All Instruments | Chris Haddox | All Levels | Period 4 | Week 1 (July 7-12, 2024)
This jam is open to all instruments and singers. Bring a song to lead or just come along for the ride. Instrumentalists can take breaks and kick-offs. Singers can sing lead, add harmonies, or just sing along with the group. Enjoy this welcoming and satisfying afternoon musical get-together.
About the Instructor
Chris Haddox is a Logan, West Virginia born and raised songwriter/singer/multi-instrumentalist who is now based or of Morgantown, West Virginia. He writes and sings his voluminous collection of songs about (to quote him) “religion, firearms, courthouse squares, goats on trampolines, shoes, fiddles, and hurricanes”—whatever catches his eye. He deftly combines humor, sarcasm, and blunt honesty to create songs that are accessible and relatable to a wide variety of audiences. When not playing music, Chris is a community leader who has directed Habitat for Humanity, worked to preserve old neighborhoods, a WVU professor of sustainable design, and an amateur musicologist who researches musicians from the southern coalfields of West Virginia. Chris released his first album on March 25, 2022 at the age of 61. By April it had climbed to #11 on the Folk Alliance International chart, with all tracks from the album receiving steady airplay on 60 or so stations across the U.S., and a few further afield.