"Johnny, Willie, Elvis, Merle, Hank"...Performing songs from these legends, and MUCH MORE, 5-6 days a week in the summer! Whether it's private parties, corporate fundraisers, or redneck weddings, vocalist and award-winning PEDAL STEEL GUITAR Mark Wayne will enhance YOUR event non-intrusively, but yet enough that it be remembered!
Based out of Tomahawk, WI (originally from Milw.), Mark is asked to return year-after-year! From low-key lounge swing, to "Ring of Fire," to all the 50's - 80's Country to Rock that you grew up on, even Country-Gospel, Mark's eclectic repertoire leaves satisfied folks with many positive reviews.
Whatever your event, enhanced it w/ Mark Wayne! THANK YOU!
Mark is an entertainer beyond compare, he was personal, fun and really, really good and at least 1 joke was funny. He helped make our 50th wedding anniversary party a huge success and we had nothing but positive comments, my 95 year old dad and lifetime country fan said he was the best he ever heard. we highly recommend Mark for any event.
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 30 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Please read my biography description to view what you can expect from my shows. I am a serious entertainer that cares about the success of your event. A lot of folks call me an entertainer, not just a singer!
Enhance your event with the live music of Mark Wayne!
Mark is an entertainer from Tomahawk, WI (originally from Milwaukee), booked nearly 6 days a week in the summer, he brings an added element to any occasion that you have. He has entertained with Red Higgins (Midwest Country), Skip Wagner, The Marvin, Scott Kirby, and is good friends with artists’ Kyle Mertz, Brad Emmanuel, and more, and was mentored by Eddie Rivers from “Asleep at the Wheel.”
The timeless classic Country, Swing, Classic Rock songs, award-winning LIVE steel guitar playing, along with a two-way street with your audiences are what brings Mark back to multiple engagements to the same venues.
No-hassle, convenient booking and "review-proven" dependability - whether a full concert performance, or non-intrusive entertainment...Mark covers it all, and brings back the VALUE of entertainment that you demand at your event.
Why do people have Mark play for their event?
- Something different!
- Dependable, and ‘Volume Friendly’
- Mark entertains from 5 to 500 miles from Tomahawk, WI
- Rapport with his audiences
- Cares about the success of your event
- Live Music, not “DJ songs” that lose the audience
- Reviews, audio and video clips and more at (link hidden)
- Award winning steel guitar player
What events does Mark entertain at?
- Personal family get-togethers
- Weddings
- Anniversaries
- Birthday parties
- Boat / Gun / Trade Shows
- Church picnics / events
- Chamber of Commerce events
- State / County Fairs
- Reunions
- Summer concerts
- Fill in for cancelling entertainers
- Why not make a good occasion great, with the live music of Mark Wayne!?
Mark’s show includes: Classic Country (50's-80's), Western Swing, a touch of modern Country and Classic Rock, and 80's style Country-Gospel, which will guarantee an enhanced mood to any event.
If you have ANY questions whatsoever, please don't hesitate to call!
Thank you!
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Past shows:
Oneida County Fair
St. Germain Summer Concert Series
Beef-a-Rama, Minocqua
Weddings, from background to concert
Three Lakes Summer Concert Series
Shows for Tomahawk Chamber of Commerce
Supper clubs
Potowatami Casino, Carter
Lincoln County Fair
Houghton County Fair
Benefits
WXPR Radio of Northern WI
WVCY Radio of Milwaukee
St. Croix Casino, Danbury
YOUR reunion, birthday or anniversary party
Bad River Casino, Bad River
Events for Eagle River chamber of commerce
AmVets Car Show of Wausau
Walworth County Fair
Farm Tech Days: Barron/Portage/Dane Ctys
Jeff's Campfire
....many more events and occasions!
A simple 20 amp outlet is needed for my shows! I can take care of the rest. My show has a small footprint, but a big impact on your event!
| June 25, 2022 • 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Anniversary Party |
BLUEGRASS
fox on the run
hallejiah im ready to go
man of constant sorrow
morning sky
purple robe
rocky top
POLKA / WALTZES
chicken dance
pennsylvania polka
waltz across texas
tennessee waltz
mr. bojangles
mountain dew
wheels
SWING / JAZZ
all of me
anytime
billies bounce
bloodshot eyes
bye bye blackbird
cho cho chaboogie
come fly with me
corine corina
the devil aint lazy
don’t get around much anymore
girl from ipanema
home in indiana
how high the moon
little red wagon
mack the knife
new york, new york
opus one
route 66
san antonio rose
summer wind
this ol’ house
L.o.v.e.
theme from the flintstones
fly me to the moon
home
right or wrong
COUNTRY (CLASSIC)
battle of new orleans
heartaches by the number
in the jailhouse now
kiss an angel good morning
mind your own business
pop a top
seven spanish angels
sixteen tons
walk on by
walkin after mid
COUNTRY
ain't as good as i once
fishing in the dark
flowers on the wall
give it all we got tonight
good directions
guitartown
its five oclock somewhere
long black train
one more last chance
when the sun goes down
would you go with me
burnin’ the roadhouse down
chicken fried
wagon wheel
COUNTRY (FAST)
ace in the hole
act natrually
all my rowdy friends have settled
freight train
gentle on my mind
good hearted woman
guitars cadillacs
hey good lookin
highway 40 blues
highway patrol
im my own grampa
ive been everywhere
jambalaya
mountain dew
mountain music
north to alaska
oh lonesome me
on the road again
put another log
rocky top
rollin in my sweet baby’s arms
shade tree fix it man
streets of bakersfield
thank God im a country boy
truck driving man
wabash cannonball
workin man blues
you are my sunshine
JOHNNY CASH
a boy named sue
folsum
get rhythm
guess things happen
i still miss someone
jackson
I walk the line
it aint me babe
ring of fire
sunday morning comin
COUNTRY (SLOW)
city of new orleans
dukes of hazzard
ghost riders in the sky
louisiana sat night
luckenbach texas
mama tried
the gambler
the perfect country
wolverton mountain
king of the road
1982
3 wooden crosses
always on my mind
back home again
before the next teardrop
behind closed doors
blue eyes crying in the rain
blue moon of ken
country roads
crazy
danny boy
devil woman
for the good times
have you ever been lonely
he'll have to go
i believe in you
old dogs children
poncho and lefty
rose colored glasses
something special
the grass is blue
walk through this world with me
when you say nothing
wisconsin winter at night
wurlitzer prize
STEEL GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS
alabama jubillee (fast country)
annies song (slow john denver)
apache (ventrues)
buds bounce (swing)
he lives on high (hawaiian)
last date (floyd cramer)
sleepwalk (santo and johnny)
steel guitar rag (fast country)
secret love (jazz)
take the ‘a’ train (jazz)
there'll never be another (jazz)
wheels (fast country)
walk don't run (ventures)
ROCK (EARLY)
all shook up
blue suede shoes
chantilly lace
charlie brown
jailhouse rock
johnny b goode
rock around the clock
teddy bear
crying in the chapel
I can’t help falling in love with you
CLASSIC ROCK / POP
against the wind
all about that bass
already gone
angel from montgomery
bad moon rising
brown eyed
burning love
can't buy me love
cats in the cradle
cc rider
come monday
dance little jean
dont think twice
early morning rain
fire on the mountain
have you ever seen the rain
heard it in a love song
hit the road jack
hot rod lincoln
i'm a believer
jamaican farewell
jet airliner
kansas city
knocking on heavens door
long train running
lookin out my back door
margarittaville
memphis
mustang sally
pretty woman
proud mary
ramblin’ man
sister golden hair
solitary man
sweet caroline
sweet home alabama
teach your children
walk of life
who’ll stop the rain
wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
amy
fire and rain
hallejuiah (from shreck)
peaceful easy feeling
wonderful tonight
BLUES
pride and joy
the thrill is gone
walkin after midnight
sweet home chicago
simple man
My influences are both personal and public!
My dad, Lenny
My uncle Joe, (every body has an uncle Joe, lol)
My teacher Eddie Rivers, from 10-grammy-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel!
All the Classic singers that I grew up listening to!
Self-contained PA: Mackie SRM450 speakers, with DLM12s sub, with AKG 535 microphones, Emmons pedal steel guitar.
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