Brother Wayne

I met Wayne today at Cheapo Records, my new spot for vinyl shopping. They happen to have an abundance of fine LPs at affordable prices, as you might have guessed by the store's name. Wayne works at this shop and helped me find some good records; Peter, Paul and Mary ($4), Glenn Miller ($2), Count Basie and Duke Ellington ($4) and Bill Rays and Red Mitchell ($2). Wayne is also on the radio station WNBR. Being new to the Boston area I'm not familiar with the radio stations, but I'm excited to check it out. I was lucky enough to catch Wayne on a cigarette break outside the shop to talk to him. When reading his interview, I hope you hear his voice as one of the most enthusiastic people you've ever met, because he sure was in my book.


Brynn: How long have you been working at Cheapo Records?
Wayne: I've been working here for eight years.
B: What are some of your favorite albums in your collection?
W: There is no way I could tell you. It changes by the day, honestly. By my mood. I have thousands and thousands of records I've collected and I don't really have a favorite.
B: There isn't anything you're always in the mood for?
W: As far as a favorite style, I'm usually in the mood for funk. There are always new surprises and they're always done well.
B: If you could travel back in time to see any musician live, who would it be?
W: It wouldn't be so much of a question of who as of where. There used to be a club called the Sugar Shack right here in Boston. Everyone played there in the 70's... Parliament, Funkadelic, Kool and the Gang; everyone played there. The crowd was 80% pimps... the other people were freaks, too. A few normal people. As far as traveling back in time, I've seen almost anyone I'd have wanted to live. I do wish I had been born ten or so years earlier so I could have collected more records. For cheaper prices, too. 65-75 was the big boom for music, for good music. I was 3 years old in 75. I could have collected so many more records.