Ham1 News:
Hello Friends, We just returned from a two week tour up and down the East Coast -- great shows and fantastic turn-out at all of them! The official release date for our new album, "Let's Go On and On and On with Ham1" will be October 31st. Both Cleft Music in Nashville, and Orange Twin Records in Athens are releasing the album on this date. You can purchase the new album here.
For the Athens' album release show Flagpole Magazine did a flattering interview of yours truly! Read it here.
We're planning on hitting Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Birmingham, and Athens again this fall. Check for upcoming shows on our shows page! Over and Out! JIM
HAM1 is
Instruments
Jim Willingham: Guitars, vocals
Also play(ed) with: Harry Carey, Liz Durrett, Vic Chesnutt
Eric Harris: Drums, miscellaneous
Also play(ed) with: Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power,
The Music Tapes, Vic Chesnutt (& others!)
Jacob Morris: Cello, guitar keys, vocals
Also play(ed) with: Madeline, Moths, Ginger Envelope
Liz Durrett, Vic Chesnutt
Jeff Fox: Bass, guitar, keys, vocals
Also play(ed) with: Fiery Hoops, Goat Shanty (others)
REVIEWS
HAM1 – (self-titled debut)
Flagpole Magazine’s Critics #1 album of 2005:
Ham1 is the album Athens used to be known for. It’s pop, clearly homegrown, but precisely, if quirkily assembled. Droll. Adventurous. Peculiar. Successful in both its instrumental and vocal tracks. Jim Willingham and his band should be proud. Athens should be proud.
The Captain’s Table – Orange Twin Records (2007)
Pitchfork - 6.5
It is fitting that this band should find a home on the record label with ties to the Elephant 6 collective as the relaxed, rickety sound of this album fits nicely alongside such lynchpin bands as Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. What separates Ham1 from those groups, and very much for the better, is their more uncomplicated approach to songwriting, eschewing fractured psychedelia for a more rustic, reverb-soaked sound that cuts a wide swath through the history of American music.” - The (Phill)er
The Underground Stream – Infinity Cat Records (2009)
It is precisely this balance of comfortable atmospheric fugues, lingering melodies and a noisy take on traditional songwriting that give the record so much character. 5 STARS!” - Chad Radford, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)