URI music professor Joseph Parillo, head of Neoga Records, suggested that Wood appear on his label. May. While the CD is a step beyond Wood's personal tapes for friends and family, he said he's not looking to become a recording star. It's not a career shift. This is an avocation for me. If you want to make money in music, being a 53-year old folk singer is probably not the way to do it.
Wood comes from a musical family.
His father is a jazz musician who specializes in clarinet and saxophone. His brother, Doug, appears on Golden Vanity , playing harmonica on six tracks. This is the first time we worked together professionally. Wood said he had a large repertoire of music to choose from for the album. At the beginning of every calendar year, I make a list of songs I want to use for my next project.