Meet Aaron Deyarmon

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Aaron Deyarmon. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Aaron below.

Hi Aaron, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?

My parents. My Dad was steel worker and a coach and my Mom was a teacher so me and my brothers didn’t have much wiggle room, ha ha!. My Mom and Dad kept us busy mostly with sports and chores around the house. My dad coached three sports, we participated in all of them and we were expected to give everything we had to give. It was awesome in a lot of ways. I can still remember how exciting it was just getting ready for little league baseball games, my dad arms would be covered in goose bumps and every kid in the huddle was in the palm of his hand. It was intense and a lot of fun. I was also about the worst student you could have in your classroom as far as actually listening or doing homework, ha ha. So, my Mom was always there to make sure those things were complete and that was no easy task with me, ha! I grew up in a small Appalachian village, alongside a creek bank, in between two ridges, 30 minute drive from everywhere, so we had to learn how to take care of a lot things. It’s the type of place that if you want something done, you might have to learn how to do it. We only lived on about a 1/2 acre and Dad had us doing yard work in between the sports in the warm months and we were expected to shovel snow in the winter. Mom had three boys so we were all expected to chores in the house as well. The dishes aren’t going to wash themselves, ha! Everyone helped, everyone had to.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

We are Graveyard Pete and The New Appalachian Sound and we are an award winning Americana/Country/Folkrock band singing captivating stories in a sweet Rockabilly style. Lead by singer-songwriter, Aaron DeYarmon The New Appalachian Sound has grown a small fan base to 1.4K followers on Facebook. We won “World Songwriting Awards” Best Folk Song Summer 2024, Best Traditional County Song Fall 2023, received airplay from multiple stations across the county, was a band ambassador to “Music Columbus” 2023 census and we were featured on Tom Pollard’s “Music of America” podcast. We are currently working on our second studio release and have and accomplished all of this in just over three years as a full band. Graveyard Pete and the New Appalachian Sound is fun, thoughtful, energetic and soft at just the right time. Our live performance is musical journey with each song serving as a guide and the music driving you from within.

We have so much happening too! Graveyard Pete and the New Appalachian Sound were finalists at the International Singer Songwritesr Associations 2024 award ceremonies in two categories. Band of the Year and Band album of the Year. In addition to winning the World Songwriting Awards, Best Folk Song, summer 2024 for Canadian Whisky, Graveyard Pete and the New Appalachian Sound has also been nominated, and are finalists in the Who’s Hoo country music awards, 2024 season in six categories. Band of the Year, Song of the Year for Cross the Ravenswood Bridge – Co Written by Michael Ulery, Aaron is a finalist for Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for Sunbury Underground, Country Rising Star, and Aaron is a finalist for Songwriter of the Year. Our second studio release and our first full length album is due out late 2024/early 2025.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Faith, tenacity and respect. Faith first because before any piece of art is created, before anything at all can be created actually, whoever creates it, first has to believe in something that there is no proof of existing. It doesn’t matter if it’s a new business or a new product or recipe, without believing in the idea that came to you, regardless of where the idea came from and that it can be real, you’re not going to get far.

Once you decide to give your attention to faith and believing that you can do this, that’s when you’ll need tenacity and respect. Creating and delivering new music to the people is tough, son! It’s even hard for the stars! Can you imagine paying a few hundred bucks to see The Rolling Stones and they only play new songs? The crowd might be a little upset, ha ha! But we push on through because we feel like we have a great product, fans keep coming back.

The respect given is plentiful. Respect for our fans, respect for other artists, respect for industry professionals and venues. Understanding that none of this is possible without the help of others and giving credit when credit is due. Something we have always done and will continue to do because we are thankful.

How can folks who want to work with you connect?

Oh, sure. We are always looking to collaborate with other artists if it makes sense. Especially when it comes to booking events together. We are so versatile we can do large rooms, small acoustic settings and anything in between. Full band sets, three piece, two piece acoustic and solo. Reach out to us on GraveyardPete.com

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Fred Langford and Kate Phonglieng.

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