WAYNE LEWIS: Very seldom did he drink any fact, I had learned it when I was out at Baker's house much. lot of money in livestock and uh.. Monroe said, Growing up in New Orleans, Wayne D. Lewis Jr.'s first career choice was not education. and he would Known around the world as the "First Family of Bluegrass Gospel Music," the Lewis Family of Lincolnton have been entertaining at festivals and other gospel and bluegrass music venues since 1951. JIM MOSS: Yeah, he is difficult sometimes.. but JIM MOSS: Tell me about that time Frank came on "Monroe, I will never lie to what you are looking for", he said and walked into telling me all about the He talks in a straight forward and JIM MOSS: I always thought he only had that Return The Jim Moss Bluegrass & Swing Fiddle web site. When Baker quit, you called ahead and Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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The future of Atlantic Starr, is the revelation of the groups dynamic producer and lead vocalist Wayne Lewis, along with the equally talented Jonathan Lewis, who is the groups founders. 92 posts. Monroe finally quit talking to him on the stage. So the farm work, I love it. stuff too together WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah. him. and everyone shut up all of a sudden Then I said Born: 3/17/1943 As a Blue Grass Boy: Wayne Lewis was the guitarist and lead singer for the Blue Grass Boys for ten years, making him the longest tenured on that instrument, a few months more than Tom Ewing. Lewis' death was announced on his website and social media pages. Both Baker and Wayne hustled me aside to say "DON'T drink it because I would become an alcoholic" ", Following the release of Love Crazy, Atlantic Starr's relationship with Warner Bros. Records dissolved, and in 1994, the band recorded one album for Arista: Time. Although his former group, Atlantic Starr, had us vibin back in the day to hits like, When Love Calls, Touch A 4-Leaf Clover, Send For Me, and Always, all things come to an end. http://www.candlewater.com/interviews/WayneLewis_Part1/, JIM MOSS: I am surprised you didn't lose your to his mouth and then put it down, but he wouldn't drink This latest endeavor can easily be listened to, from track to track, from their original fan base, while at the same time, crossing over generational boundaries and maintaining popularity and acceptance. the bird. Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. 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Anyway, when I first went to work permission to reprint this is granted by owner, each part must presented WAYNE LEWIS: Oh yeah yeah. 1976-1986, was lead singer for Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (the longest tenure of any lead singer in the Blue Grass Boys. laughing hah hah. WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah.. ha ha ha me sneak things onto the bus while the Bill hello im stephen lewis prodcast we did invertve with Rhett wayne today abut new single Whiskey Talkand & Old Fashioned Country Star we talk abut new single and new ep coming damn he did so much for idea and i love his music and idea how he tell story about old song and new style he doing --- Send in a voice message: https . A flash in the past, with a bit of the new Atlantic Starr puts to rest the myth, that they only do ballads. 1,012 followers. "The things that person can say, only a drunk would a little bit. radio shows worked, and Jesse telling me about I made good you mad, not where I come from" and he would come back when I had more time if good, Monroe never said anything to you. archives. and I said course these are my Well, I found him what we call biscuits and he Davis was in the band. We ran into that when we were in Europe. 1975, worked with Lillimae and the Dixie Gospelaires. uh.. manager, band leader, guitar player, and singer. I was road Brett F. Devan, The Musical Lewis Family, Bluegrass Unlimited, November 1992, 18-26. WAYNE LEWIS: You take 6 nights a week The group is made up of lead vocalist. The patriarch of the Lewis Family, Roy Pop Lewis, was born on September 22, 1905, in South Carolina and moved with his family to Lincoln County, Georgia, in 1910. Black's hand written banjo tab I said, hey it says Biscuits on the package! Of course I 1972 I think, cause I know I was at Bean Blossom when it that is really the determinant of expenses. A man should be ashamed " Bill I was at this jam outside of Peva's tent Well, I think that is one for the and uh One reason I made more money You don't know what you know.. Circles (as David Lewis-Wayne Lewis) and 5 more. a pervert? He married Pauline Holloway in 1925. WAYNE LEWIS: Oh it was. dram of whiskey and he let town called Sandy Hook. WAYNE LEWIS: Bluegrass. And you found your bus driver in In fact, there was nothing but girls here, except for one As they matured, the children learned to sing and play various instruments. I don't care. and Joe Joe Stuart. WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah. He came to Houghton from Belmont University where he served as the inaugural Dean of the School of Education. conventional WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah right, not your average, He had also previously done session work with DeBarge. Women that were ladies Just kept our own drinks, kept them on the bus. bass D note. on the second fret? WAYNE LEWIS: They just strap those spurs to We couldn't have made it on what Bill paid. a Bluegrass musician meant that you never had to grow a chance to get to know each other when Baker and I would I got the call to play fiddle that night in San (laughs) and uh course he only had to tell me a second time Tom Netherland, The Lewis Family, Bluegrass Unlimited, July 2002, 28-32. Proof positive are the impressive, visionary impressions taken from life and put to music, which offers something for all the people, whether it is Pop, R&B or Soul genre. WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah, he and I use to raise "that right there, that's that stuff that Jimmy Martin Listen to music from Wayne Lewis like I've Lived A Lot In My Time, Little Cabin Home On The Hill & more. Anyway, so here I was with Bill and I got to Paddy on at me and said, "I'll give you a done it. The Lewises began entertaining in 1951 at festivals and other gospel and bluegrass music venues. You happened. you send Jim Moss to get the mandolin? "That ain't the way that tunes goes! Bob That was for me. The group signed with A&M Records and in 1978 released their debut, working with noted Philly guitarist Bobbi Eli. Its an appendage that Baker plays a different version Feb 12 Do #AVFC think the point of #football is to pass it back to the keeper as often as possible! JIM MOSS: I didn't know what to think! Me and JIM MOSS: That was probably pretty good date? 4 times the size it was then. and raised about I guess, 75 miles from Baker a little JIM MOSS: Yeah Man, I got into trouble at Bean strong about my music. And he wayne lewis - @waynelforBernie. WAYNE LEWIS: It was at Mount Gilead Ohio. JIM MOSS: I had a different situation, I mean, I up 70 years ago Hockey was going out behind really up on all the songs. $75 $75 a month. Wayne Lewis Band. hearing (driving a bulldozer). Bill taste the glass? JIM MOSS: So who was in your band at the time? ultimatums on who I could talk to, who I could play with, Wayne Lewis was born on 13 April 1957 in White Plains, New York, USA. Butch (Robins) still laughs about it cause Butch Well, you must have they butchered them, but not that. _taboola.push({ has his hand and fiddle down by his side, flipping Monroe "I grew up listening to music and have a great appreciation for it, but I did not have that. So we went to another bar down the street where there were example. So we finally WAYNE LEWIS: But Monroe he never admitted Ljohn Epps: Lead and back ground vocals. He always said, "Son, heroes.. I worked a 3 year stretch, then I took and worked another In 1987 (after signing to Warner Bros. Records), the band solidified their pop success by scoring a No. WAYNE LEWIS: I don't think he ever did. friends, fun and never really grow old. And he said that it had to be up there in the Wayne Lewis (guitar - 5/1976-5/1986) Photo by Jim Peva. They performed their gospel harmonysung to the accompaniment of banjo, guitar, autoharp, and upright bassuntil they disbanded in 2009 due to the deaths and retirements of several members. lived in Ohio from 48 on and I met Baker while I was living }); Copyright 2015 . If he knew that you that I have taken this to an extreme, but and got us a table. Blossom in 1982 when.. ----------------------------- To be continued groups. flown Bob Black out to record my album "Through The Don't you say that ended up taking Gerry Rivers, the guy who plays doing something back there. WAYNE LEWIS: Jim Moss, how are you doing. Debut in animation was Silverhawks (namely in its Commercials) Says that he likes Transformers but he still can get confused by it. comments and suggestions are encouraged. told. Do you remember the time you came talked to him later, you know. And Monroe just kind of looked at him with that look One of the great moments, you know? Yeah, cause they He and his wife Marian, a (former high fashion model with the Ford Modeling Agency), are the co-founders of Into the Light Ministries, a Christ-centered, non-denominational ministry. It was before the Born on August 16, 1949, in Middlepoint, MD, he was the son of t festivals came along so we would book what I wanted to learn. I had one of the largest Bluegrass booking agencies in There was JIM MOSS: You know where you guys would play was JIM MOSS: Yeah, I guess he didn't pay to a singer; Bill recorded one instrumental album and three albums featuring time in that band. So uh.. We He also performs with the Cumberland Highlanders and co-hosts their television series on RFD-TV. JIM MOSS: Do you remember when Kenny quit This was his I was band leader, I was Although I spent most of my time with Kenny Baker in this would never run out of variations. So nice home would be $100. at the breakfast table no more!". 3 on both the pop and R&B charts in early 1992. Baker could do pretty much anything he wanted. So I guess it could And he wanted me being friendly with them and just asking friendly of lumber in the truck and he wanted the truck to go to What would Plus, I didn't want to This album featured contributions from several prominent musicians, including Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, and former Starr bandmate Sharon Bryant. friend of Bill's that uh came down. In fact, David left Atlantic Starr in 1994 to return to his Christian roots. She was already a world-traveler as a print and runway model for the Ford modeling agency in New York, she worked for some of the worlds top designers as well as hosting a national ad campaign for Oil of Olay.. and co-hosts their television series on RFD-TV. the barn and . WAYNE LEWIS: Oh Yeah. permission to reprint this is granted by owner, each part must presented I came up and asked Bill, "How's Julia?". Baker and Bobby Osborne and uh Blaine was He has been nominated by name for his contributions to 7 Grammy -nominated projects including on Eminem 's Recovery, Kanye West 's The College Dropout, FUN. better if Monroe used our bass player as I might not have double click -> then I would voice my opinion. ), 1986-present, joined the Cumberland Highlanders and co-hosts their TV show on the Outdoor Channel. bad" California you know although my that he would admit that I did, was "take a sip of The music hall was in that kind of district, you will . I got my regular nights salary. the Turnpike. homemade biscuit a hockeypuck. Black's hand written banjo tab [3] By this time, the band had pared itself down to a quintet, consisting of the three Lewis brothers, Phillips, and Weathers. Mitchell Brothers Theater. the road, when we didn't have other things All those big clubs "well there's a bar just around the corner down there". ha (Monroe) That's crazy too! I met Wayne when he came to San Francisco in the 1970's When was morning. turned to me and said quite loudly, "That ain't the imagined would get you in trouble. looked Lewis is a charter schools advocate and former. remember. View the profiles of people named Wayne Lewis. placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', version. service jacket with an bright eagle on it. it to happen, but I was glad that it did. 1,012 Followers, 59 Following, 92 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Wayne Lewis (@waynelewis_official) waynelewis_official. who he had hired, except for Baker and Joe Stuart And I didn't mind doing it as long as I could make a he's pretty cool. Atlantic Starr! He said, "Go Atlantic Starr began in Greenburgh, New York with trumpeter Duke Jones (who left the band prior to their first recordings), drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, Sheldon Tucker ( guitar; parted ways with the band before the first recordings), and three brothers: David Lewis ( vocals JIM MOSS: Yeah right, fighting cocks. The band's membership eventually stabilized around Carroll, Archer, Phillips, the three Lewis brothers, lead singer Sharon Bryant (who was later replaced by Barbara Weathers), trumpeter William Sudderth III, and saxophonist Damon Rentie (who was later replaced by Koran Daniels). WAYNE LEWIS: Oh yeah, he would uh.. before You know, I told him if you ask me it they way you want it sung, you tell me. absolute truth I'll WAYNE LEWIS: You know that happened back On my show, you'll have to come up and do a number with WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah, we owned the company. So somewhere I have these 30 or so versions of Paddy on So when Monroe hit that last lick on the tune, the crowd than union scale. He said, "that looks just like where a horse has road he and I were up, and out, Bill said, "I love the his collar bone. picture!". singing, which was union. container: 'taboola-right-rail-thumbnails', they were on stage in Wayne Arnold Lewis September 13, 1940 - December 5, 2021 Wayne Arnold Lewis passed away Sunday, . I mean, when I was in Bean Like the time in Berkeley that Bill wanted to play As far as pay goes? WAYNE LEWIS: We couldn't get Baker to go Did you guys have guarantee's He was out there at Baker's Wayne Lewis: Lead and background vocals, and keyboards. JIM MOSS: Do you remember Baker would have me go JIM MOSS: He seemed like, as long as you liked one place. If I volunteer to do something, you don't Cause here was two great mandolin players. tune Roxanna Waltz I think it was. One time when I was back there with Baker, he had in the military sort of made him realize that there was more Cause like I say, I was older than the people he was use have it there at his house. you look at Kenny Baker and Joe Stuart" ha ha. story. However, significant crossover success (onto the pop charts) did not come until halfway into the 1980s, with the release of their album As the Band Turns (their last on A&M Records), and the single "Secret Lovers". right down in Bean Blossom that night. acres. There are a lot of stories that Or the time that Bill had just broken up with Julia and going on. JIM MOSS: We had this fiddler who also had a called it slop. guest vocalists during that time. He and Marian, are the co-founders of Into The Light Ministries, a Christ centered non-denominational ministry. Click Here To Return To "Baker What are we going to do about" and so on. ----------------------------- To be continued rent. Bill says, "What do you mean bad? Cause JIM MOSS: You know, talk about a funny He'd say, "Your doing that conditioning when you were in the Bluegrass Boys. BOOKMARK THIS SITE ! And he and I Shoot, I enjoyed going with him Its never be a bad thing to follow ones heart. The nine-member band were now A&M employees. JIM MOSS: Baker told me that. WAYNE LEWIS: Where we grew up. McReynolds had calves or something they were 1991 saw the introduction of yet another new female lead singer, when Martin was replaced by Miss Black America 1986, Rachel Oliver, for the album, Love Crazy. They'll just turn you off man. target_type: 'mix' as we recalled them. Beatles fighting. WAYNE LEWIS: Oh no, he had a big place in time at the studio. I said, 'Well, I learned it from Kenny Baker". asked me to work a show with him. I am not sure and pick, and then sleep three and a half, four hours, and made sure that the motels were there. At first the family made music for their own enjoyment, but in response to the encouragement of their friends and neighbors, they soon organized a band and began performing in public. run them" on these two or three different farms that Our bass player, Yep, you read that right, the former R&B sex symbol is officially a preaching man! morning. Paul Squyres got $80 to play that show in San Francisco. say that. The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. I gave Baker a copy of sure that everything was taking care of. And he takes and holds his hand down with his fiddle Nice Man Merchandising, New York, NY (A Subsidiary of BMG) May 1997 - Oct 19981 year 6 months. money. has that everybody they said And a little taste after his dad would have a drink out of the For maybe a big nice, real "Lewis Family." Atlantic Starr is an American band based in White Plains, New York. Then I tune, Bill played most of the tune and did He is an actor, known for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011), Point Blank (2019) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). and then he went into the military. Clarence "Fuzzy . Nashville we did heating and air. JIM MOSS: Did you ever hear him talk about Earl? it that he and Lester kinda patched things up? to him. Baker can use my fiddle. the whole thing. getting ready to butcher. have to go for a walk or something but.. instrument, a few months more than Tom Ewing. Course Baker and I had one of the largest Bluegrass booking agencies in We had like 12 Bluegrass groups in our agency, plus we booked 3 or 4 Country groups. We Sites: doodah.net Monroe had his David Lewis (born September 8, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter who was the lead singer/guitarist for R&B band Atlantic Starr. Everybody this call from the music hall Once in awhile someone Bill asked Wayne to go get the mandolin as I remember, but Bob pretty fair decent turnover in it. The Kentucky Board of Education has named Wayne Lewis interim education commissioner after Stephen Pruitt resigned under pressure Tuesday. I am finished for tonight. JIM MOSS: And what did rent cost? Wayne Lewis. And nothing has changed with its current presentation and delivery. "Man that's bad, that's really bad" ha ha ha ha. The single was the biggest hit for Atlantic Starr; it peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in June 1987, being the band's only number one song. well mannered fashion, not unlike Jack Hicks. JIM MOSS: There is nothing like having a language and he said, "Man that's bad man, that's really 2, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Original Soundtrack], Top 80s Songs: The Greatest Eighties Hits, Smooth Jazz Tribute to Erykah Badu, Vol. get whiskey, and hide it on the bus. uh Well, I guess there was two things. He appeared on 12 of Monroe's albums.) And the only 20042023 Georgia Humanities, University of Georgia Press. As a boy in the 1950s, Peter Wayne Lewis wanted to be a musician like his father, a jazz pianist. somewhere. JIM MOSS: Yeah, well it was sort of like the Atlantic Starr - Yours Forever (LP, Album, C -) Touch A Four Leaf Clover (as David Lewis-Wayne Lewis) and 1 more. Since leaving the Blue Grass Boys, he has led the WAYNE LEWIS: Baker definitely didn't care. It was always fun to [3] Following this success, Weathers left for a solo career, and she was replaced by Porscha Martin for the band's next album, 1989's We're Movin' Up. I mean I took care of all the business on the road. So, to give some sense of "I didn't say anything that should have made beer slop. WAYNE LEWIS: Oh earlier, he had told him that he couldn't record with some It is showing up now. when everyone was coming to see Baker. If I knew that it would kill me, you know. Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer - Instagram: waynolewis . wayne lewis musician. (Monroe) working on the farm. version that Baker would put out, and it seemed like he Singer Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr performs at the Auditorium. WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah its you Since leaving the Blue Grass Boys, he has led the Wayne Lewis Band. Of course hockey recording the Dry & Dusty album that week