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Adam Hood is playing Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival on April 24 on the Bud Light stage for the second time. Photo courtesy of Adam Hood's Facebook page.
Adam Hood’s second time around at LJT Festival
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Alabama native singer and songwriter,
Adam Hood, will be performing for the
second time at the 2019 Larry Joe Taylor
Texas Music Festival. Hood started
singing when he was about 14 years old
and hasn’t stopped since.
“I started performing probably between
16 and 18, there was this place in my
hometown that I would play one Friday
and Saturday a month,” Hood said.
Not only is Hood a talented vocalist he
also has a career in songwriting.
“I’ve kind of written as long as I
have been singing but... right out of
high school I started actually finishing
songs and having the courage to play
them out in front of people and then I
finally worked up the nerve to put it on a
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all started.
“If people have persevered with me
through the growth and the learning that
is something I really appreciate because I
know it’s not easy and I know that people
give up on bands really fast nowadays,”
Hood said. “It’s the people that weathered
the growth with me and that’s really,
really nice.”
With LJT just around the corner Hood is
ready to experience it again.
“I am really excited to come back this
year and have a little hang time and see
friends, watch the show, and talk to a
lot of people that I don’t normally get a
chance to talk to,” Hood said. “We are just
thankful to be a part of the festival, it’s
an honor and a privilege to do it.”
Make sure to check out Adam Hood at
LJT on the Bud Light stage on Wednesday,
April 24 at 5:00 p.m.
record,” Hood said.
Hood is an established staff writer with
a publishing deal and has written for
other artists such as Miranda Lambert,
Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton and
more.
“I couldn’t do one without the other
[singing and songwriting] in my career
now so it’s kind of nice, I don’t know if
I expected to have that balance,” Hood
said.
Of all the songs Hood has written for
himself he believes “Million Miles Away”
is his biggest hit.
“I never released that song as a single
or anything, but just the fact that a song
that I wrote nearly 20-25 years ago that
people still want to hear, that’s pretty
impressive to me,” Hood said.
Out of all the songs Hood has written
for other artist he believes that “’I’ll
Sing About Mine’ that is on the Josh
Abbott Band’s record is one of the most
successful charting song that I had,”
Hood said.
Hoods most recent album came out in
October of 2018 called “Somewhere in
Between.”
“This new record is a little less
production and we just took more of an
organic approach,” Hood said. “Judging by
the response that people have given me I
think that they are taking it really well”.
Out of all the songs on the new album
Hood has become most fond of a certain
three.
“I have different favorite songs,
‘Downturn’ is one of my favorites that I
wrote with Jason Eady, I like the music in
‘The Weekend’ it’s a lot of fun to play and
then there is a song called ‘Real Small
Town’ I wrote with William Clark Green
and I like that song a lot,” Hood said. “It’s
hard to pick a favorite”.
Hood has a special appreciation for
those who have been with him since this
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