"Ha Rick, Jean and I will be in Nashville in about 2 weeks for 1 month so hope we can catch up
Cheers
Wayne"
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Wayne Appleby
- Male
- Sydney AUSTRALIA
- Australia
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Wayne Appleby left a comment for Wendy Moten"Happy New Year to you and look forward to meeting up with you, should be back in town mid Feburary
Have a great year
Wayne"
Wendy Moten left a comment for Wayne Appleby"Hey Wayne... Hope to meet you soon....Happy New Year !!!!!"
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- Occupation:
- Musician
- Company Name:
- JLCM-Group
- About Me:
- Born in the State of Tasmania, the island State of Australia and made my first trip to Nashville in 1983
Influenced by Western movies in his early life, Wayne has spent 40 years as a professional musician in live touring, TV, recording, show production and management in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
He has been heavily involved in the administration of country music, artists, music publishing, marketing, writing and recording over the last 20 years, and he has been a registered APRA Songwriter for 18 years.
An assistant director and producer of Music Video clips, he appeared as a musician in the movie ‘Flying Chips’ in 1975, and was one of the musicians that recorded the score for the Australian film ‘Burning Fields’ in the late 80’s.
In 1982 Wayne was awarded life membership Steel Guitar Australia
Graduating at the Jeffran Collage of Steel Guitar (Music) in 1983,
Wayne was made an Honorary Citizen of the State of Tennessee USA by the Governor in 1991 for his services to Country Music.
Inducted into the Australian Steel Guitar Hall of Fame 2012
Wayne has toured with such people as Jean Stafford, Kitty Wells, Slim Whitman, Charley Pride, Frank Ifield, Daniel O’Donnell, Reg Lindsay, Nev Nicholls, Dr. Hook, Ray Kernigan, has worked shows with Wayne Horsburgh just to name a few and recorded with many major artists in Australia.
Instruments played:
D10 JCH Pedal Steel (with the Crawford cluster 10 pedals & 10 knee levers) for the last 18 years built by the late Jimmie Crawford and the late John Hughey out of Nashville.
Anthony WA Signature Model Dobro built in Brisbane by Des Anthony (built from Tasmanian Blackwood and Maple)
6 and 12 string Acoustic Guitar
Electric 6 string and baritone Guitar
Bass
Mandolin
Influences:
The late George Xanthos Australia
John Hughey USA
Jimmie Crawford USA
Buck Reid USA
Lloyd Green USA
Speedy West USA
(Ol' BJ) Ben Joyner Australia My first teacher
Barry Roy Australia
Harold Bradley Nashville USA
- Number of years working in Nashville area:
- On and off since 1984
- Number of years in the music business:
- 40
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Comment Wall (13 comments)
- At 8:45pm on December 30, 2009, Wendy Moten said…
- Hey Wayne... Hope to meet you soon....Happy New Year !!!!!
- At 7:48am on March 28, 2009,
Ric Boyer said… - Yeah Man,good to see You too.How are things?You're looking
well.I was sure hoping We were gonna be over there,playing with
You Guys,Maybe someday.Keep in touch,good luck with all things.
- At 6:00am on January 8, 2009,
Sue Rarick said… - Thank you for the add. Got it when I woke up this morning and had the great pleasure of having my first cup of coffee listening to your music. Life is good.
- At 2:47pm on December 22, 2008,
Tommy Overstreet said… - Dear Wayne:
If I can help you and Jean in any way, please let me know. Who have you chosen for her next producer? I would be honored if considered. However, I would love to send you some songs, which I believe are worthy of consideration. Let me know. Thanks. Have a Merry Christmas downunder my friend...would love to visit your beautiful country sometime...perhaps a tour?
Your friend,
Tommy Overstreet (T.O.)
- At 3:15pm on December 13, 2008,
Joy Bastow said… - Thank you for the add! I look forward to getting to know you.
- At 11:10am on October 13, 2008,
Andy Reiss said…
- It would be great to see you, Wayne- It's been a long time!
Andy
- At 12:56am on October 3, 2008, Tommy Overstreet said…
- I believe I wrote a comment to Jean Stafford, and found out Jimmie produced her last album. If I can ever help, please let me know. I'd love to send her a few songs for consideration, as I really like her singing.
Stay well my friend and keep in touch.
Tommy Overstreet
- At 3:38pm on October 2, 2008,
Randy Dorman said… - Nice to meet you on Nash. Pro hope we can work together one of these days. My Best Rany Dorman
- At 10:45am on October 2, 2008, Tommy Overstreet said…
- DEAR WAYNE:
THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS YOUR FRIEND! THE PLAYERS YOU HAVE MENTIONED WHO WERE YOUR INFLUENCES SOME ARE AND WERE DEAR FRIENDS. I KNOW HAROLD BRADLEY VERY WELL, HE HAS PLAYED ON SEVERAL SESSIONS FOR ME. JOHN HUGHEY WAS A DEAR GUY AND ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS EVER. JIMMIE CRAWFORD WAS NOT ONLY A FRIEND, BUT HE WORKED FOR ME FOR OVER A YEAR WHEN I CARRIED TWO (2) STEEL GUITARS IN MY BAND "THE NASHVILLE EXPRESS"...THE OTHER PLAYER WAS SMILEY ROBERTS WHO WORKED FOR ME NEARLY 30 YEARS. ONE DAY I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. I BELIEVE I HAD SOME RECORD SUCCESS IN AUSTRALIA IN THE '70'S...KEEP ON PICKIN'
YOUR FRIEND,
TOMMY OVERSTREET (T.O.)
- At 3:45pm on September 2, 2008,
Buck Reid said… - Hi Wayne and welcome to NMP. Thank you for your nice comments. Hope all is going well for you!!
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