wailin' wayne pattern

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Music Samples

Wailin' Wayne and The Pain

Carry The News

Hit It Off

The Cheshyres

Too Many Woman

She Treats Me Right

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What it's all about

Hi there, thanks for dropping by the website.  This is the latest chapter in a love affair with playing music that stretches out for some thirty years now (ouch!).  To date I've played in a bunch of bands, put together one all original CD, and have enough material for a second.  There's also a published book of poems (tons unpublished) and a novel in the works.  I think creating and performing are like eating and breathing; stop doing either for too long you might go to sleep for good.  Really looking forward to seeing where the next phase heads to.

Short History (the bio...)

Wailin’ Wayne Pattern was born on the prairies and grew up in Montreal.  At 19 he took his harmonica to Thunder Bay and found work in a northern paper mill.  There he found his first real musical collaborator in David (where are you now?) Garbo, a serious blues aficionado and fellow shift worker.  Looking for something more interesting than pulp wood, Wayne attended the broadcasting arts program at Confederation College, creating music videos at a time when Much Music was in its infancy, and finished up with a short stint working on Arthur Black's radio show at the local CBC.  Radio work was scarce at the time, so upon graduation Wayne operated heavy equipment in the northern bush and worked as a longshoreman at the Port Arthur ship yards, depending on the season and how many weeks were needed to make pogey.  Things were transient at the time and Wailin' took off to work the Alberta boom and hike the Jasper area mountains.  In 1981 he took the road back east to Toronto to play more music and tend bar.  Later in '82 Wayne returned to Edmonton and volunteered at the U of A radio station CJSR, hosting an on air record review segment, writing commercials, and recording music in the station’s studio with the Jim Gibbons Project - now owner of of Amber Brewing and currently running for Mayor.  I'd vote for him.  Two years later Wailin' was on the road again, this time to Vancouver, where he hooked up with future members of the musical group The Cheshyres.  This band relocated to Toronto in late '85 and played the downtown clubs from ‘86 to ’89, achieving varying degrees of success.  Interviews of the band appeared in several issues of What Wave Magazine, where Wailin’ Wayne was described as “…the ultimate front man” (wow) !  The Cheshyres recorded at Toronto's at Comfort Sound, and tracks from that recording have shown up on several compilation recordings, including Time Machine (1998) and Thee Cave Comes Alive (2002).  After the Cheshyres disbanded, Wayne left Toronto for London to raise his son, and later, attend university.  He fronted several musical projects there, most notably The Evil Hoodoos.  After graduating with a masters degree in engineering Wayne returned to Toronto to find work in his new career.  Wailin' continued to play music and record as a session player and backing vocalist, most notably with various configurations of the Jamie Browning Band.  Moving west to reconnect with family, Wayne arrived in Edmonton and stumbled into the Rose Bowl for Mike MacDonald's Church of the Sunday Open Stage.  Later on while jamming at the Blind Pig up in St. Albert, Wayne’s vocal and harmonica talents caught the attention of Jason Loomie and he was recruited into the Whiskey Kings.  This successful combo played repeat performances at the Crown and Anchor, the Tap House Grill, the Newcastle Pub, and had a long standing monthly arrangement at O’Byrne’s on Whyte avenue.  After a year and a half Wayne decided to take a break from the Whiskey King’s to pursue the long overdue Wailin’ Wayne project.  The CD 'Whacked' was recorded at Sound Extractor Studios, just off Stony Plain Road.  Repeated trips to the west coast and the fact his son had somehow ended up on Portland, Oregon convinced Wayne that returning to Vancouver was the move to make. Upon moving to YVR, Wayne hooked up with East Vancouver's Cliff Avenue Band to combine original tunes with a wide range of cover material.  After a couple of the key components of that outfit moved to the interior, Wayne took up residence at the Princeton Hotel and hosted a Thursday night music community, actually paying the feature act.  Answering an advert in a local rag, Wailin' then moved on to front the eleven-twelves for a stint while they got their act together.  Wailin' continues put bands together for paying shows and also to jam at the Emerald Room Club and other venues around the GVA.   

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