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Bobby Wayne

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A collection of murder ballads and prison songs recorded by a cult hero of the rockabilly world!Born in 1936, Bobby Wayne is a cult hero of the rockabilly world who popularized rockabilly in the American Northwest with his bass-baritone voiceoften compared to Johnny Cashs. This album is a comprehensive collection of murder ballads and prison songs, most of which he wrote, composed, and recorded himself. It features a series of largely unreleased tracksminimalist, raw prison songs depicting the murder of a lawyer, a gun-toting beauty, and life as a criminalall imbued with his deep, resonant bass voice.While there are many artists with the same name, this is Bobby Wayneborn in Spokane, Washington, whose real name is Robert Wayne Snyder. He started playing guitar at age 15, formed the Rocky Mountain Playboys at 16, andas a shy 17-year-oldwas told by a Los Angeles club to pack your bags and go back