christmas jam Archive
21 Dec 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Jam), Part 3 of 3
Continued from Part Two… Pause, then play After organizing the annual Christmas Jam benefit concert in his Asheville hometown for 30 years, Warren Haynes hit the pause button in 2019. […]
20 Dec 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Jam), Part 2 of 3
Continued from Part One… Guitarist Mike Barnes played that first Christmas Jam. Friends with Haynes since the two were second graders at Claxton Elementary, he formed the band Blue Sky […]
19 Dec 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Jam), Part 1 of 3
Note: My cover story in the Nov. 30 issue of Asheville, N.C. altweekly Mountain Xpress explored the beginnings and development of the long-running Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam, which made […]
21 Dec 2018
Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam at 30: Supporting the Habit(at)
Near the end of the 1980s, local Asheville guitarist Warren Haynes organized an informal musical get-together. Conceived as an opportunity for touring and journeyman musicians to congregate during the holidays […]
06 Oct 2016
Warren Haynes’ North Carolina Roots, Part 2
Continued from Part One… The Christmas Jam The annual event billed as “Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam” supports the work of the nonprofit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity; funds […]
05 Oct 2016
Warren Haynes’ North Carolina Roots, Part 1
Note: A shorter, edited version of this feature appeared as the cover story in the July 2016 issue of WNC Magazine. It’s minutes before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 12, […]