More Than Music 

Wood was born and raised in Hampton, Arkansas population 1600. He was graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in business administration in 1970. He is the sole owner of Rope A Note Music publishing, which contains more than five hundred songs. He also owns Rope A Note studio on Music Row, and has his own production company.

 

Wood moved to Nashville in 1976 to get in the music business. Since then, as a songwriter Wood has written some of country music’s biggest hits, among them are; "BOBBIE SUE" for THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, "TWENTY YEARS AGO" for KENNY ROGERS, “WHAT I DIDN’T DO” for STEVE WARINER, and “RIDING WITH PRIVATE MALONE” which he produced for DAVID BALL. All four of these songs have received BMI awards for being played over a million times.

 

Wood produced, and sang harmony with David Ball on “OLD FOLKS AT HOME”, a track on “Beautiful Dreamer, The Songs Of Stephen Foster”. It won a Grammy for Traditional Folk Album of the year 2005.

 

Wood has two songs in the movie "The Last Ride", it's about the last three days of Hank Williams' life. The soundtrack from Curb Records is available on iTunes, and Amazon. The songs "Hanks Williams Blues". and "Longing for You" were both co-written with Hank's daughter Jett Williams who was born two weeks after his death in 1953. The movie was directed by Arkansas native Harry Thomason, and was filmed in Arkansas.