Chad Warrix (lead vocals/guitar/mandolin/banjitar)
David Tolliver (lead vocals/guitar)
Influences
Bad Co., The Eagles, Hank Williams Jr., Garth Brooks, Foreigner, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stone Temple Pilots, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, George Jones, Live, Jude Cole, Ozzy, Charlie Daniels, Merle Haggard, Foo Fighters, Steve Earl, Lenny Kravitz, Cash, GNR, Soundgarden, Keith Whitley, Little River Band, Alabama, Pink Floyd, Kris Kristofferson, Whitesnake, SRV, George Strait, Poison, Tim McGraw,Brooks and Dunn, and Bryan Adams.
Sounds Like
Imagine a bus with Hank Williams Jr., The Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Garth Brooks and Bon Jovi riding down the highway listening to Led Zeppelin doing George Jones' covers when they get hit directly by an 18 wheeler driven by Bryan Adams and Travis Tritt drinkin' a 5th of Kentucky's finest Bourbon and playing movie trivia. When you uncover the wreckage you will find us and our guitars
Chad Warrix and David Tolliver were raised with about 50 miles and another county between them in the southeastern end of Kentucky. Their parents are hard-working blue-collar middle-class, they both have two older sisters, they grew up in small and smaller towns, did well in school, played sports, went fishing, and jumped on dirt bikes and ATV’s every chance they got. When they were old enough to drive a car, each crossed their county line to get to Hazard, Queen City of the Mountains and, says Tolliver, “the social hub for people who grew up where we did.” Warrix concurs. “There wasn’t anything much in Jackson where I’m from, and even less in Hindman, where David’s from. But Hazard had a movie theater and several places to eat.”
Halfway to Hazard are the opening words of “Cold,” the first song David Tolliver and Chad Warrix wrote together several years after each had put Kentucky in their rear view mirror and ended up in Music City. A pain-and-booze soaked ache for love gone cold, the geographical reference to the midway point from opposite directions to the Queen City of the Mountains is one they both know well, a literal and figurative mile marker on the paths both took to become Halfway to Hazard.
A little bit country and a little bit rock and roll describes the duo, and their self-titled debut album, a richly-colored portrait of their lives set to words and music that is both deeply personal and utterly familiar to people with small town roots and great big dreams. Their self titled album is the realization of the yearning that yanked David Tolliver out of Knott County and Chad Warrix out of Breathitt County and set them up together in Nashville, Tennessee, a pairing as smooth as Kentucky bourbon, with an edge as rough as a dirt road.
"What Chad and I do is just works on stage and when we put the pen to paper, because we are friends first." -David "It's like throwing music and firecrackers into a blender, and what pours out is Halfway to Hazard."- Chad
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""Tolliver and Warrix are the Halfway to Hazard duo, so named because they hail from near that Eastern Kentucky town. Their disc debut is beyond excellent, a gripping story song with a terrific production, a fantastically cool guitar groove and super-expressive, soaring vocals. I hear stardom."" -Robert K. Oermann (Music Row Magazine)
“I saw them live and was blown away, I shared their music with Tim (McGraw) and he felt the same passion." -Byron Gallimore
"These guys are the real thing, the songs are amazing, they have great energy live, and we just had a blast making the record they wanted to make." -Tim McGraw
"Country music superstar Tim McGraw looked on like a proud papa as Chad Warrix and David Tolliver ran through a few of their songs" -Susan Guyett (IndyStar.com)
thanks for the picks my wife loved them we both loved the show the other night at the mac .prob be at the trail ride .hope to see you guys there thanks aka the window man.
OK GUYS - so I sent out to everyone letting them know about the website and asking for you all to let me know about anything that wasnt working and all that so turns out that the page where you have the cool things, well it wasnt working, not even the guestbook if you tried to sign it so I went back in and I fixed it all up so try it out again for me and let me know what you think. You can do it right there on the website, just click on Special Stuff Page and it will take you there. I will be checking it daily. www.wix.com/makingmemoriespikeville/page1
I saw you all in Presonsburg and you was great, of course.. That was the second time I have saw you.. I took my little girl Daizy this time, and she had so much fun!!
I am a big fan of your's. Saturday night at the MAC was honestly the best show I'v been to. May God bless you all and your music career. I can't wait to see you guys go even farther in the future.
Hey guys, thanks for the add. You put on a great show at the MAC Saturday. It made for a cool early birthday present. Looking forward to the new CD. Keep doing what you are doing, it great to see Eastern KY represented in a good way for a change.
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