Welcome,
John Cody Carter,
Steve
Piticco, and all the Double
Down Ranch Band look forward to hearing from their
old and new friends. Send them an e-mail
from time to time, and be sure and come out and see them when
they're performing in your area! You can join the friends
and fans email list by sending
your email address to
signup@johncodycarter.com
Our special Thanks to
De McGruder for her loving support and encouragement!
The new untitled
John Cody Carter Cd is
a traditional country music fans dream. John Cody teamed up
with a roster of Country Music legends for this
recording. The main recording took place at Merle Haggard's
studio in Palo Cedro, California and Willie Nelson's studio,
Pedernales Recording Studios in Austin, Texas.
Merle Haggard played
the lead solo on a Willie Nelson
penned song that he introduced and taught to Cody one
morning at his home during the sessions. "Merle played
the song for me one morning at his home, and said I should
record it. He really loves the song. We went right from
Merle's over to the studio . Merle played the song
once through for us and then laid it down with us.
Hag's guitar solo is classic." - Cody.
In Austin,
Willie Nelson and
John Cody recorded a
duet of the Freddy Powers penned song "California Here I
Come". The song also features some great solo
performances by Norm Hamlet and Clint Strong.
Legendary Pedal Steel
players Ralph Mooney (Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Merle
Haggard, Waylon Jennings) and Norm
Hamlet (Merle Haggard's Band - "The
Strangers") performed their own brand of unique and
stylistic pedal steel licks on the record.
Steve Hinson and
Robby Turner
also brought their
best game to the
recordings . The Cd is a hot item for Pedal Steel Guitar
lovers!
Guitar Pickin'
Royalty James Burton
( Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Ricky Nelson, John Denver,
etc...) played a ripping guitar solo on John Cody Carter's
new version of the Buck Owens
classic tune "Act Naturally".
This new Cd is a
fiery traditional
'Bakersfield' country music offering from
John Cody Carter & the Double Down Ranch Band.
Steve Piticco
fans will be in for a real treat. Steve ignites the
whole recording with his trade mark string bending and
sizzling Chickin' Pickin'. John Cody Carter & Steve
Piticco together, create a unique country music experience
that is sure to please any true country music fan!
Mark Yeary
lit up the ivory playing some of his best Boogie
Woogie piano ever! His work on
this record will make you want to go back and listen
to his stylistic playing on his many Merle Haggard
recordings. Mark produced the Merle Haggard records 'Blue
Jungle" and "501
Blues". He toured with Merle for 20
years, and was an integral part of the Merle Haggard sound
throught the 70's and 80's. Mark tours with John
Cody Carter & The Double Down Ranch Band.
Don Reed, Tyler
Beckett , Larry Franklin, and (the late) Jimmy Belken
( Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Ray
Price), performed classic twin fiddles, Texas swing,
and driving country boogie Woogie fiddle!
John Cody Carter
wrote several of the
songs on the new Cd. There are some classic songs too.
Bob Wills' Texas swing
tune "Time Changes Everything" (recorded with Merle
Haggard's Strangers) is one of two Texas swing tunes, the
other ("To My San Antonio Rose") was written by Cody's
friend and mentor, Freddy Powers.
The Cd will be in stores throughout the country, Canada and
Europe where Cd's are sold. We will post a release
date soon for John Cody's new Cd.
Take your time and look around. We had a lot of fun
putting the video clips together. Click below to see some
cool footage of John Cody Carter with Merle Haggard, The Strangers, Mike Brandt,
Willie Nelson, Freddy Powers, Roy Nichols, Steve Piticco,
Clint Strong, 'Coach' Darrell Royal, Bill McDavid, Dave
Jeffrey, The Double Down Ranch Band and more.
You can purchase John Cody's current CD, "Don't You Think It's Time", by
clicking
here
or by clicking on the "Store" link above. You can
also purchase it at Best Buy Music Outlets,
Borders, and various online stores such as
Walmart.com.
If your local record store is out of stock just request
them to order you a copy and they will be glad to re-stock
it for you.
John Cody Carter endorses
