Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living. I'm your host, Sid Evans.

And today I'm talking with a guy who's about as Texan as they come.

Cody Johnson was born and raised in a little place called Sebastopol, Texas, about a half-hour northeast of Huntsville. It was the kind of

small community where everybody knew everybody. And his family went to a small country church

where his musical interest and skill found an audience. When he was 18, he went to work with his

father in the prison system, an intense experience that taught him a lot

about how to read people, and one that also found its way into his songs. And if all that weren't

enough for his Texas credentials, he also got into bull riding and has more recently put his passion

into team roping and breeding cutting horses.

As for his music, he's been racking up CMA, CMT, and other awards.

He has a new song called That's Texas that's lighting up audiences far outside the Lone Star State, and his growing career has him collaborating with the likes of Carrie Underwood.

We'll discuss all that, why he got a tattoo on the bottom of his foot,

and a funny story about his grandmother's banana pudding,

all in this week's biscuits and jam.

Music Cody Johnson, welcome to Viscuits and Jam.

Appreciate it.

Where am I reaching you right now?

You look like you might be on the road.

Yeah, we started out in Alabama for Dean Dillon, Saw Riders and Stories Tribute.

It was really cool.

And then we had to go to Nashville yesterday to do a ton of interviews, album release stuff. And then last night we had a double number one party for the painter and dirt cheap at the BMI headquarters.

Then we got on the bus at about midnight and drove to St. Paul, Minnesota for a show tonight.

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