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December 10th marks the date for the first Christmas Comedy Jam presented by Warren Haynes and the Funny Business Comedy Club on the lower level of the historic S&W Cafeteria Building in downtown Asheville.
The Christmas Comedy Jam is a one night only event that will offer an evening of music and comedy with proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity. The evening will feature Asheville’s Vertigo Jazz Project for the opening musical act. The evenings headlining performer is the nationally touring and renowned guitar comedy virtuoso Pat Godwin.
Pat Godwin has been writing songs, performing in clubs and releasing CD’s since he was 20 years old. It was only when Pat’s style took a turn, and he began adding more humor to his live act that people started taking notice. Before long, his banter with the audience was funny and his songs were even funnier. Pat plunged headfirst into comedy and discovered his true calling.
Aside from his standup career, Godwin has blossomed into one of the most clever and prolific comedy songwriters in the business. Pat first broke onto the scene with his holiday classic “Let’s Put Christ Back in Christmas” from the album Reindeer Games, which received airplay all over the country. After that, it wasn’t long before Godwin’s talents were being used on radio morning shows, a medium Pat is more than familiar with. He’s appeared on every top morning show you can think of, worked for six years on Philadelphia’s “Morning Zoo” and was a frequent guest and contributor to “The Howard Stern Show”.
The Christmas Comedy Jam kicks off the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam with a laugh Thursday December 10th at 8PM. Ticket price is $20 and limited tickets are available. All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity. Visit www.ashevillecomedy.com for tickets or call the Funny Business Comedy Club box office at 828-318-8909.
Tickets for the Christmas Jam itself are available now through Ticketmaster and The Asheville Civic Center box office. Performers will include Counting Crows, Ani DiFranco, Gov’t Mule, moe, Stax Legend William Bell and MANY others. Visit www.xmasjam.com for all performer info.
