The Ballad of the Dry Fork River from Jeff Brown & Wayne Taylor
Huckleberry Records has released a mighty lonesome number from two of the lonesomest guys we know, Jeff Brown and Wayne Taylor. Both have spent their lives devoted to bluegrass music and Appalachian storytelling, Jeff with Larry Sparks and with his own band, and Wayne with Blue Highway. Together they have recorded The Ballad of the […]
United Flight 93 – new single from Caleb Bailey
As we approach the two decade anniversary of the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, bluegrass singer and songwriter Caleb Bailey has released a song of remembrance from his current album, Poplar & Pine. Titled simply United Flight 93, Caleb constructed the song from witness statements and inflight communications from the fourth plane [...] Wayne Taylor of Blue Highway makes a Christmas wish come true
This lovely Christmas story is a contribution from Sherrie George, publicist and tour manager for Blue Highway. It is a wonderful reminder that a small action on your part can have a major impact on someone else, especially a child. Once upon a time in the bluegrass-loving land of Southwest Virginia lived a little boy [...] Lifetime Achievement Award for Wayne Taylor of Blue Highway
Wayne Taylor, bassist, vocalist, and founding member of Blue Highway is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award next month by the Crab Orchard Museum during the 15th Annual Tazewell County Fiddlers Convention. In announcing the 2017 recipients of this award, Museum Executive Director Charlotte Whitted said that Taylor is a worthy and [...] Wayne Taylor To Be Inducted Into The Virginia Country Music Hall Of Fame
Congratulations to Blue Highway’s Wayne Taylor, who is set to be conducted into the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame next week! He will be among prestigious company, as the Hall of Fame includes such luminaries as Patsy Cline, Mother Maybelle Carter, and Dr. Ralph Stanley, just to name a few. Wayne Taylor’s journey is [...] Wayne Taylor’s return is a hit at Gettysburg
The two annual festivals at Gettysburg, in May and August, always have the feel of a family reunion. You catch up with folks that you haven’t seen for a few months, hear some terrific music, stumble across some interesting characters and leave already looking forward to the next edition. This year, that seemed especially true. [...] A Better Game from Jeff Brown
A Better Game, the first single from the upcoming Union House Records project from Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome, A Distant Horizon, is released today to radio. It's a bluesy number from Scott Patrick and Jeff McClellan, in keeping with Brown's lonesome singing style, and was recorded with his young touring band. Kyle Murphy is on [...] Wayne Taylor coming back to Blue Highway
Blue Highway has announced that they will be back to full strength starting August 13 when Wayne Taylor returns from the disabled list to his position playing bass and singing with the group. Wayne has been sidelined since May when chest pains sent him to the hospital, resulting in successful quadruple bypass surgery a few [...] Wayne Taylor surgery a success
Blue Highway's Wayne Taylor underwent successful quadruple bypass surgery this morning. As of 2:15 p.m., he is in recovery and resting. His wife, Sharon, and Tim Stafford are with him at the hospital. Doctors plan to get Wayne up and walking sometime tomorrow, and expect a complete recovery. Daniel Salyer will fill Wayne's spot with the [...] Wayne Taylor’s surgery postponed
Many folks have inquired about the status of Wayne Taylor, who had been initially scheduled for open heart surgery earlier today. We have learned that his surgery has been postponed until at least tomorrow (5/17), but not owing to any decline in his condition. The cardiac staff at the hospital where he is admitted simply [...] 