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Nathan Yost, Christian Chidester, Daniel Owen, Carter Owen, and Ryan Zimmerman make up Charlotte, North Carolina's very own indie/emo rock band, Heartwood. Heartwood began its efforts with two local musicians (Nathan Yost & former drummer Andy Hoffman) wanting to start something new and rare in the Charlotte music scene. After considering many genres of music, their style was pinpointed in the winter of 2003 at a friend’s birthday party. Heartwood, a name chosen by Andy Hoffman for its simplicity and sound, was now only half formed. By January of 2004, Daniel Owen joined the band after playing with Charlotte independent band favorites One Amazin' kid and Laurelei. Now the threesome realized that with their melodic sound they needed a keyboardist. Between the months of January and April they tried out keyboardist with no success. However, one Saturday afternoon Carter Owen came to jam and proved himself to be a perfect fit and became the 4th and final member of heartwood. After playing many shows throughout the year Heartwood released it's first independent EP called EP NO.1 in March, 2005. By the end of July, 2005 Andy Hoffman joined the U.S. Coastguard and Christian Chidester became the new beat man for the band. 18 months later, after playing many shows and writing more and more songs, Heartwood decided that something was missing from the basic sound of a four piece band. After an extensive search for a new drummer, Ryan Zimmerman was added as the new drummer and Christian moved over to guitar to pursue his true passion. Currently, Heartwood is performing as a five piece band with two guitarists. During the months of February and March of 2007 Heartwood recorded their second EP. On March 26, 2007, Heartwood released EP NO.2.
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Member Since: 9/28/2004
Band Website: heartwoodrock.com
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Influences: umbrellas
celebrity
mae
death cab for cutie
sleeping at last
elliot
the fire theft
american football
coldplay
radiohead
keane
love drug
one amazin' kid
jimmy eat world
southbr
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Record Label: Seeking Label Attention
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEW LADIES AMERICAN APPAREL TEE

Ladies, please tell us what you think of our new ladies tee idea.  If you like it, we our going to print it.  Any suggestions or comments???        Thank Y...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:42:00 PST

The New Heartwood Online Store

Did you know that heartwood has a NEW ONLINE store now!!! Exciting, YES!  You can purchase any of our t-shirts, cds, and other merch at the online store.  Also, it is very easy for you to pa...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

ANOTHER SHIRT DESIGN

I just finished with this design today.  Which one do you like the best?  Thoughts?-Nathan...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:42:00 PST

FINAL T-SHIRT DESIGN - PLEASE JUDGE!!!

The Lion won, hands down! Therefore we are going to print this shirt first.  However we need to decide on a color for the shirt.  Who better to ask than YOU.  Which color would you wear...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:56:00 PST

NEW SONG!!!! NEW sonG lyrics!!!

Here are some new song lyrics for a brand new song we'll play at the next show.  Tell us what you think.  What are YOUR suggestions for the song title??? ____________________________________...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:04:00 PST

T-Shirt Ideas...NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Ok folks, here are four new t shirt designs.  We need you to be the JUDGE!  Please let us know your favorite.  Tell us if you hate one or all.  Or you can rank them from 1 to 4, 1 ...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:51:00 PST

Heartwood on the RADIO!!!!

We just wanted everyone to know that we have officially been featured on 106.5 the End's best of local and regional music for the Charlotte, NC and the southest region.  We are very excited about...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:09:00 PST

NEW LINE UP

Hello Everyone!  Guess What?  We have a brand new line up...Nathan Yost (guitar, vocals)Daniel Owen (bass, vocals)Carter Owen (keys, vocals)Christian Chidester (guitar)Ryan Zimmerman (drums)...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

BRAND NEW SONG LYRICS "If all else fails"

IF ALL ELSE FAILS  The story's still the same and our words never change this pain.  We've been circling this for days, while the answers seem too clear, but our love reigns.A...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:46:00 PST

SHOWS and INFO

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE SHOW NEXT WEEK.HEARTWOODW/ RYAN ZIMMERMAN, BOSC, AND DEFENDING BROOKLYNNOVEMBER 11 (SATURDAY)$6/8WWW.TREMONTMUSICHALL.COMWE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT T...
Posted by HEARTWOOD on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:46:00 PST