Jim Wood - Producer, Violin, Viola, Cello & Mandolin
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 Jim Wood was born in Nashville, Tennessee on August 28, 1964 and lived outside Fairview, a little country town about twenty-five miles southwest of Nashville, until 1999 when he moved to Flat Creek, just south of Shelbyville, Tennessee. He started fiddling at age ten and was fortunate to have a lot of really strong music around him from the beginning (his father, Jimmy Wood, is a well-known guitarist). The local grassroots scene in Fairview was incredible, and some of the best professionals in Nashville lived close by. After years of working the Nashville studio scene for everybody else (many very famous and many not), Jim now performs and records with his wife, Inge, produces independent artists, and teaches private students. He writes for Fiddler Magazine, Strings, Acoustic Guitar, and the Devil’s Box on a variety of topics related to fiddle and guitar and is featured in four Acoustic Guitar’s Private Lessons book/cd packages. He has five fiddle and one guitar instructional videos available from the Murphy Method, and he is a recording artist on his own Whippoorwill Records as well as Maple Street Music, Sugo, and Pinewood Music. He owns and operates Tennessee Studios, a first-rate project studio which focuses on acoustic folk music projects.

Jim has garnered over 160 first prizes in folk music competitions; some of the highlights include:

Tennessee State Fiddle Championship (5 times)
Alabama State Fiddle Championship (2 times)
Alabama State Mandolin Championship (2 times)
Alabama State String Band Championship
Kentucky State String Band Championship (4 times)
Berry C. Williams Trophy (2 times)