The members of Hal Ketchum were friends in grade school. The bassist use to listen to CD constantly as a child. Hal Ketchum began performing at Beach, a local bar. The group asked the local radio station to play their first single.

Hal Ketchum talked to a local program director from X97.9 and got their single on air. The girlfriend of a record executive heard the song and soon after Hal Ketchum was signed. The group members were excited that all the small bars they had played had paid off.

Hal Ketchum realized that they had a real chance to become a headlining national act after the group’s first fan club was started by Margie Brooks in 1980. While the club started out small after the organizer heard the band play at a small club in Orlando, the club grew leaps and bounds after the band’s first national tour.

Hal Ketchum plans to take some time off after this next tour, allowing the group members to work on other projects. The band is in the midst of the tour accompanying for their new record. The newest album is 's first release since the band broke up five years ago.

Critics have generally commended Hal Ketchum for their ability to rile up the crowd at concerts. A music critic from Austin, Dillon Parquette, has always mentioned group’s crisp sound. Hal Ketchum’s latest record has received tremendous reviews from Van Jagodzinski, a music critic out of Concord, and Jeremy Quinn, from Chicago.

The band has never played a bad show in Miami, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. The band has all their tour information, from the tour schedule to the latest Hal Ketchum tickets released, on TheSeats.com.