Music
I come from a long line of Haddock musicians, most of them from Florence, Alabama. My uncle Eddie Darrell Haddock was a working country musician and is in several Country Swing Halls of Fame. I'm distantly related to Sam Phillips and Spooner Oldham. I started playing guitar at 15, and while I never became Eddie Van Halen (or Eddie Haddock!), I've been a rock star in my head ever since.
The Grüps came together in 2023. We are Jojo (vocals, guitar), Suze (bass), Deirdre (drums, vocals), and me (vocals, guitar). Currently we are workshopping via gigs a concept album called "The Time Out" filled with 11 originals. Recording winter 2025/6.
The Gravel Spreaders was the brainchild of my longtime musical collaborator, Tom Beyer. How can you go wrong with bluegrass versions of hair metal songs? He asked me, "Didn't you used to play mandolin?" So I dusted off my mandolin and joined the band.
I formed Crooked Family for the original production of Thanatics, a Rock Opera. After we won a Best of Fringe award for the SF Fringe Festival, I continued to use them for my subsequent Fringe victories, Hell, the Musical and Hitler in the Green Room.
Three by K.S. Haddock.