Song List: Mountain Rosalie, Baltimore I’m Leaving, Fiddler’s Rock, Looking at the World Through a Windshield, Please Tell Me Why, Gotta Get My Baby Back, Petals in the Fall, Endless Highway, Otto Wood, I Call Her Sunshine, Let All the Girls Know You’re a Cowboy, My Home in Virginia.
When your band is decked out with rhinestones and fringes, you are certainly bound to attract attention and invite a listen. Kody and his band have the vocal and instrumental skills to provide entertainment and delight to audiences throughout the country. They’ve already visited 48 states and will no doubt add more states and countries to their travels. They have already won several Entertainers of the Year awards, and this second collection of songs on Rebel Records is evidence they may get another one.
The band includes Kody Norris on guitar and lead vocals, Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris on fiddle and mandolin and vocals, Josiah Tyree on banjo and vocals, and Charlie Lowman on bass.
The songs have classic country themes, and the traveling and contrast between city life and country values shows up in Kody’s original “ Baltimore I’m Leaving” and the female counterpart in Mary’s lead vocal in “Endless Highway.” More pairings between Kody and Mary would be entertaining and they could easily develop a classic country duet partnership. Rhonda Vincent has called Kody a “modern day Jimmy Martin,” and he does give a heartfelt delivery as the songs tell of love for “Mountain Rosalie,” the seasonal love of “Petals in the Fall” and “Please Tell Me Why.” The appeal of a flashy cowboy is detailed in “Let All the Girls Know You’re a Cowboy,” and the hurried return to a love is found in Kody’s “Gotta Get My Baby Back.” “Fiddler’s Rock” retells the legend of a killer in the mountains, and “Otto Wood” is a legendary outlaw who escaped jail many times. Stories of life, love, and the open road are sure to appeal to listeners, and the Kody Norris Show makes sure to provide a compelling delivery especially when decked out in hats and rhinestones!