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The Warren Haynes Presents Series features highlights from the annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, held every December in Asheville, NC.

Since 1998, Haynes has coordinated and hosted the Warren Haynes Annual Christmas Jam. Like a family reunion, the annual, one-of-a-kind, semi-structured marathon of music brings together friends both old and new, hand-picked by Haynes, on stage and in the sold out audience of 7200 people at the Civic Center Arena in Asheville, NC.

The show thrives on the generous support of volunteer talent and behind-the-scenes personnel with the net proceeds going to charity. In the formative years of The Christmas Jam, donations were made to a different charity each year, but in 1998 Haynes and his wife Stefani Scamardo, with whom he co-produces the event each year, decided on Habitat for Humanity as the event's beneficiary. To date almost Half a Million Dollars has been raised.

Both Habitat and the city of Asheville have welcomed Warren with open arms and have publicly recognized him for the money and awareness he has brought to each. "As always," said Lew Kraus, Director of the Asheville Habitat for Humanity Chapter, "we are very grateful for Warren's extraordinary generosity." The organization recently dedicated an entire sub-community of its Enka Village for the houses The Christmas Jam's donations help build. Former Mayor Charles Worley gave Warren the key to the city in 2002 and declared December 21st Warren Haynes Day in 2003. In 2004, the Mayor simply thanked Warren for all of his contributions to Asheville because he "has no honor left to bestow upon him."

Past Performers at the Christmas Jam include:

The Allman Brothers Band, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Blues Traveler, Bob Weir, Derek Trucks Band, DJ Logic, Drive By Truckers' Paterson Hood and Jason Isbell, Edwin McCain, Electric Hot Tuna, Galactic, John Hiatt & The Goners, Bill Kreutzmann, Ray LaMontagne, Living Colour, Edwin McCain, John Medeski, moe., Ivan Neville, Neville Brothers, North Mississippi All-Stars, Phil Lesh and Friends, Phish's Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Sam Bush, John Scofield, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Sonny Landreth, String Cheese Incident's Michael Kang, Marty Stuart, Susan Tedeschi, and Widespread Panic's John Bell, Dave Schools, John (JoJo) Herman & Todd Nance.

Future Releases in this series Coming Soon:

The Benefit Concert Volume 3 (2CD) - Recorded 12/21/01 in Asheville, NC featuring Gov't Mule, Phil Lesh And Friends, Blues Traveler, and Drivin' N' Cryin'

The Benefit Concert Volume 4 (CD/DVD) - Recorded 12/21/02 in Asheville, NC featuring Gov't Mule, John Hiatt And The Goners, Moe., Robert Randolph And The Family Band, and Bob Weir And Friends

The Benefit Concert Volume 5 (CD/DVD) - Recorded 12/20/03 in Asheville, NC featuring Gregg Allman, John Bell, Funky Meters, Warren Haynes, North Mississippi Allstars, Sonny Landreth Band, Stained Souls, and Keller Williams

The Benefit Concert Volume 6 (CD/DVD) - Recorded 12/18/04 in Asheville, NC featuring Gov't Mule, Little Feat, Living Colour, Jorma Kaukonen And Friends, The Neville Brothers, and Galactic

The Benefit Concert Volume 7 (CD/DVD) - Recorded 12/16/05 in Asheville, NC featuring Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon And Bill Kreutzmann, Gov't Mule, Hot Tuna Electric, Ray LaMontagne, Patterson Hood And Friends, John Scofield And Friends, Ralph Stanley, and Marty Stuart

The Benefit Concert Volume 8 (CD/DVD) - Recorded 12/16/06 in Asheville, NC featuring Dave Matthews, Gov't Mule, The John Popper Project Featuring DJ Logic, Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives, New Orleans Social Club Featuring Henry Butler, Leo Nocentelli, Ivan Neville, George Porter And Raymond Weber, and Taj Mahal Trio

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