Patterson Hood

About

Patterson Hood grew up in Florence Alabama, across the Tennessee River from Muscle Shoals. Patterson began writing songs when he was in third grade and began playing guitar in bands at about 14. His father is David Hood of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Who played with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Cliff, Traffic, The Staple Singers, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart...). In 1985 he began a band with college roommate Mike Cooley. The band, Adam’s House Cat, played together for six years, making an EP and a finished (but still unreleased) album Town Burned Down. They also were 1st Place Winners in Musician Magazine’s Best Unsigned Band Contest and their song "Smiling At Girls" appeared on Warner Bros./ Musician Compilation (Best of the BUBS) in 1988.