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ADAM HOOD BRINGS HIS SPECIAL BLEND OF COUNTRY SOUL AND AMERICAN ROOTS
Southern songwriter and artist Adam Hood has offered fans the perfect gift to celebrate the arrival of autumn with the release of his newly-updated 2007 album, Adam Hood’s Different Groove.
The blend of country, soul and American Roots music showcases Hood’s years of matured musicianship, reimagining the staples of his catalog with a fresh perspective.
The new music is available for streaming and download https://go.adamhood.com/DGa
The first time Adam Hood recorded Different Groove, he had never crossed the Mississippi River, much less set foot on a plane.
He was very green and it took him three years of traveling to and from California to record the album.
Midway through recording, he began his three-year Leon Russell adventure, opening shows for Russell’s band all over the country.
Just Hood and his drummer.
Like all of us, his life has changed drastically in 15 years.
Professionally, his style has evolved, his guitar playing has developed, and a number of the record’s songs have taken on a life of their own.
“After spending some time with The Band of Heathens, I felt like Gordy Quist would be the producer to give the album a new ‘groove,’
ADAM HOOD
“I hope that anyone that has a connection in time to the original version finds a home for this new version as well.”
ADAM HOOD
“Songs as timelessly good”
We tried to just keep things groovy, greasy, and honest, very much like Adam’s personality and hopefully creating a timeless sound to go with all the years of living now baked into these songs.,”
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ADAM HOOD’S DIFFERENT GROOVE TRACK LIST
1. 22 DAYS TOO LONG (ADAM HOOD, PETE ANDERSON)
2. SHELLY (ADAM HOOD)
3. NEVER COMES EASY ( ADAM HOOD, PETE ANDERSON)
4. CARS, TRUCKS AND ME (ADAM HOOD)
5. BUZZES LIKE NEON ( ADAM HOOD, STEPHEN MOSS)
6. FOOL OF AN HONEST MAN ( ADAM HOOD, PETE ANDERSON)
7. DIFFERENT GROOVE (ADAM HOOD)
8. LATE NIGHT DINER (ADAM HOOD, PETE ANDERSON)
9. VARNADO (ADAM HOOD, JUSTIN JOHNSON)
10. WHOLE TOWN TALKING ( ADAM HOOD, PETE ANDERSON)
as these deserved a revisiting with Adam’s soulful voice and stories at the center of it all
We recorded this version at The Finishing School, in Austin.
The release of Different Groove was monumental in my career and something I’m still proud of.
Gordy Quist served as Producer on Adam Hood’s Different Groove, assembling the players and the recording team to give these songs fresh arrangements and sounds.
The album was recorded and mixed at The Finishing School, a recent hotbed for roots music coming out of Austin, Texas.
Both engineering and mixing was done by Jim Vollentine and the music was mastered by Chris Longwood.
Studio musicians included the talents of Adam Hood (lead vocals, acoustic guitars), Richard Millsap (drums and percussion), Trevor Nealon (pianos, organs, synths), David Jimenez (lead guitar), Nick Jay (bass guitar and background vocals), Matt Tedder (additional guitar) and Kelley Mickwee and Gordy Quist (background vocals).
ABOUT ADAM HOOD
The tapestry of Southern music in America is rich, vivid and diverse.
Adam Hood is an artist who exudes that substantial musical lineage each time he straps on his Telecaster for a show or picks up his pen to write a song.
The roots of his Opelika, AL upbringing inform his musicality and guide his soul-stirring lyrics.
He paints the characters of his songs with the wisdom that can only be derived by thousands of miles spent behind the steering wheel chasing the next musical adventure from one coast to the next.
He delivers the words he writes with verve, passion and a smooth, confident voice that only comes from an artist who truly believes in each word springing forth to the microphone.
Hood has carved out a career that has taken him from playing for tips acoustically in his hometown as a teenager to fronting a band on the biggest stages of roots music.
Adam Hood has a yearning deep inside, a calling, to share his take on what country music should sound like. It is a soulful and profound version of the genre that mixes in elements of assorted styles to create something uniquely Adam Hood.
music, the genuineness of southern culture, and how I grew up.
While initially making waves as a performer of his own songs, other folks singing those songs over the past decade have added a new layer to Adam Hood’s formidable career.
Always a capable and relatable songwriter, Hood has found his way by adeptly crafting songs that created stirring scenes and powerful emotions.
An impressive roster of artists have recorded songs from Adam Hood’s pen, including Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Whiskey Myers, Cody Jinks and Travis Tritt.
While Hood’s songwriting profile has continued to shine over the years, his own recorded and touring output has remained a vital part of the broader country music landscape.
Hood’s latest album is titled Bad Days Better. An effort that was recorded in the famed Capricorn Studios in Macon, GA with Brent Cobb at the helm.
The vibes and feel of the historic studio helped Cobb and Hood guide this project alongside the energy of past studio inhabitants such as Otis Redding.
The Allman Brothers Band, Marshall Tucker Band and Charlie Daniels Band, among others.
Hood’s own independent label, fittingly called Adam Hood’s Southern Songs weaves his present day among the echoes of his heroes and biggest influences, creating a sound, style and moment that is all his own.
Honing in on Adam Hood’s bedrock musical qualities pushed the Bad Days Better project forward with a true sense of purpose.
The ghosts of consoles and melodies past imbued each song laid down over four days. In some ways, this experience culminated the myriad of experiences that led Adam Hood to this place in his life.
The freshly sober family man recording inside the same walls as the musical icons of his youth, the go-to songwriter of the moment when an artist wants something with grit and groove, acclaimed live performer that’s packed out thousands of venues.
all of it is found in the music Hood wrote for this record.
An exceptional cast of collaborators that included Brit Turner, Richard Turner and Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke helped lay down the musical tracks.
And the background vocals are singularly provided by Miranda Lambert.
