Show and Tell Gallery

Featuring Jonathan Treadway, Tommy Gaffney and Lantz Moore

Jonathan Treadway (photo by Mary Slocum)

Jonathan Treadway was born a preacher’s son but went on to fail at the family business. Sometime in the 1990s he was witness to an Abraham Lincoln impersonator preach the gospel and play hymns on a saw; he has not been the same since. A poet, painter and musician Treadway grew up in the same town that horror director John Carpenter and 1980s professional wrestler Hillbilly Jim are from.Treadway has played dirty rock n roll on stages all over the south. He has published two collections of poetry, Dirty Clay on Sunday Shoes (Sad Bastard Publications, 2010), and The Blue Life Sketches (Throwback Books, 2009) and has been featured in literature journals both print and online.Treadway has even roadied for the Charlie Daniels band. His favorite singers are Hank Williams and Tony Bennett and his favorite bourbon is Four Roses. A lifelong brother of Kentucky, Treadway now is an expat recently settling in Portland.

Tommy Gaffney

Tommy Gaffney was born and raised in Kentucky, somewhere between the projects and the trailer parks.  He is the author of two collections of poetry and prose:  Whiskey Days (2010) and Three Beers from Oblivion (2006).  His work has appeared in The Night Bomb Review, The Drunk Poets Society Anthology; Volume 2 and The Broken Word Anthology; Volumes 1 & 2.  He has performed at the Insomniacathon, Wordstock, Columbia Gorge Community College, KBOO radio, and hosted the annual Artists Night Out Spoken Word Festival at Artists Repertory Theater.  In 2010, Tommy was nominated for the Oregon Book Award for Poetry.  Gaffney’s favorite colors are John Deere Green and Joey Ramone Black.

Lantz Moore