured in four episodes of theKevin CostnerParamount Network seriesYellowstone. Shortly afterwards, the band's three available albums moved into the top 10 iTunes country chart. Their most recent album at the time,Mud, reached No. 1 on the charts, and its song "Stone" reached No. 9 in all genres.

On September 27, 2019, the band released the self-titled album,Whiskey Myers. It debuted at No. 1 onBillboard Country,^[2] No. 2 onBillboard active rock,^[3] and No. 6 on theBillboard 200.^[4]

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• Cody Cannon – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica(2007–present)
• John Jeffers – guitar, slide guitar, lap steel, vocals(2007–present)
• Cody Tate – guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals(2007–present)
• Jeff Hogg – drums(2007–present)
• Tony Kent – keyboards, percussion(2016–present)
• Jamey Gleaves – bass guitar(2017–present)

• Gary Brown – bass guitar(2007–2017)

• American country rock groups
• Country music groups from Texas
• Musical groups established in 2008

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