Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist)
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Wayne Bennett was a blues guitarist. He was born on December 13, 1933 in Sulphur, Oklahoma and died on November 28, 1992 in New Orleans Louisiana. He worked with prominent blues musicians such as Bobby Bland, Boxcar Willie, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker and Elmore James.
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Wayne Bennet was a guitarist originally known for his jazz-tinged blues guitar work with Bobby "Blue" Bland. He worked with Bland for a long time, and his solo on "Stormy Monday" on Bland's album "Here's The Man" is still considered by many guitarists to be a classic, drawing both from T-Bone Walker and jazz influences. Bennett himself never liked to claim to be a blues player, preferring instead to be as versatile as he could be, and taking pride in being able to quote from a wide variety of popular music, inclusing TV Theme songs. In his earlier years he played a Gibson Byrdland thin hollowbody, but in later years he was also seen playing a custom Tom Holmes Cadillac solidbody.
