Wayne "The Train" Hancock
Duffy's Tavern
2001-01-11
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Wayne "The Train" Hancock and his band fuckin’ rule! I got
a chance to see these guys last Thursday night playing at Duffy’s (which
is an awesome place to see live music), and along the way got turned on
to some great new music. Wayne is pretty much a living legend in a lot
of people’s eyes; from his former drinking exploits to current touring
schedule, this guy has what my editor likes to call, "street cred
up the ass." The first thing I noticed was the band has no drummer,
it has a stand up bass player (who is the spitting image of Kip from Sacred
Art), a guitar player who I didn’t see smile until somewhere around the
10th or 11th song, a table steel guitar player who
as far as I can tell is God on that instrument, and of course Wayne Hancock
on guitar and vocals. These guys are fuckin’ pros, I mean they were so
fucking cool on stage.
Don’t read this like I’m being a smartass, I’m not, these guys blew me
away. I kept thinking about that one Reverend Horton Heat song "That’s
Showbiz." These guys just took care of business and did it with style.
It took the crowd a little while to get warmed up, but by halfway through
the first set everyone got a little louder. Fuck, it took me until 9:55
before I had two beers in my hand after that it was, as they say, all
down hill from there. There’s not too much better in this world than being
at a perfectly crowded bar with your friends, listening to some new kickass
music. I don’t know how to accurately describe Wayne Hancock’s style of
music, some people were calling it honky-tonk, while I was saying straight
up rock ‘n’ roll, I think some one said it was bluegrass but I don’t think
they really knew what the hell they were talking about. Bluegrass? Anyway,
it’s probably a mix of all it and more. I couldn’t hear shit for vocals
but I’m pretty sure all of the songs are about women and drinking, with
a car song thrown in here and there. Sounds good to me. I took off right
as the second set was starting, so I don’t know how the show ended but
I’m going to go out on a limb and say everyone got liquored and had a
good time. Thank you taxi drivers of Chico.
– Marcus Dorin
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Bio[+]Austin-born Wayne “The Train” Hancock plays country music the way it was played before country was played-out. His self-described style, “Juke Joint Swing,” has been applauded by artists such as Hank Williams III. His first album, Thunderstorms and Neon Signs, which was released in 1995 on DejaDisc displayed his love of old school, hillbilly honky tonk country. 1997’s Texas swing-fueled That's What Daddy Wants (released on Ark 21 records) was also taken aboard and constantly played on the Space Shuttle Columbia. His 1999 album, Wild, Free & Restless, had Wayne experimenting with big band sounds, and his latest, A-Town Blues (on Bloodshot Records) may be his finest work yet. The constantly touring Train is the hardest working man in country music.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (June, 2002)
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- Wayne "The Train" Hancock at the Brick Works, Chico, CA
– Maurice S. Teilmann (June, 2002)
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- Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Duffy's Tavern
- Wayne "The Train" Hancock at the Brick Works, Chico, CA