Welcome to the home of jazz bassist, Chris Hodges. Chris is a cultured and versatile electric and double bassist in Southeast Alabama. His work with three and four piece versions of his group, The Chris Hodges Band, his newly formed duo with percussionist, Eric Ward, and his freelance work, makes him one of the busiest jazz bassist in the area. If you have any event (public or private) that needs live music or need just a hired gun, you have come to the right place. Look around and feel free to ask questions.

I’ve been wanting to write posts for gigs for a long time and I finally decided to do so a few months back. The only problem with that is I also stopped booking the band over the summer so I could focus on writing and recording some music. So, I am going to do one or two on some gigs we did earlier this year. We are starting to gig again so I will have more posts up soon.

Here we go…

May 22, 2010

The 2010 Downtown Bayou Gumbo Cook-off & Street Festival was a festival held on Foster Street in downtown Dothan, Al. It was organized by the owner of a great cajun restaurant named Blue Moon Cafe and benefited the ALS Associaiton (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).

   

If you think it looks hot, you’re right. It hit 90 degrees that day and we went on at 11:00 am!

Aug 122010

I had the honor of playing some jazz with guitarist, Rusty Frith, last night. I have actually been playing with him for about a year now at Wiregrass Church but never new he played jazz. Anyhow, I called him and he dug what I had in mind so we jammed. The night went great and he is on board for gigging and recording with the CHB! I really look forward to working with him.

Jul 212010

Hey everybody. I had originally attempted to use Kickstarter as a means to fund my album. However, since kickstarter is an all or nothing program and I did not reach my goal, I was unable to get any funding. Please read my blog on the subject and find out how you can help me in this endevour (by the way, you get cool stuff for helping)! Thanks!

Jul 022010

 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my new website! I have been wanting to move in this direction for a while now and I hope you like it. With this format, I can update this site from my Droid which will allow me to make changes on the go. I will be able to blog about a show and add pictures before I even leave the gig! We’ll see how it goes but that’s my plan!

Stay tuned for gig updates and recaps and all kinds of new little features. I hope you dig it!

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