Dawayne Bailey
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Dawayne Bailey is an American guitarist 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 high school, he created the regionally-known band Rathbone. In 1972, Bailey and Rathbone moved to Los Angeles to foster their musical career.
1980 – 1995
Bailey joined Gerard McMahon'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 band mate Jason Scheff called him to audition for the legendary Chicago.
Bailey toured and recorded with Chicago from September 1986 to December 1994, and was a contributor to their 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" will not be included on the June 2008 Rhino Records' release of Stone of Sisyphus. The reason for this omission is unclear. Fans speculate that it was due to his fortunate departure from the band.
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 Scheff) and Bailey's own Goblin Girl Records releases. Bailey then toured and recorded with French legend Veronique Sanson 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 21
- 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: Veronique Sanson - D'UN PAPILLON À UNE ÉTOILE
- 2001: Veronique 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