North Bay's Cory Marks is celebrating the release of his latest album today.
"Who I Am" contains many autobiographical, guitar-driven songs– including fan favorite “Outlaws & Outsiders.” (see below)
He started writing the songs back in 2015 and says it includes 13 tracks and is "a perfect mix of country music and rock and roll.
"I'm really excited to have it out," Marks told CKAT. "The good, bad and ugly, it's got a little bit of everything in there, of course, kind of explaining 'Who I Am' and again through the good and the bad I think there's a lot of things in there that people can relate to," Marks says.
A few singles have already been released, dating back to late November, and are being well received.
"'Outlaws and Outsiders' now has over 20-million streams globally, we're top five in Germany and we got to top 10 in the U.S. in rock radio. It's been pretty amazing and now 'Drive' is at Canadian Country Radio and I'm hoping for my first top 10 right here in Canada," he says.
"It's been a long time comin' and I've wanted this record out for a long time and it's finally nice to have this music out and see the way the whole world is relating to it and they're as excited as I am so that's awesome to see."
The local entertainer was supposed to be on a 36 date U.S. tour right now, but that's changed because of the pandemic.
"Taking in the little things being at home, spending time with family, doing a lot of writing to set up for the next record. It's given me a lot of time to write and I think as a songwriter we've had a lot of things to write about considering the circumstances around the world and things are a little bit crazy right now," Marks says.
"We're missing the road and can't wait for the world to get back to normal to get back on the road."
Marks says he was thinking of getting back out in the fall, but now doesn't think that will work out.
As for the tour, he says right now it's been pushed to 2021.
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Watch Outlaws and Outsiders below.
