Jeff Wood (singer)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jeff Wood

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jeffrey Scott Wood
Born = birth date and age|1968|5|10
Origin = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Instrument = Vocals
Keyboards
Bass guitar
Genre = Country
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1994-present
Label = Liberty
Imprint
Associated_acts = Garth Brooks
John Michael Montgomery
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Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Wood (born May 10, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahomacite web |url=http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kzfqxq8gldae~T1 |title=Jeff Wood Biography |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Leaver |first=Jack |work=Allmusic] ) is an American country music artist. Wood was signed to a publishing contract in 1994, writing songs for other country artists, including "Cowboy Love", a Top 5 hit for John Michael Montgomery in 1996.

He was first signed to Liberty Records that year, but did not release anything while on the label. By 1997, Wood signed to Imprint Records, releasing his debut album "Between the Earth and the Stars". This album produced three chart singles for Wood on the Hot Country Songs charts that year, including the #44-peaking "You Just Get One". Although he did not chart again after 1997, Wood continued to write songs for other artists into the 2000s, including Neal McCoy and Phil Vassar.

Biography

Jeff Wood was born May 10, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He later attended Oklahoma State University, where he earned a degree in finance. [cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67891953.html |title=Wood's first disc worth a long wait. |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Phillips |first=Carole L. |date=1997-01-23 |work=The Cincinnati Post] One of Wood's classmates was Garth Brooks, who, like Wood, had aspirations to become a country music artist. Eventually, both singers moved to Nashville, Tennessee to begin their respective careers.

Wood was signed to a songwriting contract with EMI Publishing in 1994. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "Cowboy Love", which was a Top 5 hit on the country charts for John Michael Montgomery in early 1996. Liberty Records signed Wood to a recording contract later that year;cite web |url=http://www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu/George-Anne/arc3/fal97/1002ent.html#ent2 |title=Jeff Wood: Is he just another pretty face or a true country talent? |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Bruce |first=Robbie |date=1997-10-02 |work=The George-Anne Daily] this contract was short-lived, however, with no albums or singles being released during his tenure on Liberty.

By the end of the year, he had signed to his second recording contract, this time with a newly-started independent label known as Imprint Records. His debut album was released on February 11, 1997. Entitled "Between the Earth and the Stars", it received mixed reviews from critics. Jeffrey B. Remz of "Country Standard Time" described the album as "pleasant enough sounding" and "usually maintain [ing] country sensibilities" although it "produce [d] no surprises", [cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1366 |title=Jeff Wood - Between the Earth and the Stars |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Remz |first=Jeffrey B. |date=1997 |work=Country Standard Time] while Allmusic critic Jack Leaver, who gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, called it "a mostly mellow set… that should appeal to the fans of the Dave Loggins-meets-John Berry school of country pop." [cite web |url=http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqthldhe |title=Jeff Wood - Between the Earth and the Stars |accessdate=2008-06-21 |last=Leaver |first=Jack |work=Allmusic] The San Antonio "Express-News", however, called it an "impressive debut". [cite news |first=Wiley |last=Alexander |title=S.A.'s Stringfellow a key to Branson boom |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB03D9F6343C3A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=San Antonio Express-News |page=17 |date=1996-12-01 |accessdate=2008-06-22]

Three of the album's singles entered the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. His highest-peaking single, "You Just Get One", reached #44. This song was co-written by Don Schlitz and Vince Gill (the latter of whom who also played guitar and mandolin on the album), and was previously cut by Ty Herndon on his 1995 debut album "What Mattered Most". "Between the Earth and the Stars" also produced minor chart singles in "Use Mine" and "You Call That a Mountain", which peaked at #55 and #63, respectively. Imprint closed at the end of 1997, however, and Wood was left without a record label. He continued to write songs for other artists, including Tracy Byrd, Neal McCoy, and Phil Vassar.

In 2008, Wood returned to recording, issuing an album entitled "Raw Wood" on a personal label. Its first single is a song entitled "Long Way from OK", a re-recording of a song previously found on his debut album. Wood also released a Christmas album and a religious-themed album.

Discography

"Between the Earth and the Stars" (1997)

Infobox Album
Name = Between the Earth and the Stars
Type = studio
Artist = Jeff Wood


Released = start date|1997|2|11
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 36:12
Label = Imprint
Producer = Mark Bright
Kevin Beamish
Reviews = *Allmusic - rating|2.5|5 [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqthldhe link]

Track listing

#"You Call That a Mountain" (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones) - 3:26
#"Too Late to Turn It Around" (Jeff Wood, John Scott Sherrill, Simon Wilson) - 3:52
#"There's No Place Like You" (Wood, Vernon Rust) - 4:11
#"Long Way from OK" (Wood, Gary Burr, Pat McDonald) - 3:32
#"Time to Move On" (Monty Powell, Eric Silver) - 3:28
#"You Just Get One" (Don Schlitz, Vince Gill) - 2:58
#"Sure Thing" (Wood, Verlon Thompson) - 3:00
#"I Want It All" (Wood, John Tirro) - 3:19
#"Use Mine" (Lisa Drew, Steve Seskin) - 4:07
#"Between the Earth and the Stars" (Richard Wold, John David) - 4:19

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [cite album-notes |title=Between the Earth and the Stars |bandname=Jeff Wood |year=1997 |publisher=Imprint Records |publisherid=IMPCD10006]
*Eddie Bayers - drums
*Michael Black - background vocals
*Bruce Bouton - steel guitar, Dobro
*Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar, banjo
*Mike Chapman - bass guitar
*Marty Churchill - background vocals
*Larry Franklin - fiddle
*Vince Gill - mandolin, guitar solo (track 6)
*Nicole Hassman - background vocals
*Tim Hensley - background vocals
*John Hobbs - keyboards, strings
*Dann Huff - electric guitar, 12-string guitar, gut string guitar
*Paul Leim - percussion
*Greg Morrow - drums
*Steve Nathan - strings
*Don Potter - acoustic guitar
*John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
*Eric Silver - mandolin, banjo
*Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar

ingles

References

External links

* [http://jeffwoodrecords.com/ Jeff Wood Records]
*myspace|jeffwoodrecords|Jeff Wood