Wayne Moss Explained

Wayne Moss (born February 9, 1938, in Charleston, West Virginia, United States) is an American guitar player, bassist, record producer and songwriter best known for his session work in Nashville. Moss was one of the founders of Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry, both bands made up of Nashville session players. In 1960^[1] or 1961, Moss founded Cinderella Sound recording studio. In 2011 it was Nashville's oldest surviving independent studio.^[2]

His session work includes playing with:^[3]

• Joan Baez
• Charlie Daniels
  • • Fats Domino Bob Dylan Everly Brothers
• Lefty Frizzell
• Waylon Jennings
• Leo Kottke
• Kris Kristofferson
• Brenda Lee (as a member of her touring band)
• Dennis Linde
• Charlie McCoy
• Moon Mullican
• Mike Nesmith
• Roy Orbison
• Dolly Parton
• Carl Perkins
• Charley Pride
• Linda Ronstadt
• Nancy Sinatra
• Steve Miller Band

Selected discography

• Blonde On Blonde, Bob Dylan, 1966 (notably guitar on "I Want You" and bass on "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"^[3]
• Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman"
• Stan Beaver, "I Got a Rocket in my Pocket"
• Tommy Roe, "Sheila"
• Joe Simon, "The Chokin' Kind", #13 and "Yours Love"

With Kai Winding

• Modern Country (Verve, 1964)

External links

• Wayne Moss Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wayne Moss . www.wvmusichalloffame.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150111055848/http://www.wvmusichalloffame.com/Moss.html . 11 January 2015 . dead.
2. Web site: Wayne Moss: Cinderella Sound, Nashville. Soundonsound.com.
3. Web site: Bronson's Music - Interview with Wayne Moss. Bronsonsmusic.com.