 Halden
Wofford
Acoustic guitar, vocals
Halden Wofford was born in Los Angeles in 1966, but was quickly
transplanted to Ft. Worth, Texas, where his mother's family
stuck like weeds. Once in Texas, the heat, constant local
television, and eventual rattle of a '73 Barracuda fused his
brain cells into a receptor for Honky Tonk and Western Swing
musical compositions. Halden has been playing country music
in Denver since 1995, singing for American Legion audiences
and bar flies in obscure bars in questionable neighborhoods
until hooking up with the members of the Hi-Beams in 1999.
Halden's classically country voice and his distinctive, original
songwriting are the cornerstone of the Hi-Beams sound, and
he also holds the rhythm section together with rock-solid
acoustic rhythm guitar. His influences include the late and
the great songwriters like Cindy Walker, Harlan Howard and
Don Gibson, and stretch to encompass contemporary honky-tonkers
like Paul Burch, Jim Lauderdale and the sad, sad music of
Gillian Welch. |
