Cody Cannon sits outside his workshop in Palestine, Texas, talking down the line from a phone propped on his porch. Behind him lies the flat expanse of East Texas, where hunting, fishing and small-town family life have shaped his every move. He holds a jug at his side. He is polite, measured, even friendly, but sparing with his words. You sense he would much rather be working on his Toad Thumper fishing lure business or tackling a job around the house than explaining himself to the music press.
We hooked up to talk about the new Whiskey Myers album, Whomp Whack Thunder, on which all 11 songs bear a single songwriting credit – in Cannon’s name. The singer is quick to insist that this is not some new grand strategy.
