Nate Wood News (Archieve 1)

12/24-Happy Holidays Everyone!! If you live in Colorado...do not miss seeing Kneebody perform at Dazzle in Denver (information can be found at the Kneebody page). I want to extend my best wishes to all the members of Kneebody during the holiday season.

If your New Year's Eve plans call for going out, keep in mind the appearance of Kneebody at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St. Kneebody, formerly known as the Wendel-Endsley Group, jumps genres in the best, lower downtown New York style. Kneebody's co-leader, Shane Endsley, is a trumpeter from Denver now living in New York, while saxophonist Ben Wendel lives on the other coast. The rest of the band consists of keyboardist Adam Benjamin, drummer Nate Wood and bassist Kaveh Rastegar. Along with celebrating the New Year, the band will also party to mark the release of its new CD. The quintet starts playing at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Information: 303-839- 5100. Before Kneebody hits the stage at Dazzle, a student septet from the Denver School of the Arts and the Career Education Center will play from 5 until 8 p.m.

12/11-There are 2 new pictures under "various pictures" on the Kneebody site of Nate playing Saxophone. These are a treat and show Nate is branching out in his musical talents.

Kneebody pictures-scroll to the bottom to find 2 pictures of Nate

Also...while you are there, you can order a copy of their new CD (available in 2004) for only $10. Email:contact@kneebody.com

12/6-Nate will be playing with Damon Zick:

Tuesday February 3rd, 2004 8:30PM
w/ Damon Zick and Friends
Damon Zick, Adam Benjamin, Evan Collins-Conway, Nate Wood
Cafe' Club Fais Do Do
5257 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016
323-954-8080

If you would like to learn more about Damon Zick, please visit his site at:

Damon Zick

Also, some "newer" pictures of Nate can be found at Scott Farr's site:
Scott Farr Pictures-Sept. 16th 2003

Nate appears in pictures 1, 3, 4, and rather blurry in picture 10.
Also, it has already been asked of me if John Wood and Nate Wood are related. The answer can be found on the CD Baby link for Scott Farrs CD. "You would think that two musicians of such high caliber talent with the last name Wood are related. However, they are not."

12/5-Nate Wood's Official site has been updated, check it out:
Nate Wood Music

Posted under projects is:
Nate will be touring with two bands coming up in the next few months - more info soon

I am very excited to read that Nate will be getting more exposure by touring with other bands. Please check Nate's Official site for updates.

11/28-Happy belated Thanksgiving. There is a new Kneebody show for New Year's Eve (should be a blast):

12.31.03
5:00PM
DAZZLE • Denver, CO
Local All-Star High School Groups wll play from 5pm-8pm.
Kneebody will play from 8pm into the New Year.
The event will be a CD Release of sorts.
The new disc will include preview tracks from our next album (due Spring 2004),
and some live tracks from the past few tours.
Contact: 303-839-5100

Also, I missed this date that Nate played:

November 24, 2003
Willie Oteri
"Spiral Out"
CD release
Willie Oteri : guitar
Nate Wood: drums
Jonathan Dimond: bass
Giovanna Imbesi: keyboard

Club Tropical 8641 W.Washington Blvd.
Culver City 90232

To learn more about Willie Oteri, please visit:

Willie Oteri

Here are some things that Willie said about the performance:

November 18, 2003
It's a great lineup of meself on the 6 string guit, Jonathan Diamond on Bass and Nate Wood on drums. Great LA area session players so it should be a great show plus special guests?????? You never know?!

November 24, 2003
We had a great show tonight at Club Tropical in Culver City California.
Thanks also to John, Bill, Stephen and all the other fans who came out for support and last but not least the great musicians, Nate Wood (drums) and Giovanna Imbesi (keys).

11/14-A new date has been added to the Kneebody page. Also, for those of you who live on the East Coast and are a fan of Kneebody/Nate Wood. Kneebody will be on the East Coast next Spring and Early Summer. Save a day to see them in concert!

11/4/03-The Calling Sued By Former Bandmates

MTV Account

As the Calling's lead singer Alex Band and guitarist Aaron Kamin finish work on their as-yet-untitled second album, the two have been hit with a lawsuit by former members Billy Mohler (bass) and Nate Wood (drums).

The pair filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday against Band, Kamin and their management company citing fraud and mismanagement and asking for an accounting of funds during the time they spent in the group. Mohler and Wood played on three tracks on the Calling's 2001 debut, Camino Palmero ("Nothing's Changed," "Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way" and "Final Answer"), and toured with the group in 2001 and 2002 in the U.S. and overseas.

In the suit, Mohler and Wood allege that they were promised a share of the band's royalties, as well as money from merchandising and touring, according to one of the lawyers who prepared the suit, Pamela Koslyn. However, they were allegedly told that after two years as hired members of the group they would only receive $700 on top of the $26,000 they had been paid for their two-year stint, Koslyn said.

Band and Kamin are the founders of the group and they hired Mohler and Wood to be their rhythm section in 2001, but Koslyn said her clients believed they were members of the band, not hired hands.

"They were not told they were being brought on as session musicians," Koslyn said. "They were also repeatedly told that there were no final accounting numbers and when the tour was over, they were told they would get paid what was owed them, which was $700 each." Koslyn said she believes the band grossed more than $1 million on tour during the time her clients performed over 175 dates with them and that the group continues to make money on merchandising of T-shirts that feature her clients' images.

A spokesperson for the Calling's label, RCA Records, had no comment on the suit.

Meanwhile, Band and Kamin are in the studio mixing their second album, which is slated for release in early 2004, according to the RCA spokesperson. A video for the as-yet-unannounced first single will be shot in December, followed by a promotional tour of Europe. Band and Kamin will be back in the U.S. in January and February for a string of promotional dates and appearances. It has not yet been announced who will replace Mohler and Wood as the band's rhythm section.
—Gil Kaufman

I have been asked my opinion of the situation and my only comment is this...I do support Nate Wood in any and all endevours and wish that the outcome is civil.

10/15/03-Yet another Kneebody date, this one is on my birthday of all days..anyone want to get me an autographed drumstick from Nate . :)

11.10.03
8:30PM
MARINE ROOM •
Laguna, CA
214 OCEAN AVENUE
Contact: 949-494-3027
Cover: $4

10/10/03-Additional West Coast dates have been added for Kneebody:

11.04.03
9:00PM
LIQUID DEN •
Huntington Beach, CA
Cool Club.
5061 Warner Ave.
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Contact: 714.377.7964
Cover: $5

11.12.03
8:00PM
TEMPLE BAR •
Santa Monica, CA
Great night of Hip Hop and Electronica
Kneebody w/Busdriver and Xololanxinxo
No Jazz opens @ 8:30pm
Contact: 310.393.6611
Cover: $7

10/7/03-West Coast Nate Wood and Kneebody Fans...the first of the West Coast Tour dates are posted:

11.01.03
8:00PM
Bruno's •
San Francisco, CA
San Fran show at Bruno's in the Mission district!
Also with Married Couple
Contact venue for details.
Cover: $10

11.03.03
9:00PM
Temple Bar •
Santa Monica, CA
1026 Wilshire in Santa Monica.
Cool night with John Hollenbeck's group, The Claudia Quintet
Contact venue for details.

If you have been a Nate fan for months or for years...a Kneebody show is an amazing experience that should not be missed. Also, visit Kneebody's website and learn more about the band.

Kneebody

10/3/03-HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY NATE WOOD!!

9/17/03-Lucky, Lucky West Coast fans of Nate Wood and Kneebody:

Full length album being recorded.
West Coast Tour in November coming up

Now, for those of you who are just waiting with baited breathe...may I suggest you check out the Kneebody link posted a little further down. Also, do not forget to check out Nate Wood's official site (under the links page) and also the Jump The Band Message Board (listed further down in this post). My friend Luisa is one of the admins and they have a lot of great artists on that site that are worth checking out. Also, for those of you who are on the East Coast...doesn't look like we will get a Kneebody concert until next Spring. Still, keep checking back for updates.

9/15/03-Wishing Kneebody all the best this evening. Just visited their site and this was posted:

Since those photos seem to be taking a while to materialize, you should also wait for an amazing photojournal account of Nate Wood's artistically rewarding and fulfilling (I'm sure) experience as a saxophone wizard!

Why am I not surprized that Nate has branched out into Saxophone..especially after recording his own CD. Please visit Kneebody's site at:

Kneebody

9/14/03-Very late news..and this is brought by my friend Lu: Kneebody will be opening the set with some new material. The second
group, Frickalaro, includes awesome players from NYC and San Francisco.

Please the spread the word -- this is a one time special event:

Kneebody and Frickalaro @ Club Tropical
This Monday, September 15th @ 8:30pm (2nd Group at 10pm)
8641 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City. 310.559.1127
$7 ($5 student)

Musicians playing this Monday include....

Nate Wood - Drums
Kaveh Rastegar - Bass
Adam Benjamin - Fender Rhodes
Chris Vatalaro - Drums
Ben Wendel - Saxophone
Tim Frick - Bass

plus special guests....

Now, since this first appeared on the Jump the Band boards, it is only fair for me to post that link:

Jump The Band

Please visit this website to get all the latest information on Kneebody as well as other artists.

8/17/03-Here I "thought" I was up to date on all things Nate...but again I find out after the fact about a concert that Nate was part of:

August 14
jonathan moritz quartet @ Rocco 10 pm.
w/ nate wood, evan collins-conway, jeff eliassen.
6320 Santa Monica Blvd. 'tween Vine + Lillian

Also
Sunday August 10th 7PM
w/ Damon Zick and Friends
Damon Zick, Kris Tiner, Adam Benjamin, Evan Collins-Conway, Nate Wood
Eagle Rock Cultural Community Center
2223 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
323-226-1617

Additionally, Nate's long awaited solo site is finally up and might I add..it looks just fantastic! You can visit it here:

Nate Wood Music

I highly recommend bookmarking it if you are a Nate Wood fan. There will be much more updated information at that site than I could ever provide.

8/10/03-Nate's Solo CD Reliving is now available through CD Baby...you can download snippets from my "downloads" page..and you can buy it here:

Nate Wood Reliving

Obviously I love the whole CD..but "little" is definately my favorite song. Also..if you buy a copy of the CD and email me the receipt (please remove all personal information)..I will send $1 to a pet sanctuary.

7/8/03-New Kneebody concert dates have been posted at their site. Unfortunately for those of us that live outside of California, there are no dates in any other state right now. If you happen to live in California...please go and see one of their shows. You will love it.

Upcoming Kneebody Shows

6/9/03-Listed below is the link to a great interview of Nate from the LAMA college, it is listed under "success stories" on their website.

Nate's LAMA Interview.

5/29/03-Just when I think I am all up to date and that Kneebody is too busy to have any other dates scheduled, they add one more..in California:
06.05.03
9:30PM
LA CAV • Costa Mesa, CA
"Friends of Kneebody" Show
Ben, Nate and Kaveh will be doing a 3/5's Kneebody show w/Special Guests
1695 Irvine Ave.
21 and up
NO COVER!

5/26/03-The first date for the new Kneebody tour is up. It is of course in California:
07.12.03
9:00PM
Rocco • Hollywood, CA
first night of a west coast July tour
Contact venue for details.
Cover: $10
For those of us that live on the East Coast..Kneebody may be touring here in the Fall (crosses fingers)

5/25/03-There is a time change to the show on Sunday for Kneebody! It is now from 2 PM until 5:30 PM but it is at the same venue. If you live anywhere close to Los Angeles, I highly recommend you go and check it out.
Also..I am glad to say that even though Nate's site isn't open yet..there is now a message on it saying it will be up soon. So, for those of you who have been waiting to purchase Nate's CD, go to:
Nate Wood's Site

5/19/03-Kneebody has added a date in California (lucky Californians!!):

05.25.03
8:00PM
Gallery 4016
• Silverlake, CA
Only LA show!! 4016 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles 90029 In Silverlake, just west of Sunset. suggested donation
Contact: 323-660-2920

5/3/03-Some exciting news from Kneebody:

We're now in a period of 3 weeks of intensive rehearsal, which will be followed by a week of shows in the Colorado from May 16-22, and then by that most magnificent of events: the recording of a **NEW ALBUM**. Details at this point are strictly hush-hush, but we can disclose that we will be recording for an extended time on a comfortable schedule in a well-known facility run by a world-class engineer. Luckily for us, that world-class engineer is out of town! Additionally, one member of the band (can you guess who?) gets to call that world-class engineer "Dad", resulting in the fortuitous circumstance in which we have access to these remarkable facilities (located directly on the Pacific Coast of Southern California, I might add). So to all our fans and supporters, thank you! We'd love to see you in Colorado this month, but regardless of your attendance / non-attendance status for our Colorado events, please know you may happily anticipate a juicy, exciting tenderloin of an album under the name "Kneebody" in the coming months. We look forward to sharing it with you.

If you didn't already know, Nate's dad is an incredibly talented Music Engineer, so my guess is that this new album will be recorded at Nate's parents. ;) Also...for those of you that live anywhere near Colorado, check out Kneebody while they are on tour. To find specific location information, go to:

Upcoming Kneebody Shows

4/24/03-Nate has been added to the Kneebody site. Here is what is said about Nate:

Nate Wood - Drums
Nate graduated from the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied with Jazz greats such as Charlie Haden and Joe Labarbara. Since graduating Nate has toured the world many times over with pop/rock band The Calling. Nate has also had the privilege of working with such acts as Chaka Khan, Melvin Davis (Chaka's virtuoso bass player) as well as many of LA's smooth jazz luminaries. On top of being an active session player, Nate has recently completed his first solo album featuring his own compositions and him playing all the instruments.

This is yet another reason to check out Kneebody. Samples of their music can be found on my downloads page. You can visit their site on my Nate's links page.

4/21/03-I just got back from seeing Kneebody perform in New York. It was an amazing set..even if they played on the "smallest" stage ever. Nate was in very good spirits and I was very glad to get a chance to talk to him. So...what is the news?? Well...Nate has recorded his own CD titled "Reliving". Yes, Nate plays all the instruments (drums, guitar, bass, keyboards) as well as sings all the vocals. Nate has created his own website, here is the link:

Nate Wood's Site

It is not up yet...but Nate promised it should be up soon. So what can I tell you about this CD?? Well...as you can imagine, I spent my long drive home listening to the CD and there are a few things that struck me. 1. Nate has a more extensive vocal range than I had originally given him credit for. 2. Some of the songs reminded me of GanFu (the band Nate was in with Billy prior to The Calling). 3. I give Nate TONS of credit for taking the time to write these songs, record them and then be willing to share them with his fans. One important note...Nate is not Alex Band...so don't be looking for the same style as Nate's is very much his own. I definately encourage all fans of Nate to buy the CD. It will be available on Nate's site once it is active. :)

4/2/03-I'm very excited to bring to your attention the 3 week tour of Kneebody. I believe Nate will be playing drums as their drummer Scott Seivel is touring with Jason Mraz at the moment. If you can, try to make it to one of these upcoming shows...you will not be disappointed!! Instead of posting all the dates, here is the link to Kneebody's site:

Upcoming Kneebody Shows

Also, don't forget to check out their music at the following sites:

Wendel CD

MP3.com

Finally, visit this site and read some great interviews of Ben Wendel, Scott Seivel and Kevah Rastegar written by Luisa Codega

Jump The Band

3/9/03-Upcoming Date:
Club Fais Do Do

5257 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles
(between La Brea & Fairfax)
Tel. 323.954.8080

March 25th, 2003
Wendel
Ben Wendel: tenor sax
Adam Benjamin: rhodes
Nate Wood: drums
Kavi Rastegar: elec. bass

1/15/03-Nate will be playing tomorrow evening...here is the information:
AND Trio
Adam Benjamin, Piano and Rhodes
Dante Pascuzzo, Electric Bass
Nate Wood, Drums
@ Rocco, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA (323)804-4146
Thursday, January 16, 2003 @ 10:30PM
$10 cover, 2 sets

1/13/03-Another update...The Wendel-Endsley Group is now called KneeBody!

1/11/03-New dates have been posted for the Wendel-Endsley Group in February:

02.01.03
2:00PM
AMOEBA MUSIC
hollywood CA
CD RELEASE!
Contact: 323-246-6400
$0
For those of you that cannot attend the CD release, you can find the CD here:
Wendel CD

02.03.03
10:30PM
TEMPLE BAR
santa monica CA
Contact: 310-393-6611
$7

12/21/02-Nate Wood will be playing with the Wendel-Endsley Group again in January. The only date that I have information on is as follows:
01.25.03
9:00PM
Rocco
Hollywood CA
The cover is $10.00
Also, there are two dates in December that they are playing in Colorado, but I don't know if Nate will be the drummer for those dates!!

12/8/02-Nate Wood will be playing two gigs with the Wendel-Endsley Group. For those who don't know, this was the band Nate was in just before joining The Calling.
Here is the info:

Wendel-Endsley Group@The Temple Bar www.templebarlive.com This Monday, December 9th @ 9:00pm sharp 1026 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica Cover: $7 Info: 310.393.6611

Wendel-Endsley Group@La Cav Thursday, December 12th @ 9:30pm 1695 Irvine Ave. in Costa Mesa Cover: $0 Info: 949.646.7944

Website: WWW.W-EG.COM

12/2/02-Nate and Billy played a showcase with Matthew Jordan on Nov. 12th.

1/5/03-Even though this has past, I wanted to add this:
October 24 2002 Damon Zick Quintet, performance at Project Accidental, Eagle Rock Cultural Community Center, Eagle Rock CA. With Damon Zick, tenor sax, Kris Tiner, trumpet, flugelhorn, Anthony Enns, piano, Clark Sommers, bass, Nate Wood, drums.

12/1/02-Nate has been playing in a band called Here We Are In The Years. They played on Oct. 22nd at Rocco's and Nov. 6th at The Smell. Both venues are in Los Angeles. How I wish I lived in California!!

11/1/02-It has recently been announced that Nate has decided to leave The Calling, I do not have any details...but I have placed a page on this site for fans to leave Nate good-bye messages,click here.

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