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Sherwood Ball

The Musician – Singer Reading the list of superstars Sherwood Ball has worked with during his long music career is almost like reading the Music Hall of Fame; Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Jackson Brown, Alice Cooper, Bonie Raitt, Stills & Nash, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, Albert Lee, Etta James, Three Dog Night and many, many more. Born and raised in California, USA, as the oldest of four in a very musical family, at an early age, he started to play the guitar and sing encouraged by his parents. Nowadays Sherwood both sings, plays guitar, bass and keyboards. He’s also a highly successful song writer. The Director – Actor Sherwood is not only a talented musician and singer. He started at a very young age also as child actor in the Hollywood movie “Follow Me Boys” (also staring a young Kurt Russell) and followed that up by appearing in several TV-series and acted in over 60 national commercials. He played the Mummy and about 5 other characters in Tim Burtons’ “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and lately has directed and produced his first 35mm full length movie, “Love.com”. Sherwood has also written, directed and produced several short films. All his movies are produced together with his wife, actor and writer, Celia Xavier Ball. They are currently in production on a feature length documentary entitled, “Surviving the Reign of Terror – The Osage Indian Murders”. Voice Actor Sherwood has also been the announcer for Toyota for over 10 years. Other companies he’s sung or been the voice for are: Mc Donalds, Cadillac, Sprint, Wal Mart, Coors, Coca Cola, Georgia Coffee, Atomic Skiis, Japan Airlines, etc.