Cody Carnes ’ new project God is Good has boldly been recently released . It a thematicbased collection of mostly new songs for the church . We caught up with Cody recently and as always , enjoyed his heart for the Kingdom and the Church .
[ WM ] I just got back from Texas .
[ Cody Carnes ] Oh , nice . The Homeland for me .
[ WM ] I know that . Yup . Texarkana , Corsicana , Waco , Austin , Dallas , and Lyndale , and all stops between . And twice we stopped at Buc-ee ’ s for a brisket sandwich which brings up a couple of things . In my touring days , we did not have Buc-ee ’ s , we had Stuckey ’ s , and Buc-ee ’ s is a lot better way to break the monotony of a tour bus than Stuckey ’ s , right ?
[ Cody ] Yep . I ’ ve seen a few of those .
[ WM ] And so this story dovetails into the next one . Yesterday we had barbecue here in Tennessee and of course I just was fresh off Buc-ee ’ s . Their brisket is great and so I ordered a brisket sandwich here in Tennessee . I said to the cashier , “ What drinks do you have that are diet ?” And she says , “ We have Diet Coke .” And I said , “ So you don ’ t have anything else ?” And she says , “ We can make a Diet Dr . Pepper for you .”
[ Cody ] What ?
[ WM ] That ’ s what I said ! I asked , “ How do you do that ? And she says in a heavy , small-town accent , “ Well , we take Diet Coke and we add Dr . Pepper to it .” And she was serious !
[ Cody ] ( laughing ) That is amazing , man .
[ WM ] It was so funny I couldn ’ t believe it . I thought she was kidding at first , but she was not .
[ Cody ] She was like , “ Why are you laughing ?”
[ WM ] Yeah . Well , so y ’ all are well , everything ’ s good ?
[ Cody ] Yeah , we ’ re doing great . We ’ re home . We just got off tour with Elevation for three weeks and we ’ re home now for a bit while I release this album . And so , we ’ re doing good . Kids are good . They ’ re in school . One of them is in school , one of them is home . So , we ’ re just living it up at home .
[ WM ] Good deal . Well , so tell us about the live recording for God is Good . What was it like ? What was your level of anticipation for it ? And did you sense anticipation to connect with the Lord within the crowd ?
[ Cody ] Yes , the live recording exceeded my expectations to be honest and I had high expectations and had high excitement . But photo : Ashley Wright