Cliff Cody
Dared to sing at Karaoke Night, Cliff Cody's life changed forever.
In 2024, Nashville songwriter Cliff Cody returns for the sixth year to the St. Augustine Songwriters Festival, the brain child of Arlis Albritton. In just the last year, he has co-written two songs on Jesse Rice’s number one award winning Pirate Sessions 5.
Named the 2023 Key West Entertainer of the Year, Cody will be back in the studio in Key West to record his third studio album, which will be co-produced by Grammy nominated producers, Arlis Albritton and Dave Brainard.
Cliff Cody's story began when he was working as a bouncer at a West Texas honky-tonk and a waitress dared him to sing at Karaoke Night. He sang and in the crowd there happened to be a band looking for a lead singer. The band offered him a job that same night and the next day Cliff bought himself a guitar. A week later he had written his first song, then six months later he moved to Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2005, he signed his first publishing contract with EMI/Sony Music and had his first cut with his single "Chasin' Whiskey," Rolling Stone recognized the song as a highlight on Julie Roberts' album, Men and Mascara. Cliff has had multiple cuts with other artists and bands such as Halfway to Hazard, Josh Thompson, and D. Vincent Williams. Now, Cliff is a regular, favorite performer for the Songwriters Festival in Key West, and has written a song for the book, The Shoe-Burnin'-Stories of Southern Soul, available on Amazon.
