Wayne Fields passed away March 22 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

The Waybacks celebrate CD Release in Nashville, TN

The Waybacks will celebrate the release of “Loaded” (Compass Records) with a March 26 performance and CD release party at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, Tenn. The Show starts at 7:00 PM with a $10.00 cover charge. “Loaded,” which was produced by Byron House, is The Waybacks first studio album since the departure of Stevie Coyle and the first in which The Waybacks recorded an entire album of original material.

After years of playing a huge range of venues and festivals (including some major gigs with Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir) and reconfiguring themselves around the hot guitar of James Nash and the fiddle virtuosity of Warren Hood, The Waybacks are enjoying a refreshed repertoire – one that’s touched by Memphis soul, roadhouse boogie, Parisian swing, classical, vintage blue pop and much more besides.

Sizemore band mate Wayne Fields passes

Banjo man Wayne Fields passed away March 22 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Fields most recent gig was with the Charlie Sizemore Band, working on Sizemore’s latest project “Good News.” Fields also did stints with The Boys From Indiana and J.D. Crowe and The New South during his career in bluegrass.

The term “greatness” is used far too casually these days. But for me Wayne is the embodiment of that idea, both as a musician and as a person. This is a fact: I have never known or been associated with a musician with anything approaching the combination of talent, humility, loyalty, and team spirit, and plain old-fashioned grit that Wayne Fields possessed. One would have had to be in the studio to truly understand how sick he was when we made the “Good News” CD, yet he neither complained nor asked for any special consideration. Charlie Sizemore

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The Waybacks Photo by Jay Blakesberg

The Waybacks spent 10 days earlier this month in the Compass Sound Studio in Nashville recording tracks for their upcoming yet-to-be titled spring 2008 release on Compass Records.

The project is being produced by bassist Byron House (Sam Bush Band, Emmylou Harris, Nickel Creek) and will feature all original material and much more electric guitar and vocals typical from The Waybacks. The Greencards and The Infamous Stringdusters have also stopped in and contributed on backup vocals.

The Waybacks have a journal on their website chronicling some of the recording process.

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