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Trouble always seemed to be around the corner. That experience is at the heart of Chasen Wayne’s sound.
Music is a lifesaver, and Chasen Wayne will be the first one to tell you. He’s lived it. Survived is more like it. A life of addiction and too many close calls forced Wayne to reevaluate priorities. At the top of the list: His beautiful family, and music. Every struggle and bit of soul-searching provides the foundation for Wayne’s alt.-country style infused with psych, jazz and rock.
On today’s AMM Love Austin Music Month feature is the single “Riptide” from Wayne’s third LP Corpus, a concept record examining his father’s shortcomings, and his own, as a parent, and the cautionary tale that may have unfolded for Wayne’s own son had he not made some major life changes.
A new album, The Diamond Saloon, is set for a summer release date in August. In the meantime, catch Chasen Wayne & The Honky Tonk Machine at their Thursday bi-weekly residency shows at Sagebrush. The next one is tomorrow, 8-11 p.m.
