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Even if you don’t recognize his name, you absolutely recognize his art. He helped bring Pee Wee’s Playhouse to life – from the sets to the puppets to the voices. He created iconic music videos with Peter Gabriel and Smashing Pumpkins. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in museums around the country.

Username Password came together during the pandemic when Wayne began collaborating virtually with Chattanooga musicians bassist Jim Tate, Bryan Dyer, and drummer Bob Stagner of the beloved free-improvisation duo Shaking Ray Levis and the Shaking Ray Levi Society, an arts education organization that supports emerging artists in performance, art, and film. The result is a band that effortlessly combines a variety of sounds, drawing on everything from bluegrass and blues to polka and metal. Many of the songs are inspired by historical figures like Daniel Boone or Marcus Aurelius. But much like Wayne’s sculptures and paintings, they’re characterized by his unique sense of humor.