Artie Wayne

When I was in a college folk-singing group, Artie (then "Wayne"), whom I knew from High School hired us to record a couple of tracks for Roulette Records, one of which was "He Was my Brother" by the then unknown Paul Simon, writing under the pen name, "Paul Kane." It was a nice song, which Simon & Garfunkel recorded on their first album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." Wayne was a good man, who gave me my first musical break. Rest in Peace.

Artie introduced me to Alan O'Day and published the song we wrote together out of that collaboration. Then he got the song recorded! I'll never forget his smile,his energy, his enthusiasm for life. RIP my friend.

Artie was an internet friend to me and he always made it seem like you were his best friend in the world. I got to speak with him on the phone one time in 2010 and he was very nice.
His emails always started with "How ya' doin'?" A fun guy who knew and lived music.
I read his biography he wrote and it made you realize what his life was like in the good and bad times, but he was ALWAYS upbeat. He was one of a kind and several of his songs are in my faves playing daily for my...

I connected with Artie through Alan O'Day, who was also Ill. I was going through cancer treatment at the time, and both were wonderful listeners and provided upbeat friendship to me, when I so needed it. RIP Artie and Alan!

50+ years and so many stories we shared. 'Rock in Perpetuity', love. xox El

So sad to hear about Artie. I spent many years working with him in the music business in New York City. We have many good memories of those years. You will be missed and RIP my dear friend.