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WMB is a country music band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. WMB has been touring year round for 12+ years and has over 3000 shows to their credit.
In 2008 WMB had 4 songs on the ECMA charts in Europe. 2009 has already seen there most current single chart in Denmark, Belgium, and Germany. All 5 songs reached top 10 in two or more countries with one single making the top 40 overall in Europe.
Wayne Mills, who hails from the rural town of Arab, Alabama, was raised on values of a working man. His father, Jack Mills, instilled many honorable qualities and traits during Wayne’s upbringing. One of those lessons being that “Anything worth Having Is worth Working For.”
Wayne Mills took heed to the wisdom his late father bestowed upon him. Wayne Mills earned a “Walk-On” position on the University of Alabama’s “Crimson Tide” football team. The two years prior to his walk-on, Wayne played baseball at Wallace State College in Hanceville, Al. Knowing that he only had two years of eligibility left to play College Sports, Mills decided to try follow his dream of playing football at the University of Alabama.
Many wondered how it could be possible to earn a spot and play on a Division I National Championship football team in only two years. Leaning back on the values that his father taught him, Wayne took the attitude of “Where there’s a will there’s a way!”
“With Coach Gene Stallings at the helm, if you were not a top high school recruit, you had to well exceed the expectations of physical endurance, and mental toughness, to assure a spot on his squad.” Wayne recalls, “That’s when I truly learned the meaning of mind over matter. They did everything they could to run me off and my body wanted to go, but, I wasn’t going anywhere!” Wayne did make the team and he did play. Of the seventy-six players in Wayne’s walk-on group, only three made the team and Wayne was the only one to receive playing time.
Wayne Mills took that same goal oriented determination to heart when it came to his music. The early days of the Wayne Mills Band were also very difficult. Wayne recalls, “Nobody would give us the time of day. I was told that there wasn’t an audience for my ‘kind’ of music.” Just like the days, on that 100+ degree football field in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, “Wayne Mills Band took some hard hits!” Wayne continues, “We stuck to our guns and NEVER let a setback compromise the sound, style or integrity of our music.”
Upon graduation from the University of Alabama, Wayne moved to Nashville, Tennessee with his future wife, Carol, to further pursue his music career. Although his time was well-spent and Wayne befriended some of Nashville’s newest up-and-comers, Wayne decided the time wasn’t right and moved back to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
With constant touring throughout the southeast to hone in his craft, and a weekly gig in his favorite college town, his fan base grew exponentially. As the musical journey continued, WMB began to receive acclaim from the larger clubs around his home state of Alabama. A few years passed and the band started laying “musical claim” to surrounding states, and the next thing you know Wayne was playing larger venues and selling out almost every venue the band played throughout the south. A fan base was born and the Midwest was inevitably open territory.
By the turn of the Century, Wayne Mills Band had built more than just a fan base. WMB has achieved respect from all branches of our military. At the onset of the war Wayne began sending CD’s to American troops and has since sent over 5000 that he calls the Iraq Compilation. WMB has now become a house hold name in many areas of the country and around the world.
14 years on the road will put a lot of life’s experience under your belt. Wayne Mills Band has succeeded in building a strong grass roots following across America, and in 2007, WMB’s music criss-crossed to every major continent on the globe and hit the charts internationally!.
With 5 CD’s to his credit, with another one coming in 2009, a hit music video in Australia, and more loyal fans than you can shake a stick at, WMB has built a solid foundation and are showing no signs of slowing down
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