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Chuck Haddix

Host of The Fish Fry

Chuck Haddix AKA Chuck Haddock joined the staff of KCUR FM in 1984. Originally hired as a jazz producer, Haddix began producing the "Fish Fry" in 1985. Making its debut on Saturday night at midnight, the "Fish Fry" proved so popular with listeners it quickly moved up to the 8:00 p.m. slot. A year or so later the public radio party spread like a virus to Friday night. Since then the Fish Fry has been featured Friday and Saturday nights from 8:00 until midnight. A faculty member at UMKC, Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives, a collection of 250,000 sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library. He is a writer who has been published in Down Beat and Living Blues Magazine. Well known for his broad knowledge of music, Haddix served as a consultant for a wide variety of theatrical, video and film projects including Robert Altman's Kansas City and Merchant-Ivory's Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.

Jazz/Blues
8:36 am
Fri May 22, 2009

A Conversation with "Cowtown Ballroom" Filmmakers

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Kansas City, MO – There's a brick building at 31st and Gillham, which has stood for more than eight decades. Most of the time it's been known as the El Torreon, but for three years in the early '70s, it was transformed into the Cowtown Ballroom.

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Jazz/Blues
8:44 am
Mon March 2, 2009

Cedric Burnside And Lightnin' Malcolm: Two-Man Wrecking Crew

Chuck Haddix, Lightnin' Malcolm and Cedric Burnside
Michael Byars / KCUR
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Kansas City, Mo – Cedric Burnside, grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside, son of drumming great Calvin Jackson, is widely regarded as one of the best drummers in the world. Bluesman Lightnin' Malcolm is one of the leading younger generation artists on the scene today.

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Jazz/Blues
9:35 am
Mon February 19, 2007

Marva Whitney: It's Her Thing

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Kansas City, MO – KCUR's Chuck Haddix welcomed funk singer Marva Whitney to The Fish Fry, where she talked about her start in Kansas City Kansas and working with the late great James Brown.

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Jazz/Blues
10:44 am
Wed December 6, 2006

WEB EXTRA: Chuck Haddix on Jay McShann

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Kansas City, MO – Historian Chuck Haddix is the co-author with Frank Driggs of Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop: A History. Here, Haddix talks about how McShann will be remembered.

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Jazz/Blues
10:54 am
Thu June 22, 2006

Bluesman DC Bellamy

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Kansas City, MO – Blues musician Gregory "DC" Bellamy grew up on Chicago's West Side, but he's made Kansas City his home for the past several years.

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Jazz/Blues
11:45 am
Wed February 22, 2006

The Wild Woman of Kansas City: Myra Taylor

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Kansas City, Missouri – Vocalist Myra Taylor is a veteran of the original Kansas City swing sound and started out singing and dancing in the early 1930s on 18th and Vine. Throughout her long career, she's shared the stage with Jay McShann, Sarah Vaughan, Nat "King" Cole, and many others. Taylor continues to perform in her hometown often as part of the quartet known as the Wild Women of Kansas City. Myra Taylor turns 89 on Friday, February 24.

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The Fish Fry

A public radio party in your living room, as Chuck Haddock serves up the best in blues, r&b, soul, jumpin' jazz and zydeco.

Listen to past Fish Fry programs here.

Chuck Haddix, aka Chuck Haddock, joined the KCUR staff in 1984. Originally hired as a jazz producer, he began producing The Fish Fry in 1985.

A staff member at UMKC, Haddix is the director of the Marr Sound Archives, a collection of 250,000 sound recordings housed in the Miller Nichols Library.

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