 He now resides in Austin, Texas and plays locally in and around Texas' major cities, especially Houston (where he performs nearly every month), occasionally in Dallas and Fort Worth, and also Europe, where he has a large following in Scandinavian countries, Germany, Denmark and Israel.Haynes started playing guitar at the age of 8 and approached the blues for the first time when he was about 12.Among the first influences he had were the Three Kings of the Blues