Wayne Sharp & the Sharpshooter Band

Wayne Sharp was born in the Louisiana bayous, south of New Orleans, in the small town of Houma. His love of music starts with his mother. "She had an incredible ear and could play anything that she heard or imagined." It was an older sister, Dianna, who first put his hands on the keys. He grew up listening to the grooves and melodies that were coming out of New Orleans, a great melting pot of styles in the creole tradition.

Moved to the coast of Mississippi and started playing professionally at 17 years old. His first gig was playing from 9pm till 3am, 7 days a week for 13 months! Wayne was doing well professionally, but still craved the music that really moved him. He would go to the black clubs in town to jam and get side gigs behind anyone who was playing the sounds he loved. It was here that he met Jaimoe {Allman Bros.} and Lamar Williams {Allman Bros}. "I got into a circle of players who were backing everyone who was on the chitlin circuit at that time”... Wayne worked in Macon, GA alongside Jackie Avery and Anthony Dorsey. Avery has written for just about everyone....Chi-Lites, Otis Redding, Johnny Taylor...on and on..."I respect Jackie’s artistic sensibilities to the utmost...that man, is, music!” Tony "Bone" Dorsey, is another genius at arrangement and production, hence, he's the only person to produce Paul McCartney other than Paul McCartney.