Adam Hood has released his fourth digital single of the year, “Varnado” recorded at The Finishing School in Austin, TX. The essence, the emotion, the spirit and the institution of Southern music reside in Hood’s soul. Self-described as “The soulful side of southern music, the country side of southern music, the genuineness of southern culture.” The music is available for download and streaming and available on music platforms at https://go.adamhood.com/Vs.
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Adam Hood shared, “This song is a tribute to a place called Birdie’s Roadhouse that was located in the town of Varnado, just south of the horizontal Mississippi/Louisiana line. Justin Johnson, my co-writer and I played Birdie’s twice and had very memorable experiences in the beginning of our careers.”
When you’re on the road all day, the last thing you want to do is talk on the phone. Typically, we call home after sound check after we’ve settled in at the venue. However, this was way out past civilization and no one had phone reception. If you’ve ever been out of town and failed to “check-in”, you know that it doesn’t go over too well. So, Justin and I wrote a light-hearted, energetic song about staying in the dog house.
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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. A sound he describes as “southern songs. “It’s
southern music,’ Hood relates, “The soulful side of southern music, the country side of southern
music, the genuineness of southern culture, and how I grew up. It’s what I’ve always done.”
While initially making waves as a performer of his own songs, it has been other folks singing
those songs over the past decade that 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. To be released on Hood’s own independent label, fittingly called Southern Songs. Hood
is weaving 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.
The songs Hood wrote for this most recent collection demanded such a serious lineup of
session help. Bad Days Better is a deeply personal album. Adam Hood has lived a life full of
hills and valleys and spent years living in the valleys while trying to appear to the outward world
that he permanently resided on the hills. His countenance and resignation to be honest with
himself in all facets of life led to the most raw lyrics of his career. “I speak more than I want to
sometimes,” he says,” It makes me nervous to play it because I know it’s a vulnerable moment.”
That vulnerability and honesty in his music is just another layer to the Southern musical story for
which Adam Hood continues to write new chapters.
Adam Hood will always be found where there’s a stage, sharing his version of country music.
The essence, the emotion, the spirit and the institution of Southern music reside in Hood’s soul.
He will continue to write, perform and share that mastery with his audience for years to come.
“Music should get under your skin and make you think and make you feel,” he exclaims, ”Some
people get what I’m saying; some don’t. I want to say what I feel and hope others feel the same
Way.”
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