Music Page

I knew I wanted to play music since the night I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. I immediately started making plans to get the correct hair cut and cloths. Not being able to play an instrument didn't seem to be such a big deal back then.  Years later I got my parents to buy me a cheap acoustic guitar and get me some basic group lessons. The rest as they say is history.

Over the years I have come to appreciate almost all styles of music. I can appreciate any music performed with conviction and musical integrity. Good musicianship is good musicianship regardless of the instruments involved.

I started out playing rock in bands that were trying to be louder than anyone else but more recently I enjoy playing a lot of acoustic guitar with a finger style and/or classical bent. Over the years I have met a lot of musicians in Colorado Springs mainly through work and have been in numerous bands with them. The most important of these bands were:

Tandem with Mike and Shella Griffus. We played top forty hits and some originals in and around the Springs for probably five years. We played many gigs including the Manitou Art Festival numerous times and a lot of weddings, company parties and private parties. I met Mike and Shella through Heather because Mike and Heather worked together at Inmos Corp. in the early 80s'

Three on the Trail with Steve Luteman and Maria Hernandez whom I met working at IBM. In this band we played Old Time music which is a precursor to blue grass. Steve played guitar, Maria played fiddle and I played bass. We did mostly all instrumentals. Steve and Maria were married. They moved back to North Carolina when IBM closed here.

Hydrogen was formed from people who mostly worked at ChannelPoint a now defunct startup company in the Springs.  Information about Hydrogen and Lesser Mortals is available here.

Lesser Mortal was a follow on to Hydrogen. See above link for more info.

Evangenitals was a garage band I played in for years. See the bottom of this page for more info.

The 495's is one of the current band I am in. Check us out here.

The Bro's are the other band I am in. Check us out here.

While I do enjoy playing with other people I also enjoy recording myself solo in my little recording studio. On my recordings I play all of the instruments and sing all of the vocal parts. I've only recently begun singing so I have a long way to go before I win any awards (;>) for my vocal efforts. Most of the recordings I have done were made into CDs some of which are detailed shortly. For a look at my studio click here.

I do live gigs around the Colorado Springs area from time to time. If you are interested in having an acoustic musician at one of your functions please contact me at: calhjh@gmail.com. Here I was playing at the Road Kill Chili Cookoff aka Ass on the Grass festival in Woodland Park on 8/18/12.

My Recordings

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