Blake Wood

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Born in Kentucky and raised in Wake Forest, NC, Blake Wood draws from personal experiences to shape the songs he writes and sings. A true reflection of everything small town and middle-America with songs such as ‘Know You By Your Truck’ which tells the literal story of knowing who’s around town on any given night just by which pickup trucks you spot. If you attended a house party or bonfire around Wake Forest a few years ago, there’s a good chance you might have seen Blake pulling out the guitar to entertain his friends. He started playing when he was 14 or 15 and doesn’t go anywhere without it now. He drew inspiration for performing music from his idols in the 80’s and 90’s country genre. A traditionalist at heart, Blake perfectly combines the sound of today and the storytelling and emotion of yesterday in his songs. Music wasn’t an accident for Blake, it’s part of his DNA. He has been around it since he was young. Born into a highly musical family that includes 3 older brothers, his mom Lori, and dad Steven, Blake cut his teeth writing, singing, and recording; long before Nashville would notice. Blake graduated high school and followed pace with most of the other kids his age by enrolling in college at Wake Tech for business marketing. It took exactly 1 class for Blake to realize that wasn’t the future for him. Part of that draw came from visiting his older brother Jon who had already moved from North Carolina to Nashville to write and record music. Seeing Jon’s path and learning how Nashville could expand the music opportunities for himself, Blake followed his heart and moved. As a songwriter, Blake writes what he lives. Some writers and singers must pretend to know about certain lifestyles to pull them off well. Blake can draw on what he knows from experience like tearing up backroads and off-roading, wetting a line fishing for large mouth bass, and driving old trucks. Blake still drives his 2001 GMC Sierra 1500 with almost 300,000 miles on it. Following your heart and your passion may not be the quick path, but it’s the right path. The people in Nashville have noticed Blake; he signed his first publishing deal as a songwriter in early 2023. That was followed quickly by his first record deal. He’s signed to the new Deluge Records Nashville (DRN).

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