About Me

WE"RE SWITCHING EVERYTHING OVER TO THE HAYWOOD BANJO PAGE, It will be much easier to handle music and art from one page, and they won't let me turn this one into a music page.
PLEASE VISIT WWW.HAYWOODART.COM FOR 6 YEARS OF HILLBILLY ARTWORK.
WE"VE RELOCATED BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST KENTUCKY FOLKS!

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2008
BIG REMINDER that you got until the 20th to vote for "One Gallon for a Two Dollar Bill"or"Old Kentucky Whiskey" (it's one painting with two names) by logging into www.themarkofgreatart.com then search for JOHN HAYWOOD and give it your number one vote.
I would also like to remind you that this coming weekend is the Bristol Rythm and Roots Reunion at the birthplace of Country music.
And speaking of music, there are several new music related paintings under the 2008 link to the left.
Also Remember to tune into Knoxville's WDVX on wednesday Sept 24th for an appearance on the Blue Plate Special, performing with my good friend Pokey LaFarge and Peter Piek.
Keep checking back here for more updates!!
EAST KENTUCKY ARTIST CHOSEN BY MAKERS MARK
In March 2008, the famous Makerâ€™s Mark Distillery sent out a call for artist to create a piece especially for an exhibit called The Mark of Great Art. Knott County resident and artist, John Haywood was chosen from over 120 artists to be among the 54 from across the state commissioned. Haywood will reveal his oil painting entitled â€œOld Kentucky Whiskeyâ€ at the show opening on September 5, 2008 in the gallery of the distillery in Loretto, Kentucky.
The show will be comprised of 115 pieces of artwork that will be broken up into 8 mini-collections after the initial opening. The pieces will, then, travel to bars and restaurants in Louisville, Lexington, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London, England, and Madrid, Spain where they will remain indefinitely. All who visit the Makerâ€™s Mark Gallery between September 6-21 either in person or online (www.themarkofgreatart.com) can vote for their favorite piece. The three artists that receive the most votes will win monetary prizes from Makerâ€™s Mark.
Haywood invites all to view â€œOld Kentucky Whiskeyâ€. Other paintings and prints by Haywood can be seen by visiting his home studio on Little Doubles Creek, or online at www.haywoodart.com.
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John Haywood has recieved professional development funding through the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, supported by state tax dollars and federalfunding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
I was borned and raised in the east Kentucky hills in a holler called Risner. The only thing I've ever been good at is drawing and playing music. My papaw was a coal miner and old regular baptist singer who told me he didn't want me to work in the mines. He told me to get a good education, so that's what I did, and that's pretty much how I ended up in Louisville. But now we're back in good ol' East KY. I make my living painting, teaching, and playin' some banjo. So I really can't complain.

Updated August 2008
BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS!!!!
If you're reading this prior to the 22nd and 23rd you're invited to the MARS festival fundraising Party on PINE MOUNTAIN, which is more of a pilot for the first annual kickoff in 09.
See below for a poster with a complete list of performers.
The MAKER'S MARK commission will finally be unveiled to the public FRIDAY SEPT 5th at the distillery in Loretto, Kentucky.
The painting will be on display with others that were chosen for THE MARK OF GREAT ART exhibition. After the reception, the Art will be shipped to various establishments worldwide that are proud servers of this Old Kentucky Whiskey.
The GALLERY ON MAIN in Richmond Kentucky will host an exhibition of paintings that will open with a reception on Tuesday SEPT 9th.
I will also be performing, possibly with a few folks from PONTY's CAMPER
Please check our SCHEDULE for more show dates including BRISTOL's RYTHM and ROOTS REUNION and a special performance On KNOXVILLE's BLUE PLATE SPECIAL
There are also new 2008 PAINTINGS available for your viewing pleasure, they're all right there under the 2008 link. At www.haywoodart.com of course.
SUMMIT CITY CAFE, the nearly year old Food, Bar, Art Gallery, and Performance Venue in Whitesburg Kentucky will be bringing out some new T-shirts that feature a custom drawing that I did Just for them.
2008
8.16.08 Woodland Arts Fair/Lexington KY
8.23.08 Jenny Wiley Spillway/Prestonsburg, KY
8.23.08 Wileyâ€™s Last Resort/Whitesburg
8.29.08 Kentucky Artisan Center (Painting Demo)/Berea, KY
9.05.08 MAKER'S MARK/The Mark of Great Art. Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto, KY
9.09.08 GALLERY ON MAIN/RICHMOND, KY
9.13.08 Doc Boggs Festival, Pound Virginia
9.19.08 Bristol Rythm and Roots(Featured Crafter)
9.24.08 Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN
9.25-28.08 Mountain Heritage FEstival, Whitesburg, KY
10.18.08 SOJOURN FALL FESTIVAL Solo performance at the 930 in conjunction with the affordable art show. Louisville,KY
10.24-25.08 BLACKPOT FESTIVAL and COOKOFF/Lafayette, LA
10.31-11.02.08 RIVERARTS FESTIVAL, Memphis, TN
11.21-23.08 GOOD FOLK FEST, Louisville, KY
"Probably one of the most interesting things that someone said to me this year was 'Hey you're the trash artist.' I didn't understand what this person was talking about because I am a painter. This person later explained that I was the white trash artist. Now this stuck with me because a word like 'white trash' can carry tons of negativity. This statement brought to my attention the way others see themselves and the world. If my paintings are honest narratives, meaning they are based in reality, then maybe me and the people I paint are white trash. For me, my paintings celebrate Appalachian culture. This culture represents a freedom that can't be found in a society that values its citizens based upon educational or financial accomplishments. That's why the Appalachian people have been stuck with so many negative stereotypes."
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My Interests

Playing The Banjo, Drawing Pictures, Please Visit my website at www.haywoodart.com , and see all my paintings.

I'd like to meet:

Loretta Lynn

Music:

I've been playing in a Variety of different Kentucky and East Kentucky Bands since around 1990. For the most part, unless otherwise stated, I played guitar for most of these groups. My First Band was a punk band I started with my two best fiends called EAGLE SEVEN,named after the bug killer, because black flag was also a bug killer and that's what we wanted to be associated with. I was then in a couple of Rock bands with no names who played original music and some covers at high school gatherings, talent shows, parking lot shows, etc. I think one of those bands was called Salt Water Taffy, we played nerd Rock.
Then I played bass in the infamous dirge metal band BLEEDER, who played a significant show at Stumbo Park, with DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and JABORWOCKY.
Soon after a skatin buddy of mine, and me, had a group called WALLOP. It was a lets see how hard you can rock with a kareoke machine, and beat up acoustic guitar kind of band.
After that, me and Salena Filichia, started playing together with friends and we called it the CEPHUS'S HOUSE BAND, because we played at Cephus's House, and also had bands play ther too.
At the same time as the CEPHUS"S HOUSE BAND, I had another Punk Band Called BLANK. It was my first band to record a real CD that we sold at shows.
I then Joined an Existing group called SWEATY TOOTHED MADMAN, wich later became POINTDEXTER in which I played bass, a Queersish, Screaching Weaselish, Alkaline Trioish, punk band. Dare I say pop. This was my first fairly well known band, where people actually showed up to shows and knew our lyrics. We actually made enough to put out a seven inch on my CLABBERED MILK RECORD LABEL. We stopped playing because Our drummer moved to winsconsin. Then he moved back.
Then me and Salena got together again and started MARCUS BROWN, which later became MARK US BROWN, because people thought MARCUS BROWN was some kind of singer songwriter guy. Marcus Brown was actually our bass player's name. I played drums in this band, we recorded alot. Most of the tunes were ones Salena had written. we put out a bunch of cds, played tons of shows, went on tour.
When I moved to Louisville, Salena eventually followed me and we started GREEN FORMICA TABLE. This band was probably the best band I was in up to that point because I was playing guitar which was more comfortable to me, and we all callaborated on all our songs. You can hear GREEN FORMICA TABLE at www.myspace.com/greenformicatable GFT would probably be more successful today, because we know more about the ins and outs of Big City Show promoting than we did when we first came to the city.

After that I learned to play old time banjo. At first it was to use in GFT, but when GFT broke up, I started learning appalachian Banjo traditions, which I tried to ignore growing up. But anyhow, I now have a band that promises to be my most successful band ever. PONTY'S CAMPER is a band formed by rock musicians to play traditional old time music with a rock'n'roll attitude, because we feel that modern music, specifically rock, is deeply rooted in this time of musicality, and really hasn't changed all that much, I'm sure if old timers had electric guitars, they would have plugged them in. You can visit PONTY'S CAMPER at www.myspace.com/pontyscamperOld TIme Eastern Kentucky Hillbilly Music RocknRoll Roscoe Holcomb, HogScraper, Lee Sexton, Doc Boggs, George Gibson, Hobart Smith, misfits, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Old AC/DC, Nirvana, Green Formica Table, Ultra Pulverize, Monkey Boy, Pointdexter, Mark Us Brown, George Pegrim, Doc Watson, Clack Mountain String Band, Bill Monroe, Stanly Brothers, and lots more.

Movies:

I like good ones. My favorites are documentaries.

Television:

Currently without a Television.

Books:

Any books on Appalachian culture, art and music stuff.

My Blog

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