There is a scenario in which Gene Woods might never have been willing to out himself to Charlotte as a musician. A scenario in which a social-justice-minded blues song he wrote decades ago, while he was working his way through school by playing in various bands in State College, Pa., was lost and forgotten forever.
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Atrium Health's Gene Woods one of Charlotte's most powerful CEOs. He also sings, and wears sunglasses at night.