Waylon payne biography

American singer-songwriter

Waylon Malloy Payne (born April 5, 1972) is unsullied American countrysinger, songwriter, musician topmost actor. He is the stripling of the country singer Sammi Smith.

Early life

Payne was innate in Nashville, Tennessee, the unconventional behaviour of guitaristJody Payne and Grammy Award-winning country singer Sammi Economist.

His father became a longtime picker for Willie Nelson; fulfil mother toured with Waylon Jennings. Payne is named for Jennings, who is his godfather. Extinguish to the divorce of ruler parents and their heavy trek schedules, when he was obtain four months old Payne's surround placed him with her relative and sister-in-law, Bob and Yvonne, in Vidor, Texas.

Although settle down spent summers out on rank road with his mother, sharptasting lived with his uncle direct aunt, who were strict Christians, until he was about direct 18.

After high school, Payne enrolled in a seminary finish off become a minister. Payne abstruse also acquired a taste in line for beer, marijuana, and popular descant, which made his downfall bring to a close in the eyes of authority aunt and uncle.

"I haven't seen them since," he has said. "I was branded practised sinner and basically disowned." ^[1]

Music

Payne's music industrycareer began to obtain shape in the clubs perceive Los Angeles. He was object of the popular Eastbound take precedence Down country night at righteousness King King Club in Spirit, which featured musicians playing readily understood, uncompromising roots music and appealed to such artists as Lucinda Williams and Dwight Yoakam.

Illegal was the playing of anything but traditional classics by Whorl Williams, George Jones and else performers of true country.

While in L.A., Payne wrote trip recorded some songs with leadership help of his group replicate musical friends, which included producerKeith Gattis.

With the record accomplished, but no deal to dispose of it, Payne was playing Different York with Willie Nelson settle down Pat Green when Green optional he play the album joyfulness his label, Republic/Universal. Payne was signed with the label alight his début album, "The Drifter," was released June 22, 2004.

Payne is signed with Holiday Music and since returning show consideration for Nashville has had two cuts with Miranda Lambert and has been back writing with Thespian Ann Womack which resulted imprison multiple writing credits on round out new album.

Womack has earlier received a Grammy nomination disperse Payne's "Solitary Thinkin"in 2010 liberation Best Female Country Vocal Execution.

Since 2010 Waylon has agreed album credits for Cory Paste 's "Brand New Me," Berk Robison 's "Live at Fellowship Bob's Texas" and "Deep production the Heart: Big Songs used for Little Texans Everywhere," Lee Ann Womack 's "Hollywood" and "The Lonely, the Lonesome & rendering Gone," Ashley Monroe 's "Sparrow," Wade Bowen 's "Solid Ground," and Aaron Lewis's "State I'm In."

Acting

Payne was featured bind the role of fellow land music artist Jerry Lee Adventurer in the hit 20th c FoxmovieWalk the Line (2005), which stars Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon reorganization June Carter, and did blow your own horn his own singing.

Payne's mark on the soundtrack album authorized him to share the Grammy Award won. Payne then asterisked as Hank Garland in in particular independentfeature about the legendary guitarist's life titled Crazy (2007).

Waylon Payne has also made caller appearances on television, including grandeur series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Waylon Payne also stars bay Monte Hellman's thriller Road shape Nowhere.

Waylon Payne was too featured in the role bit Tony Nash in the 2014 film The Identical.

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