Artist description Wayne is a singer/songwriter who couples strong melodies with jazz and blues flavorings. He is currently touring with the Wayne Pearson Band, a trio which explores a wide range of musical genres from Latin Jazz to R&B.

Music Style Blues/Jazz

Musical Influences All of the Kings of Blues (Freddie, Albert, BB) T-Bone Walker for his shuffle Brian Wilson for his incedible melodic and harmonic gifts Charlie Parker for solos that soar Jackson Browne for a poetic sense Junior Wells for keeping it simple

Similar Artists Too busy trying to sound like us.

Artist History Wayne has been writing and performing music for over thirty years. Although he has a career as a professor at a major university, he has recently devoted much of his time to his first love, music. In 1998, Wayne finished work on his first CD, Hopscotch and Other Games, a blues/jazz amalgamation of original vocal and instrumental tunes.

Group Members Hopscotch and Other Games: Wayne Pearson-vocals,guitar,keyboards,harmonica;Walter Caldwell - drums; Bill LeCato - piano; Wayne Young - bass;Lloyd Fowlkes - bass The Wayne Pearson Band: Wayne Pearson; Robert Benson - bass; Chris Dorr - drums

Instruments guitar, keyboards, harmonica, bass, drums

Albums Hopscotch and Other Games

Location Federalsburg, MD - USA

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