Photographs of Vines and his work (and workshop) are featured in Vines’ haunting new book, Hanging Tree Guitars (out September 1st from the Bitter Southerner Press), written with Van Buren and ...

Vines once purchased two planks from a black walnut tree, all that was left of a “hanging tree” — also known as a “lynching tree” — where a Black man was killed 90 years ago.

In the Hanging Tree Guitars book, Vines says, "The college I went to is spelled C-H-A-I-N G-A-N-G." In his studio, Vines tells the story of how he first learned to play guitar as a child – not ...

Vines’ Hanging Tree Guitars may eventually be a permanent exhibit in the Greenville Museum of Art. “It’s spiritually important to have an exhibit where his family and community can visit ...

Vines told Duffy he began making guitars because he was trying to replicate a sound he’d heard from another player’s instrument. By the time they met in 2015, he’d almost given up.

The wood used to make the “hanging tree guitars” has a “characteristic of its own,” Mr. Vines said. “All that stuff in there, people thought I carved and put in there — I didn’t do it.

FARMVILLE — Freeman Vines’ Hanging Tree Guitars exhibit is now on display at The Farmville Public Library. This is the first time the library has hosted this exhibit, which features the life ...