Wayne Perkins

It’s with a heavy heart and a full, grateful soul that we say goodbye to Wayne Perkins. To those who knew him, Wayne wasn’t just a guitar legend—he was the guy who’d show up at your back door with a new song idea, a bag of groceries for your family, and that lopsided, warm grin that made everything feel okay. He had this quiet, unassuming way about him that could never quite mask the brilliant, funny, deeply feeling man underneath. You’d be sitting on his porch, listening to him weave a story about some studio session with a giant of music, and he’d always end with, “