waylon payne

​Waylon Payne (from the album Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me available on Carnival Recording Company)
 
Country traditions are the threads Waylon Payne uses to stich the tales on his recent release Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me. The heritage of Country music is in the songwriting, and the stories on the album. Much like the characters found in the album title in the cut “Old Blue Eyes”, walking through Blues Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me finds pain, addiction, heartbreak, and redemption in equal measure. Waylon Payne is the storyteller, never directly wearing or denying the skin of the flesh and blood in man in the stories. He is the lover carried home on the sweeping strings of “Santa Ana Winds”, the man greeting the dawn as a source of inspiration in “Back from the Grave”, the heart withering with “Shiver”, and the voice of judgment watching the man walk the tightrope for “What a High Horse”.
 
While the music of Waylon Payne is in line with many of Country music’s originators, his personal bloodlines connects to deep roots through mom Country Music star Sammi Smith and dad, Jody Payne, guitarist for Willie Nelson. In addition to borrowing the singer’s name, Waylon Payne claims Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter as godparents. Setting the pace for the album, “Sins of the Father” draws the line between Waylon Payne and a soul-sucking life. Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me tenderly touches “Precious Things” with light guitar strums while “All the Trouble” crawls in on an edgy groove. Waylon Payne pulls the curtain back on apathy for the woman in “Dead on a Wheel” as he hushes to confront past hurts for “Born to Lose” and questions the motives of a “Dangerous Criminal”.
 
Listen and buy the music of Waylon Payne from AMAZON
 
For more information, please visit the Waylon Payne website
 

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