Mad for Music - Wayne 
Wayne has chosen Fever by Ronnie Laws. “That song makes me understand I had a good relationship, like most people never ever had.”
Wayne's Story
Now 52, Wayne met the most significant person in his life in the 1970s at a Liverpool jazz funk club. Paulette had a ‘genuine love for life and the good things around’.
But after several years of happiness together, Paulette died suddenly from a brain aneurism.
Feeling that his life was ‘imploding’, Wayne left his work and his home and became heavily dependant on hard drugs. Eventually, he attempted suicide.
A mutual friend had given Wayne and Paulette Ronnie Laws’ version of Fever in the early days of their relationship.
It reminds him strongly of the good times he had with Paulette but the track has also helped him gradually come to terms with his loss.
The Music
 Wayne - Fever
In his solo career, he was a pioneer of ‘jazz fusion’, integrating elements of rhythm ‘n’ blues into jazz. His interpretation of Fever became the title track for an album that went gold in 1976. He believes strongly in the power of music ‘to affect people’.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 April 2009 )
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