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| Born | (1964-03-24)March 24, 1964 (age 61) Muscle Shoals, Alabama United States |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Website | pattersonhood |
Patterson David Hood (born March 24, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the bandDrive-By Truckers.
Hood was born inMuscle Shoals, Alabama, the son of Jan Patterson Adams andDavid Hood, the longtime bassist of theMuscle Shoals Rhythm Section. He has a younger sister, Lilla Hood.[1] His parents married young, and divorced when he was in college.[2] His mother later remarried.[1] Hood wrote the song "18 Wheels of Love" about their relationship.[3]
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. He went college at theUniversity of North Alabama, where he formed the band Adam's House Cat in 1985 with his friendMike Cooley, and the group wonMusician Magazine's Best Unsigned Band competition three years later. However, the band's regional acclaim didn't translate into significant commercial success, and its sole full-length album wasn't released until September 21, 1998.[4][5]
After Adam's House Cat split up, Hood and Cooley continued to work together. They eventually formed the Drive-By Truckers in 1996, following a mutual relocation toAthens, Georgia. Drawing equal influence from country and rock & roll, the Drive-By Truckers released their first album,Gangstabilly, in 1998.
Hood has released three solo albums in his career, beginning with 2004'sKillers and Stars onNew West Records, followed by the self-released (on Ruth St. Records)Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) in 2009 and 2012'sHeat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance forATO Records.
In 2012, Hood formed Patterson Hood and the Downtown 13 withMike Mills ofR.E.M.,John Bell and Todd Nance ofWidespread Panic, fellow TruckersJay 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 trackAfter It's Gone to protest the building of a newWal-Mart in downtown Athens.After It's Gone was released on 7" vinyl by ATO Records forRecord Store Day 2012.[6]
In 2020, Hood had a small role in the filmThe Dark Divide.[7]
On February 21, 2025, Hood released his fourth studio album,Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams, viaATO Records.[8]
Hood has been married three times. He began dating his current spouse, Rebecca Hood, in 2001. They have been married since 2004 and have two children[9][1] Hood moved toAthens, Georgia in April 1994,[2] where he lived for 21 years. He and his family relocated toPortland, Oregon in the summer of 2015.[10][11]
In July 2015, Hood was featured in aNew York Times editorial titled "The South’s Heritage Is So Much More Than a Flag" which discusses the misrepresentation of the history of the Confederate flag in the Southern United States.[12]
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