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Cody Spriggs

pronounced 'sk-WING-z'...long story

About Me

My full name is Cody Ryan Spriggs and I play bass guitar for the artist Todd Agnew . I grew up in Texarkana, TX and in the last year have relocated to Memphis, TN, where I am polishing up on my blues (no fear, I'll always be a die-hard Texan no matter where my house is). I came to the Agnew band through my good friend and fellow rhthym section brotha, Brian Wilson. We led worship and had a band together in Dallas, TX for several years leading up to Brian's departure in the summer of '03, when he joined up with his college buddy Todd. I got the call to fill in a couple of times in the next year when they were short a bassist, and eventually got the gig mid-summer of '04. Check out my blog site for more junk.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2007
Band Website: toddagnew.com
Band Members: Todd Agnew -Vocals, Acoustic and Electric guitars, and fiery darts of truth..haha
Brian Wilson -All things drums and comedy
Rob Ramsey -Electric guitars, and fashion extraordinaire
Jonathan Chu -Violin and coffeesupplier
The Farns -Sound, road-managing, and first out at poker
Influences: In no particular order, these are the guys who've made me want to study and shape my music as a bassist: J.V. Collier, Anthony Jackson, Tony Levin, Adam Nitti, Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden), Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai), Robert DeLeo (STP), James Jamerson, Pino Paladino, Michael Manring, Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power), Victor Wooten, Larry Graham (Sly&FS, Graham Central Station), P-Nut (311), Flea, Stefan Lessard, Dave Smith, Shaun Huberts, Jody Crump, James Yourman (Between Thieves)...just to name a few
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Ardent Mus..c
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Nellis AFB Las Vegas, NV

As Americans, we are truly blessed with the invaluable freedoms that we have, and for the first time, our band was able to give back to the men and women who serve to protect our country and our way o...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:09:00 PST

Christmas Promise Tour in Brief

A week after our Better Questions Tour wrapped up in Memphis, we headed back out on the road again. The Christmas Promise Tour consisted of our old friends at Newsong, Matthew West, and newcomer Brit...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:05:00 PST

Week 6 of The Better Questions Tour

This was a fun weekend. It definitely helped that we got to be home for the first time in over a month prior to going out, so that started this run off great for sure. We were able to play in some r...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:56:00 PST

Rock and roll in Montana? Yes, please.

Today we arrived in Kalispell, MT. I got off the bus to find a rancher herding his horses in his field located maybe twenty yards from the front door of the venue.....wow.....this is life in Montana....
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:56:00 PST

Redding, CA

Yesterday was our visit with some great friends from Little County Church in Redding, CA. Gene and his Outreach America ministry have really been a blessing in the past years, and it's always a pleas...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:33:00 PST

3rd week in

Here we are, already in California on the third week of shows. We've just finished loading in to a church in Yucaipa, CA. All the crew guys, and Joy, are in their bunks fast asleep, due to the earl...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:32:00 PST

My trek to Zimbabwe

For those of you who don't know, me and the guys work with a Christian Humanitarian organization called World Vision. In short, they help the poorest of the poor, especially those effected by AIDS, ...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:25:00 PST

Little Drummer Boy Video

This is a performance from Newsong of their take on "The Little Drummer Boy." They asked me, Brian, and Nate if we would play the quads (marching drums) to add effect. At the beginning of the song, we...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:56:00 PST

behind the name

So here's the story behind Squeengz, it takes too long in person so this works great. Before the days of getting to lay down the bass lines with Sir Agnew, I actually was an assistant teacher for a P...
Posted by Cody Spriggs on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST