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Cross-harp harmonica player whose long-time
collaboration with fellow harmonicist Lonnie Glosson bore fruit in the 1949 hit "Why Don't You
Haul Off and Love Me" and the Delmore
Brothers' "Blues Stay Away From Me", as well as two radio shows
which were so popular they resulted in the sales of millions of harmonicas
via mail order. Raney was born
with a deformed foot which kept him from helping out with chores on the
family farm near Wolf Bayou, Arkansas,
where he was born. It didn't
keep him from tapping his foot to such solo hits as "Jack and Jill
Boogie" and "Lost John Boogie" in 1948. He formed Rimrock
Records in the late '50s and released several solo albums as well as
appearing on The Grand Ole Opry and the country
music variety show Hee-Haw. His autobiography is entitled Life Is Not A Bed Of Roses. Raney passed away in 1993, and was
later inducted into the Country Music Disk Jockey Hall of Fame.
Wayne
Raney recordings:
Country Express
Sources:
- http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2772
- http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,482881,00.html#bio
- http://www.petesheridan.net/books.html
- http://www.roycost.com/history.htm
- http://www.answers.com/topic/wayne-raney
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