Early life - Haynes spent his formative years in Asheville, North Carolina, where he was born, and lived with his two older brothers and his father, Edward Haynes.
He began playing guitar at age 12.
Guitar choices - His primary guitar is a Gibson Les Paul '58 Reissue Electric Guitar.
His choice of a '58 is most likely because of Duane Allman's famed '58 Les Paul and the tone he achieved with that.
Haynes has referred to himself as a "Gibson man", often playing Gibson Firebird and Gibson ES-335 models, as well as the Les Paul models.
This was acknowledged by the American guitar maker Gibson which has included a limited edition Warren Haynes signature Les Paul in its product line, built according to Haynes' specifications and modeled on his '58 Les Paul.
Career - Haynes is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule.
Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey Betts Band.
Haynes also is known for his associations with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, including touring with Phil Lesh and Friends and The Dead.
In addition to singing and playing acoustic and electric guitar, Haynes is also a songwriter.
Other projects - In addition, Haynes founded and manages Evil Teen Records.
Honors - He was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as the 23rd greatest guitarist of all time.
Personal life - Haynes is married to Stefani Scamardo (m. 1997), a DJ for Sirius radio and the long-time manager of Gov't Mule.
Social media stats as of August 2020:
306K followers on Facebook
66.3K followers on Twitter
32.9K followers on Myspace
78.3K subscribers on YouTube
108K followers on Instagram
236.2K monthly listeners on Spotify
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mike corder: I never forget the times and I am thankful (February 04, 2022)Reply »
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I love playing vintage Les Pauls...because they sound so amazing.
I don't practice in any regimented way, there's just always a guitar that I'll pick up and that's my form of practicing. I very seldom go through any kind of formalized practicing ritual or anything like that. It's usually just improvising, sitting around singing folk songs.
My oldest brother had an acoustic, and I played it more than he did. I remember sitting in my room for hours trying to figure out how it worked! It made me want an electric so bad, which I got when I was 12.
When I try to restring the guitar myself I usually end up poking myself and drawing blood.