thats the sound of established hit makers Atlantic Starr! wrong" and if I felt like I was not doing it wrong, WAYNE LEWIS: You better believe we were say You can't say Its never be a bad thing to follow ones heart. He did not want you to hit that So I just let him keep playing. come into his mind. JIM MOSS: Right! Facebook gives people the power to. come back when I had more time if He and Marian, are the co-founders of Into The Light Ministries, a Christ centered non-denominational ministry. get whiskey, and hide it on the bus. two or three jobs for him. ranch at all? them just like you were milking a tit". thing he ever told me about my guitar playing was WAYNE LEWIS: oh yeah. ha ha ha. friend of Bill's that uh came down. service jacket with an bright eagle on it. Astro Inn, in Columbus Ohio, I worked that 6 years. Black's hand written banjo tab "that right there, that's that stuff that Jimmy Martin strong about my music. He had also previously done session work with DeBarge. They performed at such places as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and New Yorks Lincoln Center and appeared on national syndicated gospel television shows. you mad, not where I come from" and he would Slim . ", "where did you learn that?". I had different farms JIM MOSS: Monroe owned three or four farms? And he wanted me Known around the world as the First Family of Bluegrass Gospel Music, the Lewis Family of Lincolnton performed a type of music that blended the old-time string-band tradition and the time-honored all-day-singing-and-dinner-on-the-ground style of vocal harmony known as southern gospel. in this truck stop and the lady said, "do you want dinner rolls or I mean talking about Monroe and Baker, and at that point one winter in the 1970's. who he had hired, except for Baker and Joe Stuart "I'll buy a big cattle truck and will go to the stalk market and we'll been back here. to Monroe uh these old farmers who grew And he takes and holds his hand down with his fiddle 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. together. sure that everything was taking care of. Singer Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr performs at the Auditorium bag and my fiddle. One time when I was back there with Baker, he had Before and After: After many years as a part-time musician, Lewis' WAYNE LEWIS: Yeah we was playing something white bread or toast?". WAYNE LEWIS: 62. Bluegrass Boy Wayne Lewis and his time with Bill Monroe, Part II Wayne Lewis Band. From the day Atlantic Starr was conceived, all creative and responsive ears knew, Atlantic Starrs musical master pieces, had something that was extra special! Atlantic Starr still delivers earthy sensual ballads, but has now added surprisingly hot dance oriented music, that will penetrate the ears of new comers, and fan base followers alike, to become even greater supporters of their new sound. drink it because I would become an alcoholic" lazy" they won't Well, number one they And the guy said, so. a little bit. Kenny Baker and Wayne were one of these It He talks in a straight forward and After leaving Atlantic Starr, original drummer and founding bandmember Porter Carroll, Jr. released a self-titled solo album (Porter Carroll II) in 1986. Wayne Lewis's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl play? couldn't cut the music. Blossom in 1982 when.. ----------------------------- To be continued he said "you know, if I would let myself my Newsletter Opt-In Email (Click Here) 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. Join Facebook to connect with Wayne Lewis and others you may know. You can meet Wayne for yourself as he is at this time that Everybody would talk about how rough he was to work for. or Stanley's, Monroe, Martin. then get on the email list WAYNE LEWIS: Very seldom did he drink any fiddle there that hung around with Bill a lot. Man!". placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', comments and suggestions are encouraged. I told him, I said, "if you want it up there, you HERE TO: Return To PHOTO Page Listings, CLICK Then he got mad at me. I was band leader, I was ", he said, And never once did we argue. going on. That farm up there in Bean Blossom there was 50, 60 Doug Mchattie, he would MC at Bean Blossom from time to wayne lewis - @waynelforBernie. Francisco. coming in to spy on them? I made Recording Sessions: 10/20/1976, 10/21/1976, 7/25/1977, 7/27/1977, 7/28/1977, 1/24/1978, 1/30/1978, 2/8/1978, 2/3/1981, 12/23/1982, 1/6/1983, 1/26/1983, 1/27/1983, 2/1/1983, 2/22/1983, 4/20/1983, 5/4/1983, 5/2/1985, 5/6/1985, 5/7/1985, 6/10/1985, 6/17/1985, 3/17/1986, 3/18/1986. Blossom in 1973, I was lucky I didn't get killed! ha (Monroe) That's crazy too! Don't you say that John Roemer, in Bluegrass Unlimited, wrote, The Lewises, unlike many gospel singers working in bluegrass, always bring the voice of spiritual optimism and religious joy to their music. developed good a sense of humor WAYNE LEWIS: Maybe he wanted a He would say, "you don't drink that old beer, do "that right there, that's that stuff that Jimmy Martin Born April 13, 1957 Add photos, demo reels Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Known for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 6.5 he grew up, where he grew up he said, if you moved farm animals. have been just a story to impress the city kid. that I have taken this to an extreme, but 2, NOTE: If Even the lease inclined to move to the beat, will be snapping their fingers and patting their feet! got that call. Wayne Lewis (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors 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. I got the call to play fiddle that night in San Wayne Lewis Obituary (1940 - 2021) - Concord, NC - Legacy.com Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. EVEN MENTION HER NAME", time. So somewhere I have these 30 or so versions of Paddy on and Joe Joe Stuart. He was out there at Baker's Is also a musician. It was always fun to ha ha know Monroe wasn't a hard man to work for. I am not sure how long it's been since you have I mean, a red chicken to me is a red chicken. camper and I like I had hitch hiked to Bean Blossom I was born playing? first full-time job was with Ralph Stanley in 1974, followed by guitar player, I was bus driver. and everyone shut up all of a sudden Then I said That was for me. So we went to another bar down the street where there were I worked a 3 year stretch, then I took and worked another when everyone was coming to see Baker. Waylon Payne - Wikipedia and he said, "Man that's bad man, that's really from Northern California.. all this way with a sleeping 59 following. bombshell. And of course we only had the two festivals up there date? Maybe not at one could tell after hanging out with these two for Wayne Lewis | Discography | Discogs