Biography: W.S. Mayo, Washington Squares, Watafiti, Waterson:Carthy, Wayfaring Strangers, Waylon Jennings, Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing, Wayne Benson, Wayne Busby, Wayne Hancock,

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W.S. Mayo
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Genre: Country

Fiddler WS Mayo is the leader of the Virginia Barndance String Band, which performs a repertoire of Appalachian dance music and traditional old-time melodies Other members of this group are Larry and Udell McPeak, a widely respected set of bluegrass brothers, bassist Debbie Larson, and son Ray Mayo on banjo

Washington Squares Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Washington Squares were a deliberate throwback to the days of earnest, politically oriented folk groups like Peter, Paul & Mary, even though they formed 20 years after the peak of the folk boom

Watafiti
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Genre: Country

An all-acoustic, mostly percussion band ~ J Poet, All Music Guide

Waterson:Carthy Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of Martin Carthy’s many side projects, this one is purely a family affair, with wife Norma Waterson, daughter Eliza Carthy on fiddle, and son-in-law Saul Rose on melodeon, comprising this purveyor of traditional British folk music

Wayfaring Strangers Biography, Photos, Pictures

The band profiled in this bio should not be confused with a European duo that is also called the Wayfaring Strangers; that acoustic twosome (which goes back to 1994) consists of British guitarist/singer Neil Grant and German mandolinist/singer Martin Ahrndt, whereas the Wayfaring Strangers profiled in this bio (who are also acoustic-oriented) are an American collective led by violinist/pianist Matt Glaser

Waylon Jennings Biography, Photos, Pictures

If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the ’70s, it was Waylon Jennings Though he had been a professional musician since the late ’50s, it wasn’t until the ’70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar

Wayma "Pee Wee" Whitewing Biography, Photos, Pictures

Best known for his tenure with Hank Thompson’s Brazos Valley Boys, steel guitar virtuoso Wayma “Pee Wee” Whitewing was born February 11, 1934, in Concer, OK

Wayne Benson Biography, Photos, Pictures

This talented mandolinist, who has sometimes been mistaken for a wax figure due to his concentrated, nearly motionless stage presence, was born into a North Carolina family in which playing bluegrass was considered to be in the blood

The night clerk at a shift of mountain cottages in Predeal, Romania, is not used to a lot of international calls late at night The little hunchback with the hairy friend in the double suite is attracting attention, though

Wayne Hancock Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alternative country favorite Wayne Hancock is that rare breed of traditionalist, one who imbues his retro obsessions with such high energy and passion that his songs never feel like museum pieces he’s trying desperately to preserve