Cody McCarver replaced original member Chris McDaniel as the keyboard player in Confederate Railroad in 1999, appearing on albums including Cheap Thrills (2007) with the group. His debut solo album, Peace, Love & Coondawgs, was released by Aspirion Records on October 31, 2006. E1 Records (formerly KOCH) joined with his PLC label to release his second album, Cody McCarver, on September 15, 2009. ~ William Ruhlmann