First of all my name is Wade. People call me Barefoot Wade cause I dont wear shoes. Ive always enjoyed being barefoot since a kid (just imagine how much of an issue that was when i was in school and working real jobs LOL). And over the years, people started calling me barefootwade. I didnt even officially use that name until recently. Its not a promotional gimmic..Its who I am. But if thats how people remeber me, thats cool with me. Its an appropriate nick name.

I hang out with Hippies, Yuppies, Punk rockers, Hard Core peoples, Military, Strippers, Motorcycle "clubs", and damn near everybody from all walks of life. I dont like to judge people...I'll leave that up to God.

You could almost say I have 2 personalities. Very Social and Happy or Shy and Withdrawn. I can flip back and forth between the two at the snap of a finger. Maybee thats a pyscholigical disorder, but since i dont hurt any one...who cares.

I have 2 modes. Very energetic or very laid back. Intoxication magnifies these modes.

I spent the first part of my life being an outcast. Then ironically the same traits that made people shun me when I was younger are the exact same traits that have made me "popular"....this confuses me to this day.

I AM REALLY REALLY SHITTY WITH NAMES AND RECOGNIZING PEOPLE!!!! Theres different reasons for this:

One is the fact that I am constantly meeting new people. As you probably know. Most musicians dont hang out with there "fans". I try to. Lets say 80 people showed up to one of my shows. I will most likely greet, conversate, or have a drink with over half the people in that venue. I do an average of 3 or 4 shows a week. So that puts me at meeting about 100 people a week....i think you see where i'm going with this.

Sometimes theres people that I only see at one place. Everytime I walk into that establisment I immediatly recognize them and start to chat. However if I run into that same person who I know, in some other place city or state....I might draw a blank. I know this sucks, but Ive always been plagued by this.

I do tend to remeber places,. If someone comes up to me and says "hey do remeber me from one of the gigs i played a couple months ago" the answer will probably be no. However if someone comes up to me and says "hey i was at a show of yours at ( fill in the city) when some dumbass pulled down his pants and got the crap beat out of him by a girl", I'll probably either remeber you or the event....hopefully your not the person that did drop his pants. Reminding me of the state, city, venue, and/or party will help trigger my memory.

However, JUST BECUASE I DONT REMBER OR RECONGNIZE YOU RIGHT OFF, DOES NOT MEAN IM NOT HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!

I dont hang out in bars as much as I use to. Thats not to say I dont make the rounds still. Sometimes i just like to swing in a club for about 5-10 minutes just becuase I wanted to say high to everyone...its wierd I know and that very act confuses people.

Sometimes I go to a club to hear live music. Unfortunatly im kinda deaf and cant hear basic conversations while music is playing. So I dont chat much. Ive been told this act makes me appear to be snobbish at times. But thats not my intention and it would be very fake of me to fake a conversation that I cant hear. Sometimes I  also want to really pay close attention to the music. If this is the case. I will normally kinda "hide" in the back so I can catch every single note that is played...also remeber what i said about my "shy and withdrawn" personality.

And some times I go to a bar/club to get drunk and party with everyone!!! I will proceed to introduce myself and conversate with almost everyone in there only to not remeber much the next day...hey if thats the worst thing that happens when i get fucked up, I think everyone should respect that.

Some people think im a pushover. If you think that about me, simply talk to someone who has tried to fuck me over. Letting them think Im a pushover, will work to my advantage when I catch them off guard and get what is rightfully mine...Ive learned this from when club owners have tried to rip me off. Im a very laidback and understanding person. But I dont like being taken advantage off, lied too, or ripped off.

Lots of people think im crazy!! Thats perfectly fine with me. This has way too many advantages to list here!!!! One of witch everyone remebers me the first time I meet them...thats good when your a self employed self promoting musician.

Sometimes people are so happy to see me playing a show, that they start trying to conversate with me in the middle of a song. I know they mean no disrespect. But besides the fact that im presently occupied, I probably can only hear every 3 or 4 words they say....just wait till my set break..like I said before I usually hang out with my "fans".

I find humor and everything and sometimes im heavily sarcastic. Sometimes people dont understand this and consider me to be rude.

I word and interperate things different from other people. For instance, one time I was trying to tell a new girlfriend how much I enjoy being with her and how cool i think she is and she started crying cause she thought I was breaking up with her......The way I worded it made her think the next sentence was....but i dont think we were meant for each other. In retrospect I can see the confusion.

Well I dont know if you made it this far..but if you did, you learned more about me in 5 minutes then most people do in 5 years of knowing me.