Chasen Wayne took the long road to honky tonk stage success. The native Texan’s first job in the music industry – if you could call it that – was a club bouncer as a teenager. His reputation and professionalism landed him at a popular venue in Austin, Texas where he wound up booking shows, too.

Nevermind that his big claim to fame in Austin is booking a video shoot for Zach Bryan, a story he tells us in the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler. Wayne’s primary focus was on his weekend residency at the club and building his musical career.

His new album Corpus shares stories of his path out of addiction to sobriety, fatherhood and much more. Wayne’s stories are mostly true and autobiographical. But they’re raw and revealing which has him destined to continue to grow an already avid fan base and keep living that honky tonk dream.

We talked to Wayne about sobriety, father hood, digging tunnels and a lot more. And we got to hear the details behind the big Zach Bryan video shoot, too. 

Also on this episode of Roots Music Rambler, Frank and Falls discuss Morgan Wallen deciding not to nominate his latest album for Grammy consideration, the pop country vs. “real” country debate, and they share their picks for Pickin’ the Grinnin’ – music you should listen to. 

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Notes and links: 

Morgan Wallen says “No” to the Grammy’s

Chasen Wayne on Spotify

Chasen Wayne on Instagram

Zach Bryan’s “Nine Ball” (filmed at Sagebrush)

The Roots Music Rambler Store

Roots Music Rambler on YouTube

Roots Music Rambler on Instagram

Roots Music Rambler on TikTok 

Roots Music Rambler on Facebook

Jason Falls on Instagram

Jason Falls on TikTok

Francesca Folinazzo on Instagram

Pickin’ the Grinnin’ Recommendations

The Onlies

Del Roscoe

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