Background
Hood was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the son of January Patterson Adams and David Hood, the longtime bassist of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. His mother later remarried.
Hood was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the son of January Patterson Adams and David Hood, the longtime bassist of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. His mother later remarried.
University of North Alabama.
He has a younger sister, Lilla Hood. Hood wrote the song 18 Wheels of Love about their relationship. Hood began writing songs at the age of eight, and by the time he was 14 he was playing guitar in a local rock band.
However, the band"s regional acclaim didn"t translate into significant commercial success, and its sole full-length album was never released.
After Adam"s House Cat split up, Hood and Cooley continued to work together. They eventually formed the in 1996, following a mutual relocation to Athens, Georgia. Drawing equal influence from country and rock & roll, the released their first album, Gangstabilly, in 1998.
Hood has released three solo albums in his career, beginning with 2004"s Killers and Stars on New West Records, followed by the self-released (on Ruth Street Records) Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) in 2009 and 2012"s Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance for ATO Records. In 2012, Hood formed with Mike Mills of R.E.M., John Bell and Todd Nance of Widespread Panic, fellow Truckers Jay Gonzalez, Brad Morgan, John Neff and David Barbe, and Athens musicians Claire Campbell, Lera Lynn, Henry Barbe, Brannen Miles, Carter King and Payton Bradford. the collective was formed to record a track After lieutenant"s Gone to protest the building of a new Wal-Mart in downtown Athens, Georgia. After lieutenant"s Gone was released on 7" vinyl by ATO Records for Record Store Day 2012.