Cody Weathers

Scat-rock is your catnip.  It's an itching spell, and once you get it, gotta scratch it.  Meow!  Cody & The Men Your Mama Warned You About deliver their trademark slinky feral acoustic caterwaul until you purr and rub the nearest table leg with the purest contented feline appreciation.  Recorded live for the EthosLive TV show.

Special guest guitarist David Ingram joins Cody & The Men Your Mama Warned You About for this saucy rendition of the old Flip Nasty classic "Leave Me Be."  Also, something just plain gets into Tim.
 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About perform this funky arrangement of the fan favorite with a blistering tongue-twister scat, unshakable groove, and a good long look at Cody's statuesque profile.  Gr-r-r-r-owr!  Recorded for EthosLive TV show in Portland, May 2010. 

Winter Heat 

Cody & The Men Your Mama Warned You About switch it up for this slow, tender version of "Winter Heat," originally from Cody's days with ROQUE.  Evan lays back and tastefully lets it swing, Tim nails the pocket, and Cody hypnotizes himself into believing he can carry a tune on the ivories.

Jan2010

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About perform a tight, grooving version of this song from "Least Significant Failures" if I do say so myself.  WARNING: video may cause "Nerd Fever."  If you experience booty palpitations, including the need to shake or otherwise display your booty, please seek medical attention from Groove Doctor Tim.  Filmed live at Elevated Coffee 12/19/09. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About roll with the punches and dish out another classic smarmy intro in this high-voltage live version of "Mad About You."  

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About launch the shockingly-passionate crowd clean into space with this swanky 5/4 burner.  Houston, the scat-rock has landed. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About close out their most raucous set to date with this groovetastic version of "Coyote."  Hooliganery and grinchninnery ensue.
Sure, it's real dark, but as you know, all sorts of awesome stuff can happen in the dark.  Recorded live at The Flip Side 2/26/10. 

uberguitarist David Ingram joins Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned you about for a sizzling sonic exploration of "Make Still Your Wings."  Evan's just thankful for the 20-minute soundcheck.  I'm sure you've never seen any internet nightvision video as riveting as this before!

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About get under your skin and implant you with all their special goodness in this high-quality live TV performance from the Ethos Live soundstage in Portland, OR. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About showcase an acoustic version of this unreleased UFO Catcher track, a prayer of sorts for fathers.  As with all penitent acts, this begins with a good dose of caffeine. 

Least Significant Failures version of "Leave Me Be" over "Super X-League Wonder Justice Friends: Episode I"

Living quietly and completely unobtrusively --by which I mean with no obtrusion of any kind-- among us, there are certain individuals with unusual talents and abilities which, if mustered together, could somehow be combined to fight crime in some very specific and creative way which we'll figure out for Episode II. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About cook something up for this hot-night special version of "Something Out."  Why is Evan facing sideways?  Because if he were to turn the full power of his groovaliciousness directly at the audience, it would violate the fire code. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About up the degree of difficulty for bassist Tim Krajcar by cutting off his line of sight during this piano version of a song he's never played with Cody before.  But there is no stopping Tim from rocking out with your silly parlor tricks. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About reach WAAAAY back and break out the grand piano to revisit Cody's little-known 1991 ROQUE song, "Tell Me."  A minor perimeter breach mid-song causes Cody to momentarily stumble over the chords, but security quickly restores order. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About groove in 7/8 after unsuccessfully tying this song's Herzogian inspiration to the current migration of a group of neo-Alaskans in the audience.  Just as Werner would've wanted it. 

Listen

Unplugged?  Unproblem.  Cody, bassist Tim Krajcar, and percussionist Evan Whitacre close out their 12/2/09 Capitol Coffee Bistro show with an unrehearsed, unpredictable version of "Listen"

Dec2009

No One Could 

Cody & The Men Your Mama Warned You About (Tim Krajcar & Evan Whitacre) play a highly-interactive version of No One Could in the intimate, unplugged environs of Capitol Coffee Bistro 12/2/09 

Dec2009

Put your Goodfoot forward!  Cody Weathers and The Men Your Mama Warned You About kick off a short set at the Goodfoot in Portland, OR with this full-band version of "At First Sight," showcasing the talents of bassist Tim Krajcar and drummer Evan Whitacre.  Meanwhile, Cody scats comfortably from that specially-arranged stool of his.
 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About deliver this funky, percussive acoustic version of "24 Bad Ones," originally off Cody's Haardvark album.  Song followed by unapproved goofiness inappropriate to its central theme. 
 

Catnip (full band)

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About set the record straight about the true origins of this hypnotic wonder shuffle.  Meow, my friend!  Meow.  Cody Weathers: vox/guitar, Tim Krajcar: bass, Evan Whitacre: drums 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About throw this song through the old gravity slingshot and send it hurtling into the unexplored far reaches of our glorious solar system.  Possibly more energy than comet Shoemaker-Levy. 

Audiences don't always hear ghost bands, but highly-sensitive paranormal scat-rock researchers with actual Ph.D's from real universities and everything claim that bands such as these may just hold the key to understanding another dimension --a dimension of pure awesome.  Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About can be found haunting Portland's spookiest emporiums.  Get your infrared specs and ghost-hunting gear and find 'em to tap into the other side! 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About open their set on the EthosLive Portland Music TV showcase with this staple of their catalog.  Why does drummer Evan Whitacre seem so relaxed, you ask?  Simple: he knows that when you fall in love with this song, you'll be able to download its original album version free from CodyWeathers.com. 

Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About showcase their flagship song on the EthosLive TV show.  Psychedelic background customized for your viewing enjoyment.  

And you thought the solar system decals were just for show!  Cody Weathers & The Men Your Mama Warned You About send out a heartfelt scat power ballad to all of their fans who may or may not have lost a love to outer space.  Recorded for EthosLive TV show May 2010.
 

Subtitles reveal the tongue-twister lyrics long presumed by many to be just

another auctioneer-style scat. 

Shot live at 9Muses in Portland, OR 

ROQUE's "Little Miss NYC" (as remixed for the 1998 "Songs You Hate" album) over guitarist John Speranza's entire short student film "Vampires: They Come From Space."  The film tells the epic auteur's struggle to perfect his vision for the film "Space Vampires," only to fall astray of the beacon of the universal artistic wavelength. 

Flip Nasty's "Dead Man's Blues" (album version) over guitarist John Speranza's entire short 8mm student film "St. John of the Cross."  The film restructures a mashup of found footage and cutting-room scraps into a haunting pastiche of virtue, sin, redemption, light, dark, and the revelation in between.  Alternately, no meaning was intended. 

Joy to the World (XMas)

Cody & The Men Your Mama Warned You About get a little help from special guest Ama Bentley in rendering this *completely public domain* holiday classic. Some members of the audience get confused about the finer points of fair use, but are quickly set straight.  Recorded at Elevated Coffee 12/19/09. 

Dec2009