​After months of walking, country music star Jimmy Wayne (pictured) has finally made it to Phoenix.

Wayne began his trek on January 1, when he pledged to walk from Nashville, Tennessee, to Phoenix to raise awareness of homeless kids and children he says "age out" of the foster-care system.

Wayne, once a homeless teen himself, walked about 1,700 miles -- across six states -- before making it to Phoenix last night.


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The real Barry Wong

​Since our story yesterday about country music star Jimmy Wayne using the name of a candidate for Arizona Corporation Commission as a stage name while he sabotaged during karaoke night at a Show Low bar, that candidate contacted us to say he's cool with the country star stealing his identity.

"I'm flattered he would associate my name with his famous country music star name and reputation, even if in jest," the candidate, Barry Wong, tells New Times.

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Ray Stern

Jimmy and his RV

​Frequent New Times readers may remember Jimmy Wayne, the country music star currently walking from Nashville to Phoenix to raise awareness for homeless kids.

You may also remember that back in February we managed to piss off a few (probably all) of his fans by saying their hero had wimped out by not sticking with his pledge to live like a homeless person as he walked across the country because he frequently slept in a donated RV.


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​Jimmy Wayne, the Tennessee twang star who's in the process of walking from Nashville to Phoenix to raise awareness of homeless teens, got a tough lesson in hobo 101, when someone stole his clothes and some personal items out of the RV he has following him on his trip.

Hate to say we told ya so, but if Jimmy hadn't been carrying extra clothes with him -- that is, acting like a real bum -- he probably wouldn't be in this mess.

The clothes, which were stage clothes for when he leaves his trek to go perform a concert, were taken over the weekend as his RV sat in the parking lot of a Comfort Suites Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where Wayne's driver was spending the night.

Despite being loyal New Times readers, many Jimmy Wayne fans aren't too fond of us.

A few weeks ago we learned that, over the course of Wayne's walk, he acquired an RV that he was sleeping in some nights. Not the end of the world, but before embarking on his journey, he was dubbing it as a homeless crusade from Nashville to Phoenix.

At the outset, Wayne even made the comment: "It's going to be cold, rainy, and maybe even snowing, and that ground I sleep on at night is going to be really hard. But that's what the homeless are dealing with each and every winter they go without a home of their own."

We made the point that not too many homeless people have RVs handed to them for the nights it's too cold to sleep outside. We also commended Jimmy for his noble cause.

Wayne's fans responded like someone shit in their cereal. One fan's comment, "James...you are an idiot," was some of the kinder things said about us.More >>