Woody Platt led the Steep Canyon Rangers for 23 years, from the band’s scrappy days touring in a van to their high-profile gig backing Steve Martin.But after the forced break of the pandemic, Platt didn’t feel the same excitement about returning to the road. His life in Brevard, N.C., with his wife — painter, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shannon Whitworth — his son, and a trout stream just across the field from their farmhouse kept calling him home. So in 2022, he stepped away from the Steep Canyon Rangers.