8:00 - Midnight Friday and Saturday

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

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View photos of The Fish Fry/KCUR 50th Anniversary Party at Knucklehead's Saloon.

Chuck Haddix, Host of The Fish Fry
Phone: (816) 235 -1551

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 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.

Voted BEST LOCAL WRITER by Pitch Magazine
Chuck Haddix (Haddock) was recognized for his collaboration with New Yorker Frank Driggs on Kansas City Jazz, From Ragtime to Bebop: "You can almost feel what it was like to live here when that intemperate Kansas City spirit was at its most alive and well. A music history that once felt like a myth actually becomes real -- and significant -- once you've read the book. Plus, it's a hell of an entertaining story."

Listen to an interview with Chuck about his book Kansas City Jazz, From Ragtime to Bebop.