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When you meet Johnny Rodes, you are struck by the polite power in his voice and manner. Here’s a man who could kick your butt up and down Music Row physically and musically, but he is too much of a (Southern) (Country) gentleman for that. He waits until he is onstage to unleash the fury through his high-energy performances. You watch, and you listen to the music, and you are reminded that the outlaw is there, riding shotgun all the time. You are breathing the same intoxicating air as that genre-bending, rule-breaking rebel – JOHNNY RODES. That’s right! He has a rebel tattoo on his arm and the South forever tattooed on his heart. Ask him about his epic tune, “28 Miles to Go,” and he’ll tell you with pride, “The South didn’t lose the war – the North went home. The video for this song (possibly the most expensive video ever produced by an indie artist) features Johnny as his former stage name self, Johnny Reb. Johnny Rodes’ CD SOUTHERN ETIQUETTE is too new for us to recognize ...