In a world where music is accepted as a means of emotional control, there will be many artists who stand out as leaders of their particular cause. While many tend to lean more towards betrayal or misfortune to get their point across, few tend to share the fact that they ride a fence of belief in spirituality and love in a true form. Few possess the desire to question what is real in their own heart and soul before they lead the listener down their own path of conviction.

Enter a songwriter on the verge of finding himself… a band on the verge of finding its cause… in an industry on the verge of losing its soul.

When you hear a front-man like Cord Carpenter sing of his trials and tribulations you can’t help but recognize each emotion that aided to the songwriting. The music was created as a form of release of emotional control, but is received by his fans as emotional support. While each song can vary from the most positive of feeling to the most delicate, you can’t help but take away something thought provoking, honest and pure.

 After over 10 years in the Texas music scene, sharing the stage with multiple musicians, 2 EPs (CORD & The Criminal Kind), 3 Full length albums (CORD), a record deal and nationwide touring Cord Carpenter has returned to his roots in country music and southern rock n’ roll.
In August 2011, Cord Carpenter released his first full length album, Nights on the Old No. 9.  This album will give vaguely familiar sounds to his fans,  so vague that many are in for a surprise.  It will take us to night’s that tell stories about shared time with friends and family.  The TRUE reasons in life that inspired Cord Carpenter to create his music. Nights on the Old No. 9 will bring back feelings of love and hate,  times of pain and joy and the ideas of what’s wrong and right to all who listen.