Jim Wood (fiddler)
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Jim Wood, the five-time Tennessee
State Fiddle Champion, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on August 28, 1964 and raised outside Fairview, a little country town twenty-five miles southwest of Nashville. With 160 fiddle and mandolin
championships (including fifteen state championships in Tennessee, Kentucky
, and Alabama
) between the years 1978 and 2001,
Wood is one of the most decorated contest fiddlers in history. In addition, seventeen of his students have won either state or national titles, including national champions Mike Snider and Maddie Denton.
Wood worked in the Nashville studio and live music scene until 1999. Wood and his wife, Inge, now reside in Flat Creek, just south of Shelbyville, Tennessee
. He is the music director of the Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra and operates the Jim and Inge Wood School of Music. He writes for Strings Magazine, The Devil's Box, Aco,refustic Guitar, and does a regular column for Fiddler Magazine. He has fiddle and guitar instructional videos with Homespun Tapes and the Murphy Method and is featured in six instructional books with String Letter Publishing/Hal Leonard.
Wood owns Pinewood Studio and his studio production credits include national champions Pete Huttlinger and Shane Adkins and international star John Hartford
. As a composer, he has completed classical commissions from the Lutheran Church (Trinity Mass), the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, and the Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
State Fiddle Champion, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on August 28, 1964 and raised outside Fairview, a little country town twenty-five miles southwest of Nashville. With 160 fiddle and mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
championships (including fifteen state championships in Tennessee, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, and Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
) between the years 1978 and 2001,
Wood is one of the most decorated contest fiddlers in history. In addition, seventeen of his students have won either state or national titles, including national champions Mike Snider and Maddie Denton.
Wood worked in the Nashville studio and live music scene until 1999. Wood and his wife, Inge, now reside in Flat Creek, just south of Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It had a local population of 16,105 residents at the 2000 census. Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819...
. He is the music director of the Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra and operates the Jim and Inge Wood School of Music. He writes for Strings Magazine, The Devil's Box, Aco,refustic Guitar, and does a regular column for Fiddler Magazine. He has fiddle and guitar instructional videos with Homespun Tapes and the Murphy Method and is featured in six instructional books with String Letter Publishing/Hal Leonard.
Wood owns Pinewood Studio and his studio production credits include national champions Pete Huttlinger and Shane Adkins and international star John Hartford
John Hartford
John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...
. As a composer, he has completed classical commissions from the Lutheran Church (Trinity Mass), the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, and the Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra.