Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Trio

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Date

Aug 5 2024 - Aug 5 2024

Time

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

TD Stage

Award winning international piano blues artist on Stony Plain records. Wayne was born in Spokane, Washington, and raised in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.  He started playing piano at 13 and has been performing for over 50 years. Over the years he has performed with and shared the stage with a great many of the world’s most influential blues and rock pioneers, including Jimmy Reed, Pinetop Perkins, Johnnie Johnson, Big Joe Duskin, Joe Louis Walker and Floyd Dixon, and as a guest performer with well-known rock and soul artists that have included Ike Turner, members of Sly and the Family Stone, Delaney and Bonnie and members of Santana and the Doobie Brothers. As a touring performer, he has played to knowledgeable and appreciative blues audiences on four continents and has been profiled by music journalists in Europe and North America.  And recently, performed as a guest artist with the Legendary Downchild Blues band at Massey Hall in celebration of their 50 + years of playing the blues.

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