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"Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Serving New Braunfels and Comal County since 1852"

It’s a rare occurrence when dreams come true in country music, but West Virginia native Billy Payne is living proof that it does. With two traditional country albums under his belt, Payne was looking for something special for album No. 3. A chance meeting with The Waylors, road band for the legendary Waylon Jennings, proved to be just what the doctor ordered. After playing a few live gigs with the band, he was asked to contribute his song, “Nashville Ain’t The Same,” to a compilation CD they were recording. They were so impressed with his performance they offered to cut an entire CD with him. The new CD, “Country ‘Till I Die” contains eleven classic country tracks, four written or co-written by Payne and produced by Jerry Bridges. The band, now called Waymore’s Outlaws, have regrouped and include original Waylors members Richie Albright on drums, bassist Jerry Bridges and steel guitarist Fred Newell. Guitarist Eugene Moles comes on board after playing with icons such as Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. With Payne out front, this band is firing on all cylinders, attacking each track as though Waylon himself were running the show. This group is the real deal and with Payne in the driver’s seat, it’s as though you stepped back in time. Back to the 70s when artists such as Cash, Waylon, Haggard and Willie were making music that would stand the test of time. This is that type of album, with every track an instant classic. The first single, “Long Gone,” is set for radio release soon while the CD is scheduled for nationwide release early next year. Until that time, it can be purchased online at waymoresoutlaws.com. If you only buy one country CD this year, this one gets my vote. Now, if we can just get these outlaws down here to Texas to play some honky-tonks. - By Dale Martin Contributor Published October 22, 2008


"Cheatham Street Warehouse Spirit Of The Outlaws Show Sept. 23, 2007"

By Dale Martin Contributor
Published October 10, 2007


Speaking of Cheatham Street Warehouse, if you were lucky enough to catch the Spirit of the Outlaws concert last month, you witnessed a truly special night. The house band for the night was the Waylors, Waylon Jennings’ original group. A wide variety of artists took the opportunity to stop by and join these musical legends onstage, including Chris Wall, Dale Watson and host Brigitte London. Of all the musicians that appeared, the night belonged to Billy Payne. Traveling all the way from West Virginia for the chance to play with his heroes, Payne stole the show with his four song tribute to Ol’ Waylon. With his black hat pulled low and the leather covered Telecaster, it brought back haunting memories of an era when Waylon and his band ruled the world. Payne and the Waylors hit their stride on “This Time,” Waylon’s first No. 1 single.

For everyone who witnessed this amazing set, it was like entering a time machine and going back to 1974, when music really mattered and musicians played every show as though it might be their last. Payne made such an impression on this legendary band that they have agreed to join him in the studio to record some of his original songs, proving once again that when musicians come together for the right reason, magical things happen. In an interview I did with Waylon's drummer, Richie Albright, he spoke highly of Payne's talent.
"Of all the singers that have joined us for the outlaws concerts, Billy is one of the best," Albright said. " He certainly knows Waylon's songs and is very respectful of the music."
Payne is such a fan of Waylon's music that he carved a statue of Waylon out of wood used in local coal mines and presented it to Jennings in 1995. Waylon put the statue on his mantel at his Phoenix home, where it remains today.
dale@martinsmusic.com
- HERALD - ZEITUNG New Braunfels, Texas


"The Voice of Country Music in Canada Back To The Simple Life Review July 2005"

By: Larry Delaney July 2005

BILLY PAYNE
Back To The Simple Life
(Indie)
(10 Selections – 37:20)
Another pretty solid outing by West Virginia-based Billy Payne; this time mixing some honky tonk hurt and some uptempo country, performed with the vocal anguish often heard in a David Allan Coe offering. Billy Payne does standout ‘covers’ here of Doctor Jesus, (done before by Ken Mellons, Randy Travis and Tony Stampley); and Triple On The Double a song done recently by Ken Mellons under the title “Single Again”.
BEST BETS: Write It Lefty / Another Cold One / Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt
http://www.countrymusicnews.ca/news.ihtml?step=2&article_id=911%20 - COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS CANADA


"Billy Payne Back To The Simple Life Review July 2005"

BILLY PAYNE/BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE. The second release for PAYNE and it's far and above the quality of his first, even though the his first release was also easy on the ears. In the tradition of WAYLON JENNINGS , PAYNE performs material that JENNINGS might have recorded at the peak of his career. Accompaniment includes fiddle, steel guitar, electric lead, harmonica, banjo, drums, bass and back up vocals. Recorded in Nashville and produced by BUDDY HYATT all tunes are original and the heartfelt, soulful vocals by PAYNE along with an excellent production make this album one you'll wanta put the repeat button to . Listing: BLUE SKIES MOUNTAIN AIR AND CLEAR WATER....ANOTHER COLD ONE....SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT...SHE'S IN LOVE IN TENNESSEE.....SHE'S SO HOT....BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE...DOCTOR JESUS....WAKE UP AND SMELL THE WHISKEY....TRIPLE ON A DOUBLE...WRITE IT LEFTY. Ten performances. Spotlight cut WRITE IT LEFTY, (PLAY IT HAGGARD, SING IT JONES). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. BPCD.
www.honkytonkin.com - HONKY TONKIN Music in Texas


"Billy Payne No Limit On Love Review June 2004"

BILLY PAYNE/NO LIMIT ON LOVE. PAYNE unquestionably is a huge WAYLON JENNINGS fan. and in this collection he sounds a bit like JENNINGS on one or two tracks, but still maintains his own identity. Recorded in NASHVILLE, PAYNE who is from Page, West Virginia, is accompanied by steel guitar, fiddle, electric lead, piano, back up vocals, bass & drums. Most of the tunes are covers however most are not so notable. The most recognizable are Chuck Berry's NADINE and Porter Wagoner's, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME. Other tracks are; NO LIMIT ON LOVE....IT'S A WONDER WE MADE IT THIS FAR...BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS...FLAT CHAMPAGNE(And Wilted Roses).....SHE GOT A WAY WITH GOODBYE...MEMORIES OF YOU AND I...STOMPIN' GROUNDS......MR. D. J.(T.G. Shepherd cover) Included is a rare photo of WAYLON JENNINGS with BILLY PAYNE. 10 performances. RECOMMENDED. BPCD.
www.honkytonkin.com
- HONKY TONKIN MUSIC in Texas


"Billy Payne No Limit On Love Britain Review 2004"

NO LIMIT ON LOVE by Billy Payne from Page, West Virginia accompanied by steel guitar, fiddle, electric lead, piano, gives us 10 honky barroom tracks including a fine version of Chuck Berry's Nadine. Billy grew up listeing to Waylon, Johnny Cash, George Jones and their influence is in the choice of music which includes Between Fathers & Sons and Memories of You and I.
Other tracks include my pick of the album Porter Wagoner's, I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name plus No Limit On Love ~It's A Wonder We Made It This Far ~ Flat Champagne And Wilted Roses) ~ .She Got Away With Goodbye ~ Memories Of You And I ~ MR. D. J. A good traditional country album available through www.honkytonkin.com a great online source for pure country music.
http://www.cmib.co.uk/reviewsus.htm - COUNTRY MUSIC IN BRITAIN


"Billy Payne No Limit On Love Review London, England May 2004"

Billy Payne / No Limit On Love ***


Originally released in 1999 and reissued with a new cover in 2002, this debut set from honky tonker Billy Payne finally makes it to CMP for review. A singer in the best barroom tradition (viz, solid country music), Payne immediately gets on my right side by unearthing two songs from The Little David Wilkins catalogue (and where he now?). It's A Wonder We Made It This Far is a lenghty near-five minute slow saga of two very different people brought together by love ("I ride a Harley and she drives a Lincoln Town Car," that kind of thing) while Flat Champagne ( And Wilted Roses ) Presents the alternative face, that of love gone
wrong. Payne also turns to another personal favourite, T.G. Sheppard, with an effective cover of the onetime hitmaker's mid '70s gospel success, Mr.D.J. Nevertheless, Payne's big hero is Waylon Jennings (he spent two years carving a model of his idol - a photo in the CD insert shows Waylon accepting the tribute). Fortunately, Billy eschews well - worn material from the late legend's cookbook, instead offering his takes on Between Fathers And Sons and Lee Clayton's Memories Of You And I. OK, We know he's no Waylon, But they're affectionate readings. The best song on an album full of fine songs is Lee Emerson's oldie, I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name. It's one of those country songs that falls into place so easily, lyrically and melodically, that not one word or note is indispensable. A huge hit for Porter Wagoner in the mid ' 50s, there's a Waylon connection: Waylon's wife Jessi Colter cut a stunning version in 1976 produced by her husband. Couple of names of interest among the backing musicians. The fiddle player is Clinton Gregory whose attempt at a singing career floundered in the early ' 90s after a string of semi-hits with Step One, while steelie Gary Carter - excellant - was onetime leader of Randy Travis' backing group. Despite some questionable pitching in Billy Payne's vocals, this is die-hard country music with a good heart.
(billypayne@citynet.net)

Vol. 35 Number 5 Issue 411
Craig Baguley

Tel: +44 (020 ) 8854 7217
www.countrymusicpeople.com - COUNTRY MUSIC PEOPLE LONDON ENGLAND May 2004


"Billy Payne Back To The Simple Life Review Australia May 2005"

Billy has major league vocal talent and the production is first class. Notably "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey' could be straight off a George Strait album. "She's in Love in Tennessee" is absolute sensational; the album's best. The last "Write it lefty' is also as good as anything you'd ever hear (Write it Lefty, play it Haggard...sing it Jones) .Nothing is shoddy and it deserves repeated listenings.


May 2005 Newsletter
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"Billy Payne Back To The Simple Life Review United Kingdom May 2005"

Traditional-slanted Country Music.
West Virginian Billy Payne is an old-school country singer who delivers the goods on this set of standard country themes:
drinking her off his mind (Another Cold One), unrequited love (She's In
Love In Tennessee), and the good ol' days (Back To The Simple Life). He gets a little more lighthearted on She's So Hot, a throwaway ode to the mini-skirted beauty who has just what any red-hotted male is after, but in the main this is full of reflection and love gone awry.
Those themes suit Payne's cry-in-your beer vocals and the musical arrangements are straight out of a 1950's Honky-Tonk.
There are several well known studio musicians here, from Danny Parks (electric guitar) to Larry Franklin (fiddle) to Eddie Bayers (drums) and David Hungate (bass).
So if straight-ahead, no frills country is your bag, then Billy
Payne is well worth seeking out.
AdC ***1/2

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http://www.maverick-country.com
editor : Alan Cackett - MAVERICK May 2005 issue 34


"The Voice Of Country Music in Canada No Limit On Love Review February 2003"

For every "star" in country music ther are a thousand "independent" label artist struggling for a taste of recognition. Some never get close to having their music played on radio stations; others get a nibble when they cut an album that is worthy of attention.
West Virginia-based singer Billy Payne's "No Limit On Love" album has done the trick for him.
Billy Payne has latched on to some good songs, and delivers them a solid, pure country vocal. His best work comes on
a couple of Little David Wilkins songs, "Flat Champagne and Wilted Roses" and "It's A Wonder We Made It This Far". Also done well is the honky-tonk flavored "Mr. D.J.", a tune first done by T.G. Sheppard. The album's title track, "No Limit On Love" written by Freddy Weller and Bobby Fischer and Bobby's son Robbi has earned Billy Payne a TOP 10 hit on the U.S. "Indie" Charts.
Billy Payne also shows a strong feeling for the music of the late Waylon Jennings, and he includes three songs here that have been previously recorded by Waylon (and others) including the Chuck Berry classic "Nadine".
The Lee Clayton-penned "Memories Of You And I" and the Gary Nicholson-penned "Between Fathers And Sons" a song that has also been covered by Charle Daniels and Chris LeDoux.

Larry Delaney
larry@countrymusicnews.ca
www.countrymusicnews.ca - COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS Vol.23 :No. 11


Discography

"No Limit On Love" 2000
"Back To The Simple Life" 2005
"Country Till I Die" 2009
"Spirit Of An Outlaw" 2010
cd's receiving airplay worldwide at these websites:
http://www.live365.com/stations/alip51
www.ara.lu
www.radiosiljan.com
and streaming at :
www.myspace.com/billypaynecountry
http://cdbaby.com/cd/billypayne
www.waymoresoutlaws.com
Country Till I Die Tracks on www.myspace.com/billypaynecountry

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I'm currently managed by Jerry Bridges former manager of the late Waylon Jennings. We have just completed my new cd "Country Till I Die" and a brand new one for this year "SPIRIT OF AN OUTLAW" as well released the summer of 2009. www.bridgesandeppsmusicgroup.com
or call Jerry Bridges 615 305 8793 Billy Payne is Country Music to the core. I have many influences from Johnny Cash to Waylon Jennings.. I have my own style. My songs are and have been played all over the world. The press reviews are enclosed in the press section of the epk. More reviews to come from Texas, Canada and the U.K. on cd "Country Till I Die"

Billy Payne
During the late '60s if you happened to be walking by the home of Billy and Anna Payne you would have heard the country music sounds of George Jones, Bill Anderson, Charley Pride and little eight year-old Billy Payne. Billy's family lived in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia, an area known for country music. The Payne name was known in the area as being synonymous with music since Billy's ancestors had been playing for dances, family and church functions there for a number of years.

At about age four, he can remember watching Porter Wagoner and Bill Anderson on television and his love affair with country music was started.

At about age eight Billy took an interest in listening to records and his first two albums were Johnny Cash at San Quentin and The Best Of Charley Pride, a testament to his love of traditional country music. Billy was also a big fan of George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and Willie Nelson and credits them as the reasons he wanted to become a country singer. Billy got his first guitar at age 12 and, after teaching himself to play, started playing and singing around the house. As a teenager, he spent many hours practicing and recording him self at home before he finally got enough confidence to step on a stage in 1991.

During most of 1991, Billy played at a local nightclub as a member of a house band called Country Tradition. Later that year he helped form another local country group called Bandolero and worked with them until early 1992. It was also in 1992 that Billy started writing songs and by mid-summer he had formed his own band called Sidewinder. That group worked nightclubs, private parties, festivals and fairs (including the West Virginia State Fair) throughout most of the state until late 1999, becoming one of the most popular bands in the area.

In 1998 Billy and the band entered a contest near Charleston, West Virginia where they won first place. A video of their performance eventually reached Jim Case, president of Aaron Records in Nashville. Case contacted Billy about meeting with him and following the meeting; Billy was signed to Aaron Records to do a one-album project.

The album was produced in Nashville, Tennessee buy Jim Case and engineered by well-known producer Buddy Hyatt. Billy's first single, "No Limit On Love" was released to radio stations in the United States and Europe in May 2000. Well-known Nashville songwriters Freddy Weller and Bobby Fisher, and Bobby's son Robbi, penned the title song, which took Billy all the way to the Independent Country chart landing at # 9 in December 2000. Since then Billy has seen more chart success with his second single "Nadine" penned by Legend Chuck Berry was released to worldwide radio and in the summer of 2002 Billy's single "Nadine" reached the top ten Indie Country Chart at # 8. In July of 2003 Billy's third single "She Got Away With Good-Bye" reached the Indie Country chart at # 27 and The Top Independent Country Artist of The World Chart at # 27 also in July 2003.

The "No Limit On Love" album has brought Billy Payne recognition all over the world for the past 6 years since it's release in 2000. With album reviews in Canada, Europe, and radio play all over the world to his credit. Billy has been a guest on Oprystar Spotlight on WSM, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree in Nashville, Tennessee and The Capital Music Hall in Wheeling, WV.

Billy has moved up to the second phase of his recording career, no longer with the Aaron label. Billy and producer Buddy Hyatt was in the studio late 2004 for his new project "Back To The Simple Life", recorded at Fun House Studio in Nashville, Tennessee and released in February 2005. Thus far the album is already receiving recognition in the U.S., Europe, Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

No matter what the future holds for Billy Payne, one thing for sure -- he will be a die-hard country singer to the end. His genuine personality, and great talent should take him a long way.

A Country Music Singer for the last 16 years has been awarded for his work in music. His First Album No Limit On Love gained him Popularity. Most recently he has received airplay and reviews for his second release Back To The Simple Life, A