John the Baker

Who is John the Baker?

John the Baker From Kingston NY, brother of Jimmy Eppard and uncle to Josh Eppard and Joey Eppard was the guy arrested in Woodstock NY 1994 for the lyrical content of his songs, and performing them on the village green. The ACLU proved the case against him unconstitutional in court and sued the town of Woodstock and their police dept. for 1 million dollars. John then settled out of court for $20,000, made a record and went on tour. This side of the split 7" with MDC Unplugged tells the story with a detailed description in the liner notes and with the songs. Ladder of Pigs is the song John was arrested for and Cops is the song he wrote after his arrest which tells the story of how the Woodstock police were having sex with underage girls. John the Baker, with the assistance of a few town board members, got a secret investigation against the Woodstock PD and got half the police force fired for sexual misconduct.