The Wood Brothers’ Oliver Wood has shared his first ever solo release, a single called “Soul Of This Town.” The song was co-written and recorded with singer-songwriter Phil Cook. In addition, Wood’s son Kieran provides horns for the song, marking the father-son duo’s first recorded collaboration.
According to a press release, Wood and Cook began working on the single over a year ago, “but the downtime created by the pandemic gave them each the space in their individual schedules to complete the song.” Wood was preparing to tour to promote The Wood Brothers’ record Kingdom In My Mind, but those plans were nixed due to coronavirus.
“‘Soul Of This Town’ is a full-on collaboration with my friend Phil Cook. The first time I heard Phil’s music I knew right away I wanted to sing and play with him,” recalled Wood (via press release). “We didn’t know each other then, but when a mutual friend introduced us, we hit it off immediately, and made plans to write together.”
“A few months later Phil was coming through Nashville and we booked a few hours in the studio. The week before he came he sent me chords and a melody he had. He didn’t have lyrics, but he did reference Bob Dylan’s ‘Nashville Skyline’ and mentioned the present day rapid growth of Nashville, cranes everywhere and the face of the town changing with every visit,” Wood continued. “I loved Phil’s ideas and thought about Nashville, and then thought more universally about a lot of cities where gentrification is not only changing the look of the place, but displacing so many people… I immediately wrote a few verses and a chorus and sent it back to Phil. He got excited and wrote a few verses too, and by the time we got to the studio it didn’t take us long to flesh it out and perform it live together. We recorded what we thought would be a demo of the song, but it turned out we loved having captured our first performance together and it felt special enough to keep and release.”
Listen to “Soul Of This Town” here, or below. Check out Relix‘s recent feature on The Wood Brothers: A Little Bit Sweet.
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