Patterson Hood in Chicago

Patterson Hood is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist raised in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He co-founded Drive-By Truckers with Mike Cooley in Athens, Georgia, and wrote songs including “The Living Bubba,” “Sink Hole” and “The Righteous Path.” His solo records include Killers and Stars, Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) and Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance. In 2012, Patterson Hood toured behind Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance with the Downtown Rumblers, performing his solo material in clubs and theatres. In 2014, he joined Mike Cooley and former Drive-By Truckers member Jason Isbell for a run of benefit concerts later released as Live at the Shoals Theatre, recorded in Florence, Alabama.