Wayne R Brown and Friends

Music:

Member Since: 4/20/2008
Band Website: soundclick.com/Waynebrownandfriends
Band Members: Among the writers I have collaborated with are Royce "Mo" Hyatt, Dan Bunting, John Lott, Nick Saracini, Brenda "Red" Perry, Derek Hines, Jack Taylor, Janet Devers, Dave Hendrickson, and James Brown.
I have also been blessed with the opportunity to meet and get to know some of the finest songwriters in Nashville, and Muscle Shoals. Tom T. Hall, Spooner Oldham, Walt Aldridge, David Allen Coe, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Jr. Merle Kilgore, Sonny James, Bobby Bare, Conway Twitty, Johnny Russell, Debbie Cochran, Bill Anderson, Tony Arata, Curley Putman, Russ Zavitson, Del Reeves, Jeanne Pruett, and Ava Aldridge, to name a few.
Among the writers I have met, it was Loretta Lynn who won me over from being strictly a Rocker to writing Country, and Tom T. Hall who had the greatest influence on my writing and passion for the craft.
Influences: The Psalms (songs) of King David, being alert to the daily changes that life brings, and in ways great or small, all of these have held some sway over my creative path:
Tom T. Hall, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, Spooner Oldham, Radney Foster, Tony Joe White, Townes Van Zandt, Harlan Howard, Shel Silverstein, Steve Goodman, Mickey Newbary, George Jones, Narvel Felts, Mo Hyatt, Lee Roy Parnell, Wynonna Judd, Ray Price, Toy Caldwell & The Marshall Tucker Band, ZZ Top, Tom Waits, Levon Helm, Johnny Russell, George Ducas, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, John Fogerty, Robert Mitchum, Walt Aldridge, Rodney Crowell, David Allen Coe, Bob DePiero, Jackson Browne, Jimbeau Hinson, Joe Stampley, Anne Murray, Glenn Miller, Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn, Gram Parsons, Jim Stafford, Billie Holiday, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lenny LeBlanc, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Leon Russell, Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford, Willie Nelson, Duke Ellington, Delbert McClinton, John Coletrane, Roy Orbison, Bobby Braddock, Buddy Holly, Russell Smith, Billy Sherrill, Sonny Throckmorton, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Hank Jr. Merle Kilgore, Kris Kirstofferson, Johnny Cash, George Strait, Conway Twitty, Alabama, The Carter Family, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tracy Lawrence, Mick Jagger, Alan Jackson, Elvis Presley, Stonewall Jackson, Vince Gill, Ernest Tubb, Clint Black, Little Jimmy "Tater" Dickens, Jim Croche, Chris LaDoux, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Roger Murrah, Rory Feek, The guy who swerved all the way across the road and into my driveway to hit my car, Kent Blazy, Ronnie Van Zant & Lynyrd Skynyrd, Helen Darling, Clive Davis, Blain Larcen, Shooter Jennings, Jamie Teachener, Tim Johnson, Dottie West, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Jean Shepard, Thelonious Monk, Bob Seger, Kim Carnes, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, "Ringo", Jo-EL Sonnier, Jack Greene, Kathy Mattea, Mel Tillis, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, Sonya Isaacs, Ledbelly, Randy Newman, Roy Acuff, Larry Gatlin, Fats Waller, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Lacy J Dalton, Chet Atkins, James Brown, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Booker T. Jones, Joe Cocker, Roy Clark, Curly Putman, Carol King, John Prine, Marty Stuart, Kix Brooks, Paul Nelson, Larry Boone, Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride, Hoyt Axton, Paul Simon, Smokey Robinson, Ray Benson, Gene Krupa, Travis Tritt, Holland-Dozier & Holland, Paul Williams, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Webb, Raul Malo, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Kid Rock, Kostas, Roger Miller, "Whisperin" Bill Anderson, Eddie Rabbitt, Steve Winwood, The Police (the ones who pulled me over and the band), Lefty Frizzell, Linda Ronstadt, Merle Travis, Phil Collins, Graham Nash, Quincy Jones, Vern Gosdin, Michael McDonald, Grand Pa Jones, T-Bone Walker, Minnie Pearl, Dwight Yoakam, David "Stringbean" Akeman, Laura Nero, Stevie Wonder, Dan Fogelberg, Bob Wills, Tony Brown, Debbie Cochran, Mac Davis, Steve Earle, Ian Tyson, Glenn Frey, Muddy Waters, Neil Diamond, Eddy Arnold, B B King, Cat Stevens, Al Anderson, Jim Morrison, Chuck Berry, Bernie Taupin, Howlin' Wolf, Don Henley, Every girl I've ever dated, Travis Wammack, Juice Newton, Count Basie, John Hiatt, Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell, Mark James, James House, Keith Urban, Vernon Rust, Carol Bayer Sager, Webb Pierce, Don McLean, Kitty Wells, John Denver, Jim Reeves, The Bellamy Brothers, Sting, Ronnie McDowell, Joni Mitchell, Earnie Ashworth, The Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Hank Cochran, Tanya Tucker, The old blind guitar player on the street corner in Flint, Hawkshaw Hawkins, The Louvin Brothers, Jerry Clower, Elton John, Elmer Fudd, All of my ex-wives, Kearsley High School classmate Mark Farner, neighbor Mel Schacher, and Ima Braintired.
Sounds Like: We know what we're doing. (Most of the time)
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None