{"id":20722,"date":"2022-04-21T21:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T04:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=20722"},"modified":"2022-04-21T21:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T04:38:32","slug":"dallas-wayne-web-exclusive-interview-video-feature-he-even-brought-her-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2022\/04\/dallas-wayne-web-exclusive-interview-video-feature-he-even-brought-her-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"DALLAS WAYNE &#8211; Web-Exclusive Interview &#038; Video Feature &#8220;He Even Brought Her Flowers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Video Feature &amp; Web-Exclusive Interview<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Musician: <strong>DALLAS WAYNE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Video: \u201c<strong>He Even Brought Her Flowers<\/strong>\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UM1C0aXDG7U\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER-SONGWRITER DALLAS WAYNE<br \/>\nRELEASES NEW CD OF ORIGINALS <em>COLDWATER, TENNESSEE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20723\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-01.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-01-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-01-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas Wayne is a singer-songwriter, radio DJ, voice-over artist, actor and music producer. He began performing professionally while in school before moving to Nashville, and performed throughout North America and Europe, releasing 13 albums of his own and performing on various compilations and band recordings, such as the honky-tonk supergroups Heybale! and the TwangBangers, as well as a Grammy-nominated bluegrass album.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne has been on the air with SiriusXM for 17 years. Currently, he hosts <em>Willie\u2019s Roadhouse<\/em> on weekdays and Sundays on SiriusXM\u2019s Channel 59, and can also be heard on Channel 60\u2019s <em>Outlaw Country<\/em>. He\u2019s an award-winning musician, including 2020 Academy of Western Artists\u2019 Pure Country Group of the Year, the 2018 CMA of Texas Choice Award and an inductee in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. He recently released the single, \u201cI Hit the Road (And the Road Hit Back),\u201d a fast-driven, country tune that the Oak Ridge Boys\u2019 William Lee Golden calls \u201ca powerful, energetic song with a great honky-tonk flavor. A definite hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other end of the musical spectrum, there\u2019s a tune, written by Wayne and two Hall of Fame songwriters Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon, that tells the story of a woman reminiscing on the fond memories of a love that no longer exists, including all the small details that meant the most to her. Both Wayne\u2019s and Anderson\u2019s voices stand out on the intriguing ballad \u201cHe Even Brought Her Flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether he\u2019s describing an exhausting yet riveting lifestyle of being on the road or delivering a sad yet relatable narrative of the uncertainty that comes with heartache, Dallas Wayne\u2019s affable personality shines through his compelling songwriting\u2014that is refreshingly honest.<\/p>\n<p>Our featured video \u201cHe Even Brought Her Flowers\u201d is pure, classic country spotlighting Whisperin\u2019 Bill Anderson. It is just one of the touching songs that\u2019s part of Dallas Wayne\u2019s new album of all-original material <em>Coldwater, Tennessee<\/em>. It is available today, Friday, April 22.<\/p>\n<p>We talked with songwriter and musician Dallas Wayne about his journey along the road that has led him to places he\u2019d only dreamed of. He is a man with stories just waiting to be told. He knows he has lived a life filled with good fortune\u2014and he can\u2019t wait to tell those stories in his songs.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20724\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-02.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-02-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DALLAS WAYNE <\/strong>Interview<\/h2>\n<p>with\u00a0<em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em>\u00a0magazine publisher, Merlin David<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is one thing you learned about yourself after recording the new album <em>Coldwater, Tennessee<\/em>?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I learned to have the benefit of a great group of people around me. Buddy Cannon is a giant among men. He\u2019s one of the finest people who has walked the face of the earth. He\u2019s as kind and giving as a producer as he is as a person. I\u2019ve missed doing an album in an old school way. We did a couple of vocal overdubs, but we were all in the same room cutting this record. It\u2019s something I missed during the pandemic. We were all masked up and doing it the way we were supposed to be doing it at the time. We were out there in the lounge between takes talking about our vaccination schedules rather than talking about cars, women or guitars!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did this album differ from the jukebox records [<\/strong><em>Songs the Jukebox Taught Me, Vol. 1 <\/em>and<em> Vol. 2<\/em><strong>) you recently recorded?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the jukebox records, my band was my nucleus. I\u2019ve worked with them for years. They know that material inside and out. It\u2019s what we devoted our lives to\u2014classic country covers. We listened to 60s through 80s country records to capture that feel. Sometimes, instead of getting two more background singers, like the original record, we stacked the parts and suddenly we were a vocal group\u2014with Amber Digby, Randy Lindley (her husband) and me. We tried our best to replicate The Nashville Edition or the Jordanaires. (<em>Laughs<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>And for <em>Coldwater, Tennessee<\/em>?<br \/>\n<\/strong>What made the new album fun was building songs from an acoustic guitar or vocal demo\u2014and seeing them come to life with different ideas. Buddy is very open and receptive to the musicians\u2019 ideas. He\u2019s not one of these guys who stands up on a chair and pounds the table to get what he wants. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) His whole attitude is\u2014the reason I hired these people is because they come with ideas and we\u2019ll record them. Now, he does play traffic cop and guides the process\u2014as all good producers have to do. But he does it in such a wonderful way that musicians work with him for a long time\u2014like they have on Kenny Chesney records or Willie Nelson records. Those are the same guys I used. They all love working with Buddy. The camaraderie we had, during the three or four weeks we made the record, was truly enjoyable. It was nice getting back to that part of the music business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20725\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-03.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-03-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buddy comes from a musician\/songwriter side of things.<\/strong><br \/>\nThat\u2019s what makes him such a great producer. He\u2019s been there. Over the years, he\u2019s been through all aspects. If you\u2019re the writer, he knows how to treat writers because he writes. If you\u2019re the singer, he understands how to get the best out of a singer. If you\u2019re a musician, he definitely knows how to treat musicians. And his stories are worth it! Just the stories from Mel Tillis\u2019 band, The Statesiders, is enough to fill a book. Though, most of them couldn\u2019t be told in public. (<em>Laughs<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who all were involved in the songwriting?<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout half of the songs, I\u2019ve written by myself. A lot of them are with my co-writing buddy for the last 30 years, Robbie Fulks\u2014a truly great songwriter. Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and I wrote a new song \u201cHe Even Brought Her Flowers\u201d that I\u2019m really partial to\u2014because it sounds like a classic late 60s country song. I love it, especially with Bill doing the recitation on it. It\u2019s our second single, and I\u2019m really proud of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was it to have someone like Bill Anderson, with so much history, working on one of your songs?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love working with Bill in any capacity\u2014whether it\u2019s out on tour together or the Opry or writing songs\u2014he still has that fire in his belly. He\u2019s been writing hit songs for six decades! And he\u2019s not even close to being done. He writes almost every day, and it\u2019s still great stuff. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s got his victory lap with the new Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit, which is stunning. I came to Nashville for the opening of that show. I was mad at Bill because he made me cry three times just listening to him talk about it on stage. It meant a lot to him. He\u2019s just a gracious gentleman. He\u2019s another guy full of wonderful stories about the past that are priceless. I hope these stories don\u2019t get lost through the ages. On my radio show, given any set of music\u2014I\u2019ll look down and say, \u201cGood grief! I\u2019ve just played three Bill Anderson-written songs in that eight-song set.\u201d It happens all the time because he has been so prolific for so many years. For a while, he gave up on his songwriting and it took him a while to get back into it\u2014but he did, and over the last 15-20 years he\u2019s writing some of the best stuff ever. He thought he was done. But he\u2019s still doing it every day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Whether he\u2019s describing an exhausting yet riveting lifestyle of being on the road or delivering a sad yet relatable narrative of the uncertainty that comes with heartache, Dallas Wayne\u2019s affable personality shines through his compelling songwriting\u2014that is refreshingly honest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Robbie Fulks hadn\u2019t done a record for a while until he did that 2005 album where he covered your songs.<\/strong><br \/>\nRobbie has bounced around from different record labels, and it may have hurt his momentum. Just having to establish a new relationship with a new label\u2014new booking people, new promotional people. But he never stopped writing. I\u2019ll call him and he\u2019ll say, \u201cI\u2019m working on music for a play. And by the way, there\u2019s a part in it for you, so get your acting chops back up because you\u2019re going to go to work.\u201d We did that just a couple of years ago! Robbie is living in Los Angeles now, and that\u2019s broadened his horizons. He\u2019s real excited about a new bluegrass project that he\u2019s working on right now. He too has that fire in his belly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about one of the songs on this new album.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most fun I had was recording a song called \u201cI\u2019m Your Biggest Fan\u201d\u2014which is pure fantasy. It\u2019s about a stalker\u2014stalking some gal in the music business. I have to admit, I used Connie Smith as a model for that song. I\u2019ve been in love with Connie ever since I was a kid. Several years ago, for my radio show on SiriusXM, I interviewed Marty Stuart. When we were done with the interview, Mojo Nixon, one of the guys who works with us on <em>Outlaw Country<\/em> who is a total maniac, comes into the room and says, \u201cHey Marty, you know that song that Dallas has, \u2018I\u2019m Your Biggest Fan\u2019\u2014he wrote that about your wife!\u201d I cowered and thought\u2014this is kind of awkward. But Marty said something cool, \u201cWell, brother Dallas, if you want to stalk my wife you\u2019ll have to get in line behind the rest of them!\u201d (<em>Laughs<\/em>) That was a gracious, wonderful thing to say. It\u2019s just fantasy\u2014pure fiction, like writing a short story. I was sitting there giggling through the whole thing, saying to myself \u2018OK, this is creepy. But it\u2019s good.\u2019 It was a lot of fun to write. It\u2019s fun to play on stage because people don\u2019t quite know what to think of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about co-writing with Robbie Fulks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOver the years, Robbie and I have written every conceivable way. We were in a band together for years\u2014in Special Consensus. We would write on the road. Robbie was a hardcore bluegrass guy back then, but he was getting into country music. I\u2019m afraid I turned him into wasting his life in country music! (<em>Laughs<\/em>) We wrote eyeball to eyeball and also separate from each other. Over the years, we\u2019ve probably written 90 songs together. One of us will come up with the hook and we\u2019ll go from there. Sometimes, it\u2019ll be a doddle on a melody because he\u2019s such a great guitar player and he\u2019s constantly playing something over and over. And we end up using that\u2014and an idea will come that way. Sometimes, one of us will come with a song that\u2019s half to three-quarters finished\u2014hitting a brick wall, and the other one will finish the song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20726\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-04.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-04-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you block out a certain time to write, or do you just write when the inspiration hits you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>For a long time, I was a staff writer for Warner Chappell\u2014where you make yourself write every day. You block out at least half a day to write\u2014every day. Before that, I used to mainly work with deadlines\u2014oh, I need to deliver a new album in three months, I need to write some songs. That\u2019s when you pull out old files and envelopes full of hook ideas and half-finished songs or half a verse here\u2014and you frantically go through the piles of papers trying to find something that will work. That works sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give us an example.<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cHe Even Brought Her Flowers\u201d was one of those kinds of songs. I\u2019ve had that song for a long time and it was not where I wanted it to be. I knew I had a good idea\u2014a good song, so I asked Bill and Buddy if they\u2019d like the three of us to write together for the new record.\u00a0 I sent it to them and said, \u2018I like this melody. I like this structure. And it\u2019s finished, but it\u2019s not. Can you see what you can do with it?\u2019 And they cut through that thing like a hot knife through butter. Within a day, we had a completely revamped song that said all the same things I was trying to say, but two verses shorter! (<em>Laughs<\/em>) Editing helps, but also two Hall of Fame songwriters who are the best at their craft\u2014knowing how to sift through it all and find something. It was inspiring to watch those two work. They genuinely like each other. They are friends. They go back a long way. Who doesn\u2019t like Bill Anderson? Who doesn\u2019t like Buddy Cannon? Working with two great people was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20728\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-06.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-06-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-06-300x329.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your original publishing deal in Scandinavia.<br \/>\n<\/strong>I was on tour in Europe with a band from the States. A guy from a record company came up to me and asked me if I\u2019d like to make an album for his company. I said, \u2018OK\u2019\u2014thinking \u2018Oh, cool. A free trip back to Scandinavia! I\u2019ll have another album\u2014I\u2019ll be happy to do it.\u2019 We toured over there in June, when it was 23 hours of daylight, sunny and 70 degrees. It was back in the 80s when everybody drank coffee and smoked and all the girls were beautiful. The countryside was so green and lush. That was my mental picture of going to Helsinki, Finland. But when I came back in December to make the record, it was 23 hours of darkness, everyone was bundled up, grumpy, cold and freezing. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) I thought, \u2018OK! This is not what I remember at all.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is that when you were a staff writer?<br \/>\n<\/strong>We ended up having a successful record. I had a catalog of songs that the Warner Chappell office in Stockholm, Sweden was interested in. With that back catalog, I started doing the staff writing thing and\u2014it paid for quite a few bus engines over the years\u2014which comes in handy! I really liked the people I was working with over there. They would do writer rounds where I would go to Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, England or Nashville for a week\u2014and do nothing but write. I would be set up for writers\u2019 appointments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20727\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-05.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-05-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-05-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWhat kind of music did you write?<br \/>\n<\/strong>That experience gave me a wide range of all different types of music. It wasn\u2019t all country music. I started writing songs with pop sensibilities. There\u2019s nothing more pop sensible than European pop\u2014it\u2019s pretty broad. I also learned that lyric craft is lyric craft. The subject matter may be totally different than the recurring themes in country music, but it\u2019s still the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop songs like the Eurovision Song Contest?<br \/>\n<\/strong>As a co-writer, I have written songs for the Eurovision Song Contest! We\u2019d have teams, and we\u2019d write songs for Artist A or Artist B. I\u2019ve done several of those over the years, and it\u2019s exhausting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about the first time you heard one of your songs on the radio.<\/strong><br \/>\nI was in Iowa, during the AM Radio days where things would fade in and fade out. I had gotten wind that radio WHO would be playing one of my 45s. This station went all the way up to the upper Mid-West. It was a big country station back then. I was on my way to a show in Nebraska and I was hoping I wouldn\u2019t lose the station before they played my song. When the station started fading, I pulled over at a truck stop thinking they only had 45 minutes until the end of the show\u2014they gotta play it soon. I was a young kid\u2014very excited about this. I was sitting in the parking lot of the truck stop with people giving me the fish eye as they were coming out, saying \u201cYou\u2019ve been here a long time, son. What\u2019s the deal?\u201d I waited and waited, hoping I wouldn\u2019t lose the signal. As soon as I heard my song\u2014I got back on the interstate and took off. That experience was so much fun. You will never experience that same feeling again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any other similar experience with one of your songs?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I love it when I listen to the Opry and I hear Jeannie Seely sing \u201cNot a Dry Eye in the House\u201d\u2014that\u2019s one of my tunes. I\u2019ll be sitting on my couch at home, puffing up my chest, thinking\u2014\u2018OK. That\u2019s pretty cool!\u2019 Funniest thing was when I went to see her at the Opry the week Bill Anderson celebrated his 60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary as an Opry member. I wasn\u2019t on the show, but I went there. It was during the pandemic, so they were eliminating the backstage time. The show was ready to start and I took my seat next to some nice folks, and Jeannie starts talking about the song. I truly wanted to elbow the folks next to me and say, \u201cThat\u2019s <em>my<\/em> song! I wrote that!\u201d I wanted to, but I just had to sit there and behave myself. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) Jeannie said \u201cDallas is actually here.\u201d Then she pointed at me and asked me to stand up. It still feels good to be recognized for one of my songs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20730\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"1109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08-609x1024.jpg 609w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-08-300x504.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nYou have worked with so many legends. Ray Price\u2019s cover of Kris Kristofferson\u2019s \u201cFor the Good Times\u201d is one of the Top 500 songs of all time. Please tell us a Ray Price story.<br \/>\n<\/strong>One night, we were working in Kansas City together. It was 102 degrees and it was an outdoor show. It was hot! Since it was a Ray Price show, I brought a Manuel jacket. But I ditched it before I went on stage because I was burning up. Unfortunately, underneath, I only had a sleeveless t-shirt. Ray was on about an hour later, when the sun was going down and it was 10-15 degrees cooler. Ray watched my show from the bus. I got done with my set and he called me over and said, \u201cDid you have a good time tonight?\u201d I said, \u201cYes, I did.\u201d He said, \u201cYou sounded real good. I liked that\u2014that was a good set.\u201d He paused for a moment and said, \u201cWhat happened to your coat?\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cIt was too hot! I took it off.\u201d He leaned closer to me and in a stern voice said, \u201cSon. If the gig\u2019s important to you\u2014wear a jacket!\u201d All I could say was, \u201cYes, sir, Mr. Price.\u201d A couple of years later at a Fourth of July concert, it was so hot\u2014a Texas July where it\u2019s 110 degrees! If the fire ants don\u2019t get you, the sun will get you from the top. Ray came out on stage wearing a white short-sleeved work shirt with a pair of jeans and suspenders. The band\u2019s wearing Hawaiian shirts and t-shirts. He got done and came over for my radio show interview, and I couldn\u2019t resist. I said, \u201cSo, Raymond, where\u2019s your jacket?\u201d (<em>Laughs<\/em>) I will tell you, though, if you do shows in Texas, it is a three or four shirt day. It\u2019s one of the reasons I\u2019m glad we moved to East Tennessee, in the mountains, where it\u2019s a heck of a lot cooler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a time when someone gave you feedback about one of your shows.<br \/>\n<\/strong>There was a strange incident which took me a long time to sort out. Tom T. Hall was on the Ralph Emery radio show\u2014overnight. I finagled my way on and I was sitting there with a guitar. I played a couple of songs, and Tom T. and Ralph were visiting. I got done singing and we were packing our stuff and Tom T. came over and stuck his hand out and said, \u201cWell, sir\u2014you had a good opportunity tonight.\u201d And he walked away. I had no idea what that meant: Did I suck? Was it good? Was it bad? It bothered me for <em>years<\/em>. A few years later, I reminded him of that night, and he didn\u2019t really remember me. But I asked him what he meant. He said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s just B.S. I say that to people all the time\u2014just to freak \u2019em out!\u201d (<em>Laughs<\/em>) I learned a good lesson. I was bothered about it for no reason!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best advice someone has given you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>It was from Ray Price\u2014one of the most dignified entertainers who didn\u2019t have to jump around on stage. He didn\u2019t need to be elaborate on stage. His idea of a big show was to add two more fiddle players. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) That was about as far as he\u2019d go to be elaborate! And everyone would dress a little nicer that night. Ray showed me how to entertain an audience with dignity and class. Nobody did it better than Ray Price. He once said, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to explain everything to your audience. I see a lot of young songwriters give a five-minute intro to their song. But you shouldn\u2019t have to do that if the song is good\u2014and the lyrics are where they should be. All you have to do is maybe say a sentence or two, but you don\u2019t have to go into this long explanation or long story to get your point across. It\u2019ll tell you\u2014he was a smart man.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20729\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-07.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-07-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dallas-Wayne-07-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallaswayne.com\/\">www.DallasWayne.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/dallas.wayne\">www.Instagram.com\/dallas.wayne<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/Dallas_Wayne\">www.Twitter.com\/Dallas_Wayne<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/DallasWaynefanpage\">www.Facebook.com\/DallasWaynefanpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Feature &amp; Web-Exclusive Interview &nbsp; Musician: DALLAS WAYNE Video: \u201cHe Even Brought Her Flowers\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp; COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER-SONGWRITER DALLAS WAYNE RELEASES NEW CD OF ORIGINALS COLDWATER, TENNESSEE Dallas Wayne is a singer-songwriter, radio DJ, voice-over artist, actor and music producer. 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