There was Western music on the American Western TV shows, which I responded to very quickly. “Since I was a kid, it was always in the background. When did you first start connecting deeply to music in your life? Our first time speaking to Waite since an initial interview in 2013, here he reflects on his career journey, discusses his love for acoustic music and his Wooden Heart albums. The acoustic collection shows Waite in his most natural state: as a performer with pure, honest and impactful musical abilities. In March, Waite released Wooden Heart Acoustic Anthology the Complete Recordings: Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Success also came with supergroup Bad English, with whom Waite served as lead singer and bass player for four years. Early success with rock group, The Babys, led Waite to a solo career, the No 1 single Missing You and albums like 1984’s No Brakes, 1995’s Temple Bar, and 2011’s Rough & Tumble. As a teenager, Waite gravitated towards the arts and – studying at Lancaster Art College – found that music was the avenue to his greatest creative expression. John Waite: “I only really write when I’m confronted with something in my life.” We catch up with the ‘Missing You’ songwriter to discuss his long and varied career and new anthology of recordingsĪs an accomplished singer-songwriter who never settles for less than artistic authenticity, John Waite has had a steady sequence of music releases which have connected to audiences worldwide throughout his career of over 45 years.
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