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The Wood Brothers Return to Their Roots Chris Wood of Modeski, Martin and Wood and his brother, Oliver Wood, take listeners on a rootsy journey through American music on acoustic bass and guitar.

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The Wood Brothers Return to Their Roots

The Wood Brothers Return to Their Roots

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The Wood Brothers

One More Day

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Luckiest Man

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Ways Not to Lose, a new CD by the Wood Brothers, is a rootsy journey through American music that for much of the disc features just two instruments -- acoustic bass and guitar. It's hardly the careful approach implied by the title.

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Chris (left) and Oliver Wood.

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The brothers are Chris and Oliver Wood. They grew up in Colorado, but Chris headed for New York City where for a decade he's been part of the much-praised experimental jazz trio Medeski Martin and Wood. Oliver made his way to Georgia and a very different music scene.