Scoring critical acclaim from single releases throughout the first half of 2022, Adam Hood’s latest full-length album Bad Days Better is now available! This 10-song project was recorded in the musically rich walls of Capricorn Studios in Macon, Ga. – the birthplace of Southern Rock – with an impressive roster of collaborators including Blackberry Smoke, Brent Cobb, Miranda Lambert, Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers, Pat McLaughlin and more. As one of the most in-demand songwriters, Hood’s honest and vulnerable lyrics along with his one-of-a-kind ear for grit and groove has carved out a sound that mixes soul, country and American roots music into the same package. Listen to Bad Days Better here: https://go.adamhood.com/BDBa
Due to the success of this album thus far, along with his storied success through the years, Hood was recently invited to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on October 22. While Hood has helped pen songs for superstars like Miranda Lambert, The Oak Ridge Boys and Cody Jinks, who have all graced the Opry stage, this will be Adam’s first time in the Opry circle. Joining the lineup of Opry members Bill Anderson, Lauren Alaina and Dustin Lynch with more to be announced, Hood’s debut will certainly be one to remember. Fans can purchase tickets now at opry.com. Bad Days Better is currently at No. 16 and climbing on the Americana Album chart. “Harder Stuff” featuring Miranda Lambert peaked at No. 12 on the Americana Singles chart and is currently No. 12 at Texas Regional Radio. To stay up to date with Hood and his tour dates, please visit adamhood.com
“When an artist comes out from behind the songwriting curtain, stamping his name on the front of the album cover rather than residing in the proverbial liner notes, the world stops and stares. Adam Hood took that leap in 2002 and has continued paving his own path in country music for nearly two decades.” – American Songwriter
“Everybody loves a story after it’s told. They love watching the movies about the struggling artist during their toughest times like ‘Walk The Line’ or ‘Ray,’ but why? Because they already know the ending. Adam is in the middle of his actual swan song.” – Brent Cobb on Saving Country Music
“A sweet jam that’s as smooth and unhurried as a lush Mississippi summer night, Hood revels in being his own person, unconcerned by others who ‘move at the speed of light.'” – Billboard on “Speed of the South”
“Hood has songwriting credentials to spare, with cuts by Miranda, Cody Jinks, The Oaks, Travis Tritt, Whiskey Myers, LBT, Lee Ann Womack, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Anderson East, Frankie Ballard and Drake White, among others. This Dixie-fried band bopper has a groove-soaked, funky backbeat that is wildly infectious.” – Robert K. Oermann, MusicRow on “Business with Jesus”
“In other words, this is like getting a new Adam Hood album, and Adam Hood/Brent Cobb collaborative album, and a Blackberry Smoke side project all rolled up into one. Many people in the Adam Hood orbit who respect the songwriting of the Opelika, Alabama native answered the call to make Bad Days Better a career effort.” – Saving Country Music
Bad Days Better Track Listing
1. Bad Days Better (Adam Hood, Oran Thornton)
2. Business with Jesus (Adam Hood, Pat McLaughlin)
3. Throw Me a Line (Adam Hood, Warren Haynes)
4. Harder Stuff ft. Miranda Lambert (Adam Hood, Davis Nix, Brent Cobb, Charlie Starr)
5. Can’t Stand Leaving (Adam Hood, Rob Snyder)
6. Speed of the South (Adam Hood, Jason Jones)
7. Flesh and Blood (Adam Hood, Brent Cobb)
8. Don’t Do It (Adam Hood, Brent Cobb)
9. Low Road (Adam Hood, Dave Kennedy)
10. Livin’ Don’t Give a Damn (Adam Hood, Rob Snyder)
Adam Hood Tour Dates
Sept. 23 – Little Rock, Ark. – Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack
Sept. 24 – Springfield, Mo. – The Bam House Event Center
Sept. 29 – New Orleans, La. – Gasa Gasa
Sept. 30 – The Woodlands, Tex. – Dosey Doe Big Barn
Oct. 1 – Denton, Tex. – Dan’s SilverLeaf
Oct. 13 – Decatur, Ala. – Princess Theatre
Oct. 21 – Columbus, Miss. – Columbus Arts Council Inc.
Nov. 12 – Houston, Tex. – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
About Adam Hood
Solo artist. Frontman. Behind-the-scenes songwriter. For more than 2 decades, Adam Hood has left his mark onstage and in the writing room, carving out a southern sound that mixes soul, country, and American roots music into the same package. It’s a sound that began shape in Opelika, Alabama. Raised by working-class parents, Hood started playing hometown shows as a 16 year-old, landing a weekly residency at a local restaurant. He’d perform there every Friday and Saturday night, filling his set list with songs by John Hiatt, Steve Warner, Hank Williams Jr, and Vince Gill. As the years progressed, the gigs continued — not only in Alabama, but across the entire country, where Hood still plays around 100 shows annually. These days, though, he’s no longer putting his own stamp on the songs of chart-topping country stars. Instead, many of those acts are playing his music. Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Riley Green, Whiskey Myers, Anderson East, Frankie Ballard, Josh Abbott Band, Lee Ann Womack, and Brent Cobb are among the dozens of artists who’ve recorded Hood’s songs. An in-demand songwriter, while still maintaining a busy schedule of tour dates in support of his third solo release, Welcome to the Big World and Two years later, he continues the balancing act with his newest album, Somewhere in Between. And now in 2022, his fifth studio album, Bad Days Better, recorded at Capricorn Studios in Macon, Georgia with the help of members of Blackberry Smoke, and Brent Cobb in the producer’s chair will be released with 10 new songs. “It’s southern music,” he says, “That’s what it represents: the soulful side of southern music, the country side of southern music, the genuineness of southern culture, and the way I grew up. One of the t-shirts I sell at every show simply says ‘Southern songs’ and that’s a good summary of what I do. It’s what I’ve always done.”
