The Wood Brothers is an American folk band consisting of brothers Chris and Oliver Wood, as well as multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix. Brothers Oliver and Chris Wood grew up in Boulder, CO, and both left the area after graduating from high school, Oliver moving to Atlanta while Chris ended up in New York. Oliver, a guitarist, discovered he had a knack for writing songs and formed the blues-based King Johnson, which continues to do frequent gigs on the Southern circuit.