Guitar | Chris Haddox | Beginning/Intermediate | Period 3 | Week 1 (July 7-12, 2024)
This class will be slow-paced and will focus on learning simple guitar backup, introduction/refresher on the Nashville Charting system (numbers instead of chords). My teaching style is high energy, but not overbearing. You’ll get a good dose of my silly humor, but don’t be fooled…I expect a lot from you and will offer a lot in return! We’ll cover many classic country songs, focusing on developing your ear to hear the chord changes. There will be lots of repetition of lessons learned! So, get your tender fingers in good playing condition and be prepared to have fun! I’ll be leading an afternoon jam, as well, where you’ll have the opportunity to incorporate some of the things we cover in class in a jam setting.
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.