The official music video for acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Cody Jinks’ song “Hurt You” debuts today – the first official video of Jinks’ career. Watch/share HERE. Filmed at the Thistle Hill Estate in Whitesboro, Texas, “Hurt You” was directed by Amos David McKay with Austin-based production outlet Two Headed Boy, in association with Fort Worth’s Red Production Company.
The video adds to a landmark year for Jinks, who will be touring throughout the summer, including upcoming shows at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, the Rosemont Theater in Chicago, the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham and the Ameris Bank Amphitheater in Atlanta. as well as festival headliners at Oklahoma’s Born and Raised Festival, Montana’s Under The Big Sky Festival, and Mississippi’s Mudbug Music Festival. See below for the full itinerary. Ticket details can be found at www.codyjinks.com/all-events.
The performances further celebrate Jinks’ acclaimed new album, Pitywho continues to cement his position as one of the country’s hottest independent artists (stream/purchase here). From the record, released on his own Late August Records, Billboard praises, “soaks up the influence of artists such as Merle Haggard or Alan Jackson … he can kick off a classic country song with the best of them”, while the Minneapolis Tribune of Stars declares, “the king of the indie country scene” and Mxdwn proclaims, “Jinks masterfully dissects emotion and aligns it with what the music says. Overall, and unsurprisingly, Cody Jinks has found a way to present another amazing project in Pity.”
Since the release of his Gold-certified record in 2015, Adobe Sessionswhich features his platinum-certified, fan-favorite song “Loud and Heavy,” Jinks went on to release five more studio albums: 2016 I am not the devil2018 sentenced to life2019 Want it and After the fire and last year’s Pity. Additionally, Jinks has sold over 2 million equivalent units throughout his career, garnered over 2.7 billion streams across all platforms, and has 2.4 million monthly Spotify listeners. Additionally, he was named MusicRow‘s 2021 “Independent Artist of the Year” after receiving the most radio spins for an independent artist and was named Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Single of the Year by Texas Radio in 2020. Known for his tenacious approach to the grassroots, Jinks has continued to receive widespread attention in recent years with rolling stone declaring, “one of the hottest new stars in outlaw country”, while Paste praised, “His raw, local country sound borrows from the usual ancestors – Waylon, Willie, Kris, Merle and Johnny among them – while sounding perfectly in tune with today’s mainstream American insurgent breed.”
CODY JINKS CONFIRMS TOUR DATES
May 12-Tupelo, MS-BancorpSouth Arena*
May 14-Natchez, MS-Mudbug Music Festival
May 20-Corpus Christi, TX-Concrete Street Amphitheatre+
May 21-Houston, TX-Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion+
May 27-Rogers, AR-Amphitheater Walmart+
May 28-Dallas, TX-Dos Equis Pavilion+
May 29-Camdenton, MO-Ozarks Amphitheater+
July 15-Whitefish, MT-Under The Big Sky Festival
July 22-Chicago, IL-Rosemont Theatre^
July 23-Columbus, OH-Buckeye Country Superfest at Ohio Stadium
August 11 – Biloxi, MS-MS Coast Coliseum‡
August 12-Birmingham, AL-Oak Mountain Amphitheatre‡
August 13-Atlanta, GA-Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡
September 17-Pryor, OK-Born and Raised Festival
*with special guest Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
+ with special guests Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Whitey Morgan
^ with special guest Ward Davis
‡with special guest Clint Black
Photo credits: Jason Deramo
