Hi, I’m Rick Wood a Los Angeles based writer, musician, recording engineer and occasional stand-up comedian.
I got my first guitar at the age of nine, and shortly after acquired a TASCAM 4-Track cassette recorder. Both items kicked off a lifelong obsession that has taken me all around the country and parts of the world.
I spent a few years writing and performing songs in a variety of Chicago’s bars and folk clubs, cutting my teeth and making friends before eventually moving to Wisconsin for a few more years.
There I met pat Macdonald (Timbuk3) and started participating in the annual songwriting festival and incubator he ran out of The Holiday Music Motel in Door County. There I wrote, recorded and performed alongside Jackson Browne, Jane Weidlin (The Go-Gos), James Hall (Pleasure Club), James McMurtry, Billy Triplett (Prince), Kim Manning (Pfunk), Delaney Davidson and other people with varying name recognition.
In 2010 I formed the brief but bright alt rock trio Abnormal Cattle alongside Dan Smrz and Nate Lang. We recorded a fulllength LP “Figure 1” released Dec. 2010. Shortly after the band went on an indefinite hiatus due to some personnel issues. During this time I began to pursue standup comedy while waiting on that hiatus to end. What happened instead was, in early 2012 I packed up and headed out to Los Angeles.
After a various gigs writing for awards shows, punch up, and animated shorts I landed a gig at MTV’s Ridiculousness which eventually led to unionizing the show’s writing staff and joining the Writer’s Guild of America.
During that time Rick began releasing music as Lone Jogger, and formed a live band for the project. He’s also engineered, produced, or played on records for various music and standup artists including, D.B. Rouse, Zach Peterson, Kevin Koplar, Brandie Posey, The Makeouts and horror rock outfit Drac and The Swamp Rats.
Aside from that I enjoy painting, photography, and insanely long walks with minimum destination and maximum caffeination.