1. Jon Wayne was the name of a cowpunk, alt-country band in Los Angeles in the 1980s, made up of pseudonymous session musicians who decided to form a more underground band as a diversion.

Jon Wayne was a cowpunk, alt-country band in Los Angeles in the 1980s, made up of pseudonymous session musicians. Two albums were released and Vaught has recorded as Jon wayne on at least one other occasion. They appeared on the performing art documentary D.U.I in 1986 showing part of their live show in L.A. sometime around 1984. Live performances have occured throught the ninties and 2000's on occasion.
Their song, "Texas Funeral", appeared in Robert Rodriguez's film "From Dusk Till Dawn" as well as the song "I've Got Texas" in the film "American Strays".
Texas Funeral was issued in 1985 and an extended and slightly different edited/ mixed version was reissued on CD in 1992. In 2010 this version was reissued by Third Man Records, a label owned by Jack White of The White Stripes.
david Vaught passed away on 13th march 2013 RIP

Jon Wayne (David vaught) : guitar, vocal
Jimbo (Jim Goodall) : drums
Earnest Beauvine (Doug Livingston): lead guitar
Billy Bob (Rodney Crowell): bass
Timmy Turlock: bass (replaced Billy Bob as of September 9, 1991)


URLs:
http://www.jonwayne.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Wayne

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