Episode 31 – Patterson Hood

Patterson Hood was born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the son of Jan Patterson Adams and David Hood, the longtime bassist of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. His parents married young, and divorced when he was in college; his mother later remarried. Hood wrote the song “18 Wheels of Love” about their relationship. Hood began writing songs at the age of eight, and by the time he was 14 he was playing guitar in a local rock band. While attending college in 1985, he formed the band Adam’s House Cat with his friend Mike Cooley, and the group won Musician Magazine’s Best Unsigned Band competition three years later. However, the band’s regional acclaim didn’t translate into significant commercial success, and its sole full-length album was never released.

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