Blue Moonchild
Fri
Jan
29
Bluesman Travis “Moonchild” Haddix hails from Hatchie Bottom, Miss., and gets his moniker from “Moonchild,” a song he released in 1984 about the heavenly bodies.
Haddix’ career has gone from entertaining fellow troops at service clubs in Germany as a means of dodging guard duty to opening for–and losing his band to–Johnnie Taylor; signing to the now-defunct Atlanta label Ichiban Records and starting up his own record label–all of this while working two jobs: at General Motors and as a mailman. In his words, he delivered the “mail by day and the Blues by night!”
“Moonchild” will be delivering some sweet, soul-stirring blues and soul for two back-to-back concerts this weekend at Hawaii Public Radio’s Atherton Studio in Honolulu. He will be accompanied by James Ronstadt and the Dynamic Shuffle Kings. Better get your tickets soon though; Haddix’ Honolulu shows usually sell out.
