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Music & Dance
Wayne "The Train" Hancock has been called "the master of hillbilly swing," a "roots Renaissance man," a "country singer's country singer" and "Hank Williams meets Gershwin." But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout his career is "Wayne Hancock is the real deal." Joe Ely said it, Hank Williams III said it, Bobby Koefer from the Texas Playboys said it, as have countless music fans and writers when referring to Hancock's authentic and original blend of honky tonk, western swing, blues and big band that he calls "juke joint swing!" Growing up in a family that moved around a lot and often sang to entertain themselves, Hancock figures he started writing songs around the age of 12. As a teen he was playing juke joints and belting out his originals for anyone who'd listen. At 18, he won the "Wrangler Country Showdown" but couldn't claim the prize because he'd already enlisted in the Marines. After a six-year hitch with Uncle Sam, he moved to Austin, reacquainted himself with music and has been playing and performing ever since in venues all over the United States, including performances on Austin City Limits and NPR's Prairie Home Companion. His several CDS have won enthusiastic accolades from music critics and fellow performers. Wayne's adherence to authentic sounds and his criticism of country music clichés are well known. Like he's is fond of saying: "Man, I'm like a stab wound in the fabric of country music in Nashville. See that bloodstain slowly spreading? That's me." At the 2006 Great Lakes Folk Festival, Hancock will be joined by Eddie Biebel on lead guitar and Chris Darrell on stand-up bass. Links http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/hancock_wayne/bio.jhtml http://www.rhapsody.com/waynehancock/more.html
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