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Wayne Wesley Johnson
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- Santa Fe, NM
- United States
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- Role
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- Job Title
- Professional Entertainer/Musician-- Guitarist
- Company
- Wannadu, LLC
- Website:
- http://myspace.com/wannadumusic
- About Me:
- "Wayne Wesley Johnson is Santa Fe, New Mexico's Premier Guitarist... for weddings, concerts, corporate or private events."
1959-2009... This year marks Wes' 50th anniversary as a professional guitarist, drummer and overall performer - entertainer.
"Wayne Wesley Johnson is a fine guitarist & a fine drummer, too!" (Living legendary guitarist Les Paul at the Iridium, NYC)
'WORLD CLASS GUITARIST'...Internationally recognized, this award winning guitarist performs on acoustic, electric, nylon & steel string guitars and guitar synthesizer in a variety of musical styles and genres. A pioneer of the 'New Sound of Santa Fe' tm and 'Jazzamenco' tm., the artist performs in thumbpicking, fingerstyle, and flatpicking styles...playing jazz, world, new age, latin & rumba flamenca and with classical techniques. Wayne is currently a guitar instructor and member of the faculty of the Santa Fe Community College. In addition to his concert, corporate and private performances, Wayne has also become known by many as Santa Fe,New Mexico's Premier Wedding Guitarist, in high demand for both ceremonies and receptions, alike.
AWARDS AND/OR OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- WWJ has performed and toured with Living Guitar Legend, Les Paul
- WWJ has performed and recorded with Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) , Thom Bresh (Merle Travis’ Son), Tom Doyle, Lou Pallo, Gao Hong, Tim Farrell, Anthony Smith, Edgar Cruz, Ruben Romero, Mario Reynolds, Matthew Vaughn, Jon Gagan, Josef Martinez, Ben Lucero, K.C. Morris and others.
- WWJ has performed with Mason Williams (Composer of Classical Gas)
- World Class Recording & Performing Artist...NAMM/BMI/NARAS
- "Artist of the Month" New Mexico Music Commission
- Twice nominated for the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award.
- Guitar Instructor / Adjunct faculty Santa Fe Community College
- Honorary Member AFG -- Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists
- Annual Performer/Member CAAS -- Chet Atkins Appreciation Society
- Soave, Italy Guitar Festival Award Winner
- GFL -- Guitars for Life Award Winner
- John Lennon Songwriter's Contest Winner
- Grammy Award Contestant
- Favorite destination for personal travel
- Trunk Bay, St. John
- Favorite amenity to have waiting in my room
- Coffee and crackers
- Favorite hotel
- Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong
- Activities/Interests
- Collecting and playing guitars, recording music, Siberian Husky Dogs, dining out.
- Favorite Quote
- " The only thing worse than the certainty of pain...is the pain of uncertainty."
- College/University
- FDU-Madison, NJ BS degree / Rutgers Univ- Newark, NJ
- Employment History
- Wannadu, LLC (self)
Santa Fe Community College -- Adjunct Music Instructor
Pennsylvania Scale Co. (CEO/Pres & Chairman)
Johnson Scale Co., (President)
- Right now I live in...
- Santa Fe, NM
- My hometown is...
- West Caldwell, NJ
- 2 Truths and a Lie: Write 2 true things about yourself and one lie. Try to guess other MPN members' lie.
- I have performed with Les Paul, Nokie Edwards (The Ventures), Mason Williams & Thom Bresh (Son of Merle Travis).
My music is aired on "Roswell", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Discovery Channel", "Outward Bound", "MTV's MADE", and The Weather Channel.
I used to be happily married.
Visit THE JAZZ NETWORK WORLDWIDE
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Official Wayne Wesley Johnson / Wannadu, LLC Website
www.waynewesleyjohnson.com
Booking
www.gigmasters.com/jazz/waynewesleyjohnson
Gigmasters - Booking Guitar Players Online Since 1997
MySpace
http://profile.myspace.com/wannadumusic
http://www.facebook.com/waynewesleyjohnson
http://twitter.com/Wjguitar
Tagged
http://www.tagged.com/waynewesleyjohnson
LP33.TV
http://www.lp33.tv/artists/waynewesleyjohnson/
MIDB
http://www.themidb.com/waynewesleyjohnson
http://www.linkedin.com/in/waynewesleyjohnson
Jazz Guitar New York
http://jazzguitarny.ning.com/profile/WayneWesleyJohnson
Nasville Music Pros
http://www.nashvillemusicpros.com/profile/WayneWesleyJohnson
WWJ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_Flamenca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Flamenco
Guitar9.com Interview with WWJ
http://www.guitar9.com/interview142.html
"Wes and Mito" Guitar Duo
http://wesmitovirtuosoguitarduo.blogspot.com/2007/08/bio-wayne-wesley-johnson.html
Online CD Purchases
http://cdbaby.com/all/wjguitar
http://www.guitar9.com/cancionesdelalma.html
http://www.guitar9.com/hypnoticsafari.html
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