Jim Wood | |
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| Born | (1964-08-28)August 28, 1964 (age 60) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Occupation(s) | Fiddler, music director, |
| Instrument | Fiddle |
Jim Wood (born August 28, 1964) is an American fiddler and five-timeTennessee State Fiddle Champion.
Wood was born inNashville, Tennessee, on August 28, 1964, and raised outsideFairview, a little country town twenty-five miles southwest of Nashville. With 160 fiddle andmandolin championships (including fifteen state championships in Tennessee,Kentucky, andAlabama) between the years 1978 and 2001,Wood is one of the most decorated contest fiddlers in history. In addition, seventeen of his students have won either state or national titles, including national championsMike Snider and Maddie Denton.
Wood worked in the Nashville studio and live music scene until 1999. Wood and his wife, Inge, now reside inFlat Creek, just south ofShelbyville, Tennessee. He is the music director of the[1] Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra and operates the[2] Jim and Inge Wood School of Music. He writes for[3] Strings Magazine, The Devils Box,[4] Acoustic Guitar, and does a regular column for[5] Fiddler Magazine. He has fiddle and guitar instructional videos with[6] Homespun Tapes and the[7] Murphy Method and is featured in six instructional books with[8] String Letter Publishing/Hal Leonard.
Wood owns Pinewood Studio and his studio production credits include national championsPete Huttlinger and Shane Adkins and international starJohn Hartford. As a composer, he has completed classical commissions from theLutheran Church (Trinity Mass), the[9] Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, and the[10] Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra.
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