Songwriter - Hollis Wayne
Baritone Ukulele - Hollis Wayne
Vocals - Hollis Wayne
Backup Vocals - DB Rouse
Marching Band Producer - DB Rouse 
Tech Director - Beaux Graham
Musical Consultant - Jeff Brister
A Biographical Song about the Songwriter's mother, Lorraine Shock Wayne, and her days in the Stanley High School Marching Band, in Wisconsin, in the late 1930s.

Teenage Tuba Queen / 3rd edit / in G / 12 August 2021 / DB Mix

Texas Singer/Songwriter...Hollis Wayne
Producer/Musician/Wisconsin Sound Engineer/Harmonies...DB Rouse
Texas Recording Engineer...Beaux Graham
Musical Consultant...Jeff Brister

Quiet Country - final mix!

Piano with cello
Hollis Wayne - Composer
Emil Pohlig - Pianist / cellist 
Beaux Graham - Sound Engineer
Jeff Brister - Musical Consultant

Quiet Country - 2021 10 24 - Emil on piano and new cello patch - mix 2

Blues song about being too hot in TEXAS, causing the squirrels to SPLOOT!!!   Wrote it in April on my funky baritone resonator ukulele when it hit 95 and I could see the writing on the wall:  a repeat of the horrendous heat, drought and wildfires of 2011 was coming our way ... again.
Hollis Wayne -  Songwriter; Vocals; baritone ukulele
DB Rouse - Guitar, percussion, backup vocals
John Dunn - Bass
Bob Landgraff - Harmonica
George Coyne ~ Dobro
Produced by DB Rouse 
Sound Engineer ~ Beaux Graham
Musical Consultant ~ Jeff Brister
Recorded at Happy Horse Studios in Cedar Creek, TX and WI

Texas Curse

Music & Lyrics by Hollis Wayne
Vocals - Hollis Wayne & DB Rouse
Producer - DB Rouse 
Instrumentation - DB Rouse & the HappyHorseBand
Harmonica - Bob Landgraff
Sound Engineers - Beaux Graham & DB Rouse
Musical Consultant - Jeff Brister
Another "true story" song, written after observing an armadillo in my Garden of Delight, late one moonlit night after a good rain.

The Armadillo and His Pillow

Composer:  Hollis Wayne
Arranger:  Jeff Brister
Pianist:  Emil Pohlig
Created from a series of melodies I found over several months after acquiring a vintage  Rick Turner Octave Compass Rose ukulele.  A large-body uke strung with custom strings an octave below normal tenor tuning, it has a deep other-worldly sound and within a few weeks of playing it, this collection of melodies and motivs were revealed in a decidedly irregular time signature, vacillating between 9/8 and 6/8, with a few measures of 3/4!  The exquisite listening skills of Jeff Brister were able to notate the melody as I played it on the amazing instrument, for which I am forever grateful.  I opted to turn it into a piano piece and now Emil has done a masterful job capturing the changing moods of this lengthy piece as it changes direction and covers a lot of ground, always returning home.

Compass Rose In C - Emil Pohlig/pianist - 2023 07 09

Rest Your Head On Me (cell demo 2)

Hollis Wayne 2024, Composer
Live piano recording played by Emil Pohlig
Inspired by a series of colorful tulip photos taken by Jeff Brister while traveling through Amsterdam in the spring of 2024.

The Tulips Of Amsterdam - Emil recording 3 August 2024

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The Armadillo and His Pillow

Hollis

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