Born and raised in Dunlap Tennessee Cody McCarver spent 12 years in the multiplatinum country music band Confederate Railroad After selling over 6 million records Cody McCarver signed his own recording contract and headed to Los Angeles to record his selftitled solo CD at Capital Studios in Hollywood Three videos reached 1 on CMT Pure and Cody was named Music Rows Independent Artist for three consecutive years His outlaw approach to his recordings and stage show spawned an acting career for Cody is the movie Cole Younger and the Black Train Along with Jason Harbour Cody also wrote and recorded the theme song for Cole Younger the Black Train entitled Outlaws Trains The music video appeared on CMT and spawned a tour with David Allan Coe called The Outlaws Trains Tour