Warren has recorded on over 46+ albums. Warren is currently working on a solo cd - due this year. You can listen to a live version of Warren's singing (including some original compositions) w/the Waybacks here.
When he was at Berklee, with 3 other students, their band, Blue Light Special (BLS), has released a full length CD "See You Around" and a four song EP "Sparhawk Sessions", and another four song EP in the summer of 2003, with Warren singing, Sitting on Top of the World, and playing that fabulous fiddle. Warren often gets called to sit in, jam, or play w/a variety of talented and well known musicians ranging from Lyle Lovett to local Austin artists like Toni Price. He played on Chris Wall's cd "Just Another Place" and a reviewer here noted that "of particular interest is the fiddle accompaniment from Warren Hood (yeah, Champ's boy), who's getting better and better every time he picks that thing up."
Honky Tonk Angels love Warren. On their website is a review of Warren's playing w/his BLS - here. Their tribute to Warren's father, Champ Hood is here. Video of Warren playing with his father at Texas Summer Nights (2001) is on their website here, with Warren playing fiddle in "Friend of the Devil" video here.
Another live performance recording was with his band, South Austin Jug Band, on their first album - Pickin' and Grinnin', on which he played fiddle. The South Austin Jug Band aimed to capture all the energy of a rock and roll band in an all-acoustic format. Warren played in band with the lead singer, James Hyland, for a few years prior to the SAJB. The SAJB started out as an impromptu jam at a festival, and later gelled into an all-out barnburnin' blend of old-time, bluegrass, swing, folk, and country music. That CD captured the excitement of Warren's weekly Sunday night gigs at Momo's where he and SAJB attracted a diverse and dedicated following of hipsters and rednecks, young and old. Warren's fiddle playing is sweet, sharp, and very emotive and conveys the infectious energy of this band, which won the 2002 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, playing one of Warren's composition instrumentals Old Settler's Breakdown (composed w/Matt Slusher).
The album , Pickin' & Grinnin' is out of print, a limited edition, but you can purchase online downloads from Ourtracks.com here. If interested in some of Warren's earliest recordings with SAJB members James Hyland and Willie Pipkin, please click here.
But purchase the Wayback's album "Loaded" which has some original tracks featuring Warren's compositions - Savannah, Tired of Being Right and Black Cat.
Jimmy LaFave - Blue Nightfall (2005) - plays mandolin/fiddle - (Revival, Sweet Sweet Love, River Road)
Bobby Earl Smith Turn Row Blues (2005 but recorded 2003) - Warren plays fiddle on 3 songs
South Austin Jug Band Dark and Weary World (2005) - plays fiddle/mandolin, sings, guest appearance
in production - Willis Alan Ramsey (2004-05) "Due Out Last August" (untitled) - plays fiddle on two tracks (as told to webgal from Willis himself 7/18/04 @ Threadgill's)
Josh Grider - Josh Grider (2004) - plays fiddle and mandolin
Blue Light Special See You Around (2004) - 8 song CD- sings/plays on all-buy here
Johnny Gringo (John Greenberg) - Red River Blues(2004)- plays fiddle
Paul Edward Sanchez Long Story Short (2003-04) -plays fiddle-listen here
Blue Light Special Sparhawk Sessions (2003) - limited release EP CD -plays/sings
Toni Price Born to Be Blue(2003) - sings vocals on 1; plays on 1
Blue Light Special Blue Light Special (2003) - sings 1 song; plays on 4
South Austin Jug Band South Austin Jug Band(2003) - soloist -violin/fiddle (Long Journey Home, Turnaround, My Baby in the Sunshine)
Danny Britt The Other Side (2003) - plays fiddle, listen here
Swinging Steaks Sunday Best (2003) - plays fiddle with this famed Boston group-fuel of the roots rock/alt. country movement, listen here
Dash Kizer Rise of the White Trash Superhero (2003) - plays fiddle on Stay All Night - Dash's American rock'n'roll perspective - listen here
Penny Jo Pullus My Turn to Howl (2002) - plays fiddle, listen here
Champ Hood Bonhaven (2002) - plays fiddle, mandolin, sings, finished production
Various Artists - Happy Birthday, Buck! A Texas Salute To Buck Owens - appeared with South Austin Jug Band
John M. Greenberg Buffalo Nickels (2002) - plays fiddle, his dad, Champ, also appears
Carolyn Wonderland (unknown) - plays fiddle on children's album
Ernie C. Ernst A Jester's Life I (2002) - plays fiddle - listen here
Austin Music Network Limited Edition 1000-the Reel Austin Vol. 2 - appears on this DVD, track #17, with South Austin Jug Band, playing "Old Settler's Breakdown" - a real treat - very limited release- buy it here
South Austin Jug Band Pickin' and Grinnin' (2001) sings 2 songs; plays all
The James Hyland Band Place I Call Home (2000-02) - sings and plays-all
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