Wayne ?The Train? Hancock performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Callahan?s Music Hall, 2015 South Blvd., Auburn Hills. Tickets are $17.50 and $12.50 Call 248-858-9508 or visit www.atcallahans.com.
A couple of years ago, Wayne ?The Train? Hancock was on anti-depression medication ? and, he acknowledges, other mood-enhancing substances.
Then he bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which the rootsy Texas singer-songwriter says not only helped make him healthier but also inspired his upcoming new album, ?The Ride.?
?I joined an MC (motorcycle club) ?cause I found riding motorcycles was better for me than taking all these meds for my depression,? says Hancock, 47, who co-produced ?Ride? with Lloyd Maines. ?I started riding and got off the meds I was on and quit drinkin? and quit smokin? reefer and starting writing music again. And I met a lot of different people, which opened up my world quite a bit.
?So ?Ride,? the title song, is about my motorcycle and riding. The road has always been a place that I can go and get my thoughts together. Everything I write has to do with being on the highway. I love it out there.?
But, Hancock notes, the album ? which comes out Feb. 26 ? could also have been called ?I Miss My Wife,? and it?s chock full of songs inspired by the couple?s separation as he started making it. ?I don?t think riding a motorcycle cost me my marriage ? I just don?t think I was meant to be married to anybody,? Hancock says. But he managed to find some creative gain from the pain.
?When I write songs I tend to write about the situation that I?m in,? he notes. ?But I try to find a happy point in that. Even if I have to lose, I set it to some happy-go-lucky music and see if I can?t find some optimism even in the darkest hours.?
Wayne ?The Train? Hancock and Todd May perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Callahan?s Music Hall, 2015 South Blvd., Auburn Hills. Tickets are $17.50 and $12.50 Call 248-858-9508 or visit www.atcallahans.com.
Source: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/02/18/entertainment/doc511be5ae9158f138179991.txt
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