Waylon Payne - The Drifter

The Drifter, is Waylon Payne's Republic/Universal debut album, a work of deep emotion and authenticity, forged with the most elemental tools of roots rock, blues and hardcore country. 31-year-old Payne is son of Grammy winner Sammi Smith (Help Me Make it Through the Night) and longtime Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne; and the godson and namesake of Waylon Jennings. Payne says 'I've never known a place I can call home, never known a place that felt safe to me, other than myself. Now I find great comfort, and great strength and safety in my music. All you have to do is listen to figure out that it's true.'

The music of The Drifter is anything but aimless. Its vignettes play like an unexpectedly gripping first indie film - rough edges, raw nerves, emotional train wrecks and all, as in the wasted, enraged and obsessive On and On. With unvarnished, focused production by accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Keith Gattis, zeroing in on Payne's intensely personal lyrics, Her and The Bottom are headlong dives into regret. The haunted, elegiac title track resonates like a war story, and Running from the Rain captures a classic sentiment with an unconventional sound.

Track Listing :

• Her
• Running from the Rain
• On and On
• Jesus on a Greyhound
• Christian
• I Love You
• Momma Drive On
• Bottom
• Pretender
• Ain't Got No Match
• Drifter

Find out more at The Waylon Payne website