For Wayne Sutton, former lead guitarist and co-songwriter of ‘90s hitmakers Sister Seven, music has been a lifetime journey. And as Sutton reconciles his 30+ year career as a musician with his role as longtime husband, father and music teacher, his new solo album Blue Worm – his third overall and first in nearly 15 years – now takes him to perhaps the most surprising place of all. “I spent a lot of years flying by the seat of my pants musically,” Wayne admits, “and got burned out by the business side. But when you discover a larger map, it makes you hungry to create again. The key to finding your own voice is honesty.”

2020 had begun as a banner year for Sutton, having officially reunited with Sister Seven’s Patrice Pike for their acclaimed Pike & Sutton album Heart Is A Compass and triumphant hometown performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. But when the pandemic hit, the duo was forced to cancel an international tour that included high-profile gigs at SXSW and Lollapalooza South America. “The shutdown was strangely freeing,” Wayne explains. “I suddenly didn’t have hundreds of shows to play or appointments to keep and started writing again. Most of this album was written between the end of March through the end of May, inspired by everything I was feeling and seeing around me. All of that fear, anger and uncertainty became the primary motivator to make this record right away. I felt it was important to mark this moment in time.”

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