Warren Haynes Biography
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 6 April 1960, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. As a child Haynes was captivated by soul music, but at age 12 he took up the guitar. This brought about a shift in his musical influences, notably Eric Clapton and Cream. His older brothers, whose guitars he had first tried to play, directed him to other, even more strongly blues-orientated figures, such as Howlin’ Wolf. Haynes began playing at parties and also visited nightclubs despite being underage. By the age of 15 he was sitting in at clubs and attracting considerable approving attention. He played in various local bands until, in 1980, he was hired by David Allan Coe. For the next four years, he toured nationally and internationally and recorded with Coe. While touring with Coe he met Gregg Allman and Richard ‘Dickie’ Betts, two musicians who would influence his later career.
From the mid-80s, Haynes worked as a session musician in Nashville, Tennessee, which is where he re-encountered Betts, playing on the latter’s Pattern Disruptive. Around this same time, Allman recorded a Haynes composition, ‘Before The Bullets Fly’, for his 1988 release Just Before The Bullets Fly. Haynes subsequently joined the re-formed Allman Brothers Band, appearing on their reunion tour and guesting on three studio albums. These sets included two compositions by Haynes and Betts, ‘True Gravity’ and ‘Kind Of Bird’, both of which were Grammy nominated as Best Instrumental Rock Performance (in 1990 and 1991 respectively). The albums themselves Seven Turns, Shades Of Two Worlds and An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band, were highly acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, with Haynes being singled out for praise as being a major factor in the revitalization of the Allman Brothers Band. Haynes also collaborated with latter-day Allman Brothers Band member Allen Woody and Matt Abts on the Gov’t Mule project, worked with Phil Lesh’s band, Phil Lesh And Friends, and in 2004 joined Lesh and his former Grateful Dead colleagues in the band’s new incarnation, the Dead. Hayne’s musical influences are many and varied, including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Frank Zappa. Among musicians with whom he has worked have been jazzmen such as John Scofield, bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Albert Collins, and contemporary music artists including Phish, the Black Crowes and Medeski, Martin And Wood. When Haynes made his own-name debut in 1993 with Tales Of Ordinary Madness, in addition to playing guitar he took the opportunity to return to his first love, singing. Haynes’ musical preferences (R&B, soul and post-bop jazz) were readily apparent in the robust performances which were filled with many dynamic and exhilarating moments.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.
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6 April 1960, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. As a child Haynes was captivated by soul music, but at age 12 he took up the guitar. This brought about a shift in his musical influences, notably Eric Clapton and Cream. His older brothers, whose guitars he had first tried to play, directed him to other, even more strongly blues-orientated figures, such as Howlin’ Wolf. Haynes began playing at parties and also visited nightclubs despite being underage. By the age of 15 he was sitting in at clubs and attracting considerable approving attention. He played in various local bands until, in 1980, he was hired by David Allan Coe. For the next four years, he toured nationally and internationally and recorded with Coe. While touring with Coe he met Gregg Allman and Richard ‘Dickie’ Betts, two musicians who would influence his later career.