Dawayne Bailey
Encyclopedia
Dawayne Bailey is an American
guitar
ist who has toured and recorded with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band and Chicago
.
Bailey was born and raised in Manhattan
, Kansas
. While still attending Manhattan High School in Kansas, he founded the band Rathbone, which developed a strong regional fan base. In 1972, Bailey and Rathbone moved to Los Angeles
to foster their musical career.
's band and recorded No Looking Back
on Full Moon/Warner Brothers which was released in 1983. While playing live shows with McMahon's band, Bailey was requested by Bob Seger
's office to fly to Detroit and audition for Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.
Bailey played lead guitar
on Seger's The Distance tour, recorded Seger's Like a Rock
album and performed in several videos.
Bailey then formed his own band called Private Parts and recorded their debut album in 1986 called Dancing The Marmara. It was during this time that Bailey's former bandmate Jason Scheff
called him to audition for the famous band, Chicago
.
Bailey toured and recorded with Chicago from July 1986 to January 1995, and was a contributor to their previously unreleased album Stone of Sisyphus. He wrote the title track for that album, as well as another track called "Get On This."
The track "Get on This" was not included on the June 2008 Rhino Records' release of Stone of Sisyphus. The reason for this omission was unclear.
in 1998 and 1999.
In October 2006, Bailey released his latest studio album, Joyland, on his Goblin Girl label. He performed nearly all of the instrumentation and vocals, as well as assuming the majority of production duties.
United States
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guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist who has toured and recorded with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band and Chicago
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
.
Bailey was born and raised in Manhattan
Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
. While still attending Manhattan High School in Kansas, he founded the band Rathbone, which developed a strong regional fan base. In 1972, Bailey and Rathbone moved to Los Angeles
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to foster their musical career.
1980 – 1995
Bailey joined Gerard McMahonGerard McMahon
Gerard McMahon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV...
's band and recorded No Looking Back
No Looking Back (album)
No Looking Back is an album by English singer/songwriter Gerard McMahon, released on the Full Moon/Warner Bros. label in 1983. The album was produced by Gerard McMahon and Michael Ostin...
on Full Moon/Warner Brothers which was released in 1983. While playing live shows with McMahon's band, Bailey was requested by Bob Seger
Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...
's office to fly to Detroit and audition for Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.
Bailey played lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
on Seger's The Distance tour, recorded Seger's Like a Rock
Like a Rock
Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986 . The title track is best known for being featured on Chevrolet truck commercials. "Fortunate Son" is a live track from 1983, which was added as a bonus to the CD release of the album...
album and performed in several videos.
Bailey then formed his own band called Private Parts and recorded their debut album in 1986 called Dancing The Marmara. It was during this time that Bailey's former bandmate Jason Scheff
Jason Scheff
Jason Randolph Scheff is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. Since 1985 he has been the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago. He is the oldest son of well-known session bassist Jerry Scheff, who toured for several years with Elvis Presley...
called him to audition for the famous band, Chicago
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
.
Bailey toured and recorded with Chicago from July 1986 to January 1995, and was a contributor to their previously unreleased album Stone of Sisyphus. He wrote the title track for that album, as well as another track called "Get On This."
The track "Get on This" was not included on the June 2008 Rhino Records' release of Stone of Sisyphus. The reason for this omission was unclear.
1996 – present
After Chicago, Bailey remained in Los Angeles and went on to perform and record with various original projects with Shayna, Belly Puddle (featuring Jason Scheff's brother Lauren) and Bailey's own Goblin Girl Records releases. Bailey then toured and recorded with French legend Véronique SansonVéronique Sanson
Véronique Sanson is a two-time Victoires de la Musique Award-winning French singer-songwriter, musician, and producer with an avid following in her native country.She brings a very personal vocal style to the singing of French pop songs: Her voice has a very strong vibrato.Unlike...
in 1998 and 1999.
In October 2006, Bailey released his latest studio album, Joyland, on his Goblin Girl label. He performed nearly all of the instrumentation and vocals, as well as assuming the majority of production duties.
Discography
- 1982: Revenge Of The Nurds//The Captain Beefheart Ceremonial Shuffle
- 1983: Gerard McMahon - No Looking Back
- 1983: Gerard McMahon - The Lonely Guy (soundtrack)
- 1984: Vicious Raisonettes - Dawayne Bailey
- 1986: Private Parts - Dancing The Marmara
- 1986: Bob Seger - Like A Rock
- 1988: Chicago 19
- 1989: Chicago Greatest Hits - 1982-1989
- 1990: Chicago - Days Of Thunder (soundtrack)
- 1991: Chicago Twenty1
- 1991: The Usual Suspects
- 1991: Stuart Hamm - The Urge
- 1992: Raise The World - The Album Of L.I.F.E.
- 1992: Chicago - And The Band Played On (concert video)
- 1993: Chicago - Live At The Greek Theater (concert video)
- 1994: Chicago - Stone Of Sisyphus (unreleased)
- 1994: Bob Seger - Greatest Hits - Vol 1
- 1994: Robert Lamm - Life Is Good In My Neighborhood
- 1995: The Living Room Of Me
- 1996: Chicago - Overtime
- 1996: A Black Church In Marietta
- 1997: Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood
- 1997: Chicago - Heart of Chicago - Vol 1 & 2
- 1997: Beautiful Ruins
- 1997: Shayna
- 1998: Belly Puddle
- 1998: Chicago - Heart of Chicago - Vol 3 & 4
- 1998: Jeff Duff - Kiss My Apocalypse
- 1999: Véronique Sanson - D'UN PAPILLON À UNE ÉTOILE
- 2001: Véronique Sanson - Les Moments Importants
- 2002: sketch
- 2003: Cardboard Cyndi
- 2003: Bob Seger - Greatest Hits - Vol 2
- 2003: Chicago - The Box (Rhino/Warners)
- 2004: Robert Lamm - Too Many Voices
- 2005: Chicago - Love Songs
- 2006: Joyland
- 2007: Chicago - 40th Anniversary
- 2007: The Greatest Music Never Sold - book by Dan LeRoy (Chicago/SOS/Bailey)
- 2008: The Heart Of Chicago - MVI DVD - Rhino/WEA
- 2008: Chicago: Stone Of Sisyphus (XXXII) - Rhino/WEA
- 2008: Véronique Sanson: Et voila - And That: The Complete 1967-2007 (22 CD-4 DVD)
- 2009: Chicago - Collectors Edition 3-CD Metal Box
- 2009: Bob Seger - Early Seger/Volume 1