Wayne Carson
American musician and songwriterWikipedia
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Sep 23, 2026
Chris StameyGUEST
Um, it was a song I'd, I'd loved.
Chris StameyGUEST
And I, um, you know, it was written by Wayne Carson or Wayne Carson Thompson who wrote the letter.
Chris StameyGUEST
And, uh, I just always wondered what, I'm sure at some point the Box Tops producer said, well, we need another hit.
Chris StameyGUEST
And when he turned in Neon Rainbow, which was not anything like the letter, I wonder what they thought.
Rick SuchHOST
and the players.
Rick SuchHOST
A favorite track of mine on volume two is your rendition of Always on My Mind, which, of course, was written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James.
Rick SuchHOST
But it was made famous by a handful of artists like Elvis and Willie Nelson, Brenda Lee, and Gwen McRae.
Rick SuchHOST
But Willie's version won two Grammys for the song.
Giovanny BlancoGUEST
Oh, please.
Ben EisenHOST
Yeah, so Wayne Carson Was he had the idea for it he also wrote the letter for the box tops and a bunch of other songs for the box tops and He'd been on Memphis on a project that required him to stay 10 days longer, and he phoned his wife to apologize for the delay, and she was angry.
Ben EisenHOST
He replied, quote, Well, I know I've been gone a lot, and I've been thinking about you all the time.
Ben EisenHOST
and there is your germ of an idea um he got uh his colleagues johnny christopher and mark james uh to help him complete it um mark james also wrote suspicious minds for all of us he's part of that whole crew so the three of them finished it together people thought it was written for elvis who was having marital difficulties, but Carson disagreed and said it was written for every man.
Larry BlackHOST
He always kept trying to get them to cut it.
Larry BlackHOST
Wayne Carson.
Larry BlackHOST
Nobody would cut it.
Larry BlackHOST
And finally, then everybody cut it.