The Wake - Discography (1990 - 2020)

The Wake formed in 1986, when vocalist Troy Payne and guitarist Richard Witherspoon began to collaborate in Columbus, Ohio, having been friends from highschool since 1983. With session players on bass and drums, the pair entered the studio as The Wake for the first time to record ‘Procession’ at the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1987. The session also marked the beginning of a long-running collaboration with the Recording Workshop’s resident production engineer, Zane Eric Brown (Eric). Eric became a big fan of The Wake, and would go on to produce almost all of the group’s recordings between 1987 and 1995.