Jimmy Wayne's Next Album Inspired By Meet Me Halfway Trek Jimmy Wayne has been home for a month now after his Meet Me Halfway trek - a nearly 1,700-mile walk he took from Nashville to Phoenix to raise awareness about teen homelessness. Now, the country star says the walk has inspired him to write an album about the experience. Wayne has already finished one song, which was inspired by the people he met during his seven-month trek. "It's a consolidation of all the people I have met in one song," he told TheBoot.com. "This album is not going to be your bubble-gum record at all. It's inspired by this walk." He added, "It's not necessarily all about the foster kids because you don't have to beat that thing to death. It's a record about my experience -- why I walked, about the walk, the end of the walk, and what I hope happens after the walk. I'm writing down the truth and I'm writing from my heart. It's real. It's my heart." Steve Wariner is one of the confirmed co-writers for the album. Along with this album, Wayne is also co-writing his first book, Paper Angels, with Travis Thrasher. The book will hit shelves in late 2011.

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