Don Haddock has been playing and writing songs since he was 15 years old. Originally from San Diego, Ca., he grew up playing Rock and Roll in a 3 piece power group. He took a break from music to try and make a career a as a professional baseball player. By the age of 28 he knew he had gone as far as he could with baseball and got back into writing and playing music again. He joined a Bluegrass band as a rhythm guitar player and vocalist and performed throughout San Diego County for about 5 years. He later moved to Orange County for a job and to raise a family. It was here he started playing and writing Country Music and eventually started a band called "Free Reign".

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We are currently completing the finishing touches on our CD "COUNTRY SOUL" and hope to have it out before Christmas!! I am pleased to introduce the members of the band "Matt Slagg and the Tramp Iron Railroad:

Matt Slagg - Acoustic Guitar/Lead Vocals/Harmonica
Garth Jacobs - Drums
Jeff Thorsnes - Fiddle
Steve Denison - Lead Guitar/Keyboards/Back Up Vocals
Tim McRaney - Bass Guitar

Songwriter Don Haddock

Don Haddock has been playing and writing songs since he was 15 years old. Originally from San Diego, Ca., he grew up playing Rock and Roll in a 3 piece power group. He took a break from music to try and make a career a as a professional baseball player. By the age of 28 he knew he had gone as far as he could with baseball and got back into writing and playing music again. He joined a Bluegrass band as a rhythm guitar player and vocalist and performed throughout San Diego County for about 5 years. He later moved to Orange County for a job and to raise a family. It was here he started playing and writing Country Music and eventually started a band called "Free Reign". Free Reign played all the Honky Tonks and local bars in Southern California for about 8 years. The band was nominated for OCCMA country band of the year, and Don Haddock was individually nominated for "songwriter of the year". The band played Top 40 Country Dance Music throughout the 90's.
Don Haddock released his first album entitled: " Heartaches and Honky-Tonks" in Late January 2011 on Amazon.com and I-Tunes.
In April 2011, he also released his second album: "Time Will Tell"
Currently he can be heard here at: www.reverbnation.com/donhaddock or
www.donhaddockmusic.com
This year, He is working on a Professional CD project with all original songs.The Songs and recordings are being performed exclusively by "Matt Slagg and the Tramp Iron Railroad"
The album is due for release sometime in late Summer of 2013