Tony Wood (musician)

Tony Wood
Born
Tony Webster Wood

(1961-08-06) August 6, 1961 (age 64)[1]
Virginia[1]
OriginBrentwood, Tennessee
GenresGospel, Christian
OccupationsMusic producer,[1] composer,[1] songwriter,[1] guitarist[1] lyricist,[1] music engineer,[1] bassist,[1] drummer[1]
InstrumentsBass,[1] drums,[1] vocals[1]
Years active1992–present[1]
LabelWord
Websitetonywoodonline.com

Tony Webster Wood (born August 6, 1961) is an American Christian musician, presently signed as a Word Records writer, who is a producer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, bassist, and drummer of gospel music and Christian music. He has received five GMA Dove Awards for his production and songwriting.

Early and personal life

Wood was born Tony Webster Wood[3] on August 6, 1961,[1][4] in Virginia,[1] to Raymond and Charlotte Wood of Chase City, Virginia, where he has a brother, Glenn.[5] Tony and his wife, Terri Wood, reside together in Brentwood, Tennessee. The couple has four daughters, Leslie, Meredith, Erin and Jordan.[5]

Music career

Wood's music career started around 1992, when he started composing songs.[1] He has won five GMA Dove Awards for his songwriting and production work – one at the 38th Annual Dove Awards, two at the 42nd Annual Dove Awards, and two more at the 44th Annual Dove Awards.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Tony Wood : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. ^ a b GMA Dove Award. "Search: Tony Wood". Gospel Music Association. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  3. ^ SESAC. "Songs by Writer :: Tony Webster Wood". SESAC. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Tony Wood (tonywood_exit71) (August 6, 2011). "I was born on Lucille Ball's 50th birthday. Today is the 100th anniversary of her birth. Truly someone I think I would have enjoyed meeting". Twitter. Retrieved October 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Wood Family (May 29, 2013). "Raymond C. Wood". The News-Progress. Retrieved October 25, 2015.