Birth date: Jul 14, 1963 Death date: Mar 22, 2021
David Wayne Punch passed away on Monday March 22, 2021 at the age of 57. He was born July 14, 1963 in New Orleans, LA. He was a resident of Folsom, LA. David was a talented musician who’s musical skills were appreciated by all wh Read Obituary
I am truly very sorry to hear of Wayne's passing. We were close childhood friends. Lost touch a number of years but reconnected three years ago after the loss of my husband. He had such a giving heart. Lived out his dreams playing music. RIP my friend. Deepest condolences to all his family.
Wayne recorded one of the first SX demo's back in 84. He was also the sound man for us when we won the battle of the bands at Mandeville High. I got to record some of his music for him in 1999 when I moved back to Louisiana. He was a good guy with a huge heart and a great musical talent. R.I.P brother.
He was so out going in high school. He always had a smile and made sure everyone around was smiling. I’m sending prayers to his family to make it through this time of sadness
When I was 16 and rocking out to Ozzy, Motley Crüe and Iron Maiden in our one stoplight village of Folsom, I saw an add in the paper saying "Looking for local musicians to jam and possibly do some studio recording". I called the number and a couple of days later I went to the "studio" set up in the livingroom of some friend of David Wayne's named Otis. Great Ludwig drum kit, Fender Jazz bass, Tascam 4-track reel-to-reel recorder, and a 16 channel Yamaha mixer. We hit it off and I laid down an extremely basic lead guitar track to one David Wayne's originals. Then we sat around and jammed for hours. Like I said, I was into the heavier rock at the time so my first impression of Wayne's taste in music was "What is all this bubblegum BS!" James Taylor, Jim Croce, Barry Manilow, Frankie Valli, Temptations - I was there to rock on my new Aria Pro ll guitar with a whammy bar & crank up the distortion!! Then we kept jamming and I started listening and harmonizing. Then we started writing songs. David Wayne Punch was one of the biggest influences on me falling in lifelong love with music of every genre. He taught me how to harmonize and gave me the huge gift of being exposed to studio recording. Aside from our common love of music, he has always been one of my best friends, even when we lived half a country away from each other, we always got back together and jammed/wrote songs whenever we could, even on rooftops of San Francisco, or the sandy beaches of Orange County and Gulfport. David Wayne definitely had a life full of adventures, trials and tribulations, but he LIVED his life and never stopped following his heart. I will miss my friend, but I know that he is in a great place looking over us impatiently and giggling his butt off feeling pure joy. He had an infectious smile and deep down was a kind soul. Until we meet again brother I love you.
Wayne was always our almost ‘houseguest’ but not to sleep oh no! He and Chris were up all night. Chris always talked about when Wayne taught himself one night to play different instruments, bass guitar, drums, rhythm guitar. Chris recorded it on his 4 track reel to reel. I still have it somewhere. Wayne was a great friend
My love, God only knows what you meant to me. You wrote the songs that we lived by and no one can take that from me. I've seen you at your best, your worse and everything in between. We had 23 Rollercoaster years, but everyone knew our love was true. Till I see you again my love. No more pain and finally free of those demons. Sweet dreams my darling.
