Cody and the Gateway Drugs

 Cody Sokolski’s Rock ’n’ Roll odyssey began in New York City, with digressions to (among other places): Vermont, London, Boston, out West, and back to New York City again. There were lots of famous names, great music, lost chances and desperate evenings. Maybe one of those, or all of those things brought us to The Great Midwestern Adventure. Within months of moving and giving up on the notion of playing in a band, Cody found himself playing 3 full hours a night in a local road house band. This went on for brief fifteen years during his so-called hiatus. It toughened up his playing and his outlook. He saw firsthand, night after night, good decent working folks who lived with the false promises of hope & reward. The forgotten America. The ones people have the audacity to write off. The time away was not wasted. Compared to Tom Waits, Greg Dulli and Paul Westerberg, with inspiration drawn from Ray Davies, the Replacements, Joni Mitchell, and Ian Hunter, Cody crafted Songs From The New Depression. With the Gateway Drugs – Keith, Jenny and Jeff – three of the raunchiest and realest people you could ever hope to meet in a dark alley, Cody returns with Songs For the New Depression: desperate evenings, broken promises, great music.

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