Country up-and-comer Cody Hibbard’s goal is simple: to remain as unapologetically himself as possible. After a lifetime of going the way of the wind, overcoming obstacles most never experience, why would he be anything but? “I’ve fought for the life I have. I’ve fought life itself. So I’m not changing for anybody.” Hibbard’s upcoming project Long Ride In A Short Bed is laced with this sentiment – from the subject matter of the 10 included songs, like the grit-based, drum driven “Set In My Ruts” and sentimental ballad “Backroad To Heaven,” to the earnest delivery of each tune – his brazen brand of blue collar honesty radiates, setting the stage for an artist driven by what comes naturally rather than what an industry expects of him.