CPMHOF Original Music Showcase Ft. Cody Tyler & Gypsy Convoy

You could call Cody Tyler & Gypsy Convoy “red dirt country,” but the rocky soil in coal country

and the rust belt, where Cody’s family has been rooted for centuries, is a few shades darker.

The songs on the band';s upcoming debut album are the product of Cody's musings while

hunting deep in the Pennsylvania wilderness. At 28 years old, his musical journey has just

begun, but his yearning to travel the open road with his songs written from his tree stand have

already taken him across the United States as a solo artist. Drawing heavy influence from the

likes of Waylon Jennings, Cody Jinks, The Allman Brothers Band, Jamey Johnson, Merle

Haggard, The Steel Woods, Tyler Childers, and Chris Stapleton, Cody's voice and guitar sport a

road-tested sound along with the seasoned musicians that make up Gypsy Convoy.

In 2020, the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame nominated Cody for two Central

Pennsylvania Music Awards for Best Male Vocalist and Best Country Act, and the band was

nominated for Best Country Band in 2021 by the CPMHOF. He was also a Top 150 vocalist for

Season 14 of NBC’s The Voice, reaching the executive producer callback auditions in Los

Angeles. In 2019, he was the runner-up in the Tumbleweed Country Music Festival Rising Star

Talent Search, which featured over 300 country music artists from the US and Canada. He was

also a top-3 finalist at the 2018 I-105 WIOV Showdown in the Park in New Holland, PA.

Nick & Joel at KVOK Radio in Oklahoma had this to say about the band’s song “Eagle Tattoo,”

an ode to Cody’s ancestors and his brother, who have and are currently serving in the US

military: “It sure is nice when a song is actually about something. We give it a 9/10. It has a

great message and Cody‘s lyrics paint the picture really well through the whole song.”

The band’s debut album, Stare Your Demons Down, was recorded at Think Loud Studios in

York, PA and Full Tilt Productions in Mechanicsburg, PA. Cody describes its sound as “dusty

like the coal mines and rusty like the steel mills. It’s soulful and bluesy country for Appalachian

folks that want to kick up their boots.”

Host or Publisher Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (HMAC)