Cody Chesnutt

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Cody ChesnuTT
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia
Genre(s)	R&B, neo soul
Occupation(s)	composer, performer, musician
Associated acts	The Crosswalk

Cody ChesnuTT is an American musician of Jamaican descent from Atlanta, Georgia, whose music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip-hop, and blues. Chesnutt and his former band, The Crosswalk, had a brief stint with Hollywood Records in which they were later booted from the label. The band subsequently broke up and Chesnutt released a double LP in 2002 entitled The Headphone Masterpiece, which was recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder in his bedroom recording studio, which he calls "The Sonic Promiseland".

His closest brush with mainstream success came in 2002, when the hip-hop group The Roots remade a song from his album, "The Seed", for their album, Phrenology. The remade version was entitled "The Seed (2.0)" to distinguish it from Chesnutt's original version. Chesnutt plays guitar and sings vocals on the track, and appears in its music video, which received heavy airplay on MTV and BET. At the height of his popularity, Chesnutt's backing band consisted of drummer Craig Waters, now with the band The Bellrays, and bassist Aaron Ebensperger. In October 2003, Cody Chesnutt was nominated for the prestigious Shortlist Award, and performed in the ceremony for the prize at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA.

In 2006, Chesnutt appeared in the music documentary "Dave Chappelle's Block Party", which was originally recorded in September of 2004. In 2007 he performed at the Pop Montreal music festival as one of the headliners.

Many acclaimed musicians count Cody Chesnutt as an exciting force within the field of music.^[1] In an interview on MTV's Subterranean, Radiohead's Thom Yorke listed the singer as one of his favorite new acts.

Chesnutt took an indefinite hiatus from the music industry, following the birth of his son in 2004.^{[citation needed]} However, in 2006, he recorded the track "Boils" for the 4AD records album Plague Songs. Also in 2006, Chesnutt's MySpace page announced an upcoming album titled The Live Release, which he has been performing around the world.

He currently resides in Florida.^[1]