As of 2017, Suhr now makes several Andy Wood signature models.
He was known for playing their Modern models at the outset of his career, although since then he has become known for using the Modern T guitar, which is modeled after a Fender telecaster. Caught Between a Truth and a Lie (2014)Īndy Wood is an endorsee of Suhr Guitars.In 2012 Wood also got the opportunity to perform in Neyland Stadium in a halftime show for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. In 2019 Wood put out his third solo album Junktown. In 2017 Wood released his first solo live album Live at the Bijou, which was recorded at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee. His sophomore attempt was a double album which featured 12 tracks of acoustic, bluegrass, country influence and another 12 of metal, rock, fusion influence. Following this release, he put out his second solo release, Caught Between a Truth and a Lie in 2014. In 2009, at age 26, Andy Wood released his first solo album A Disconcerting Amalgam. Wood auditioned and was confirmed as the touring guitarist for the Rascal Flatts in January 2015. Later, when the Rascal Flatts had an opening for a guitarist in their backing band, Toy was able to secure Wood an audition for the position.
In 2012, Wood met Travis Toy, a steel guitar player for the Rascal Flatts, at the Guitar Summit in Durham, North Carolina. Following this role, Wood was exposed to more opportunities as a touring guitarist, playing for artists such as country artist Billy Dean and Christian metal band Disciple, as well as more notable acts such as Scott Stapp of Creed. Wood's career as a touring musician began in 2012, when he was hired as the lead guitarist for former Skid Row singer, Sebastian Bach, replacing his guitarist Nick Sterling for a brief tour. The band released several albums, and got to go on tour opening for the group 10 Years, before disbanding in 2010. In 2003, Wood was entered in the Guitar Center Guitarmageddeon contest by his friends as a joke, which he would then go on to take first place in.įollowing this, Andy Wood became a founding member of the Knoxville, TN based hard rock band Down From Up. He studied jazz at the University of Tennessee. Throughout years of playing, Wood became exposed to a wide array of influences, from styles such as rock and fusion and artists such as Eric Johnson, Brent Mason, Eddie Van Halen, and the Dixie Dregs. After hearing Brent Mason's solo in the Mark O’Connor song “Pick It Apart” Wood decided he wanted to being learning the electric guitar. Wood cites his influences at this time as being primarily bluegrass, including acts such as New Grass Survival, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, and Bela Fleck. He attended East Junior High School and McDowell High School, and graduated from Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. When he was 15 Wood moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, and at age 16 he came in first place in the National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, Kansas. He briefly studied the violin at age six. Born into a musically inclined family in east Tennessee, Wood began playing mandolin at the age of five under the tutelage of his grandfather, Paul Birchfield, alongside his cousin.
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