The Phoenix New Times has an interview with Wayne “The Train” Hancock, who’s bringing his brand of honky-tonk and swing to southern Arizona.
The article has these nuggets:
“I did this interview the other day, and the guy asks me if I hate the road. Hell, about every other song on my new CD [Tulsa, due out on October 10] is about how much I love the road.” […]
“I do like coming out there to Phoenix, man,” Hancock says. “Particularly when I get to come down from the north and east — I love old [Route] 66. What’s left of it.”
As I reported in October:
He’s also a fan of Route 66. Last I checked, he has a Route 66 shield affixed to his guitar, he regularly performs “Route 66″ at gigs, and he calls our beloved highway “the church of the road.” I remember an interview with No Depression magazine in which he told about his van breaking down at night on Route 66 in Vega, Texas. He was fortunate enough to have a old, nice motel on one side of the road and a mechanic’s shop on the other. Hancock got a good night’s sleep, and his van was fixed by the next morning.
He’s the real deal. I can’t wait to hear his upcoming album.