![]() ![]() "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. 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," explains Oliver. The week before he came he sent me chords and a melody he had. A few months later Phil was coming through Nashville and we booked a few hours in the studio. ![]() 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. The first time I heard Phil's music I knew right away I wanted to sing and play with him. "'Soul Of This Town' is a full-on collaboration with my friend Phil Cook. Oliver's son Kieran Wood adds horns to the recording, marking their first documented collaboration, as well. "They say they cleaned up all the projects, welcomed everyone to stay, but the rent keeps on rising and pushing everybody away," mourns the song's narrator. Like the best of Oliver's songwriting over the years, its lyric speaks for the underdog, in this case those displaced by gentrification under the guise of progress. Co-written and recorded with acclaimed Raleigh, NC-based singer-songwriter Phil Cook, the song is rooted in rugged gospel-blues as it laments the loss of "soul" in cities across the U.S. Oliver Wood, one third of the treasured roots/Americana trio The Wood Brothers, has shared his first ever solo release-a single entitled "Soul Of This Town" ( listen/share). ![]()
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