Victor Lawton Wainwright, Jr. (born February 4, 1981)[5] is an American blues and boogie-woogie[6] singer, songwriter, and pianist.

Wainwright's musical style was described by the American Blues Scene magazine in 2013 as "honky-tonk and boogie, with a dose of rolling thunder.

[11] Wainwright's own ensemble backed Eric Culberson at the Savannah Blues Bar, during the former's high school years.

[5] Wainwright later attended college in Daytona Beach, Florida, and undertook an Air Traffic Management and Psychology degree at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, before relocating to Memphis, Tennessee.

Wainwright and Dees shared vocal duties, with the former on keyboards and the latter on bass and guitar with Greg Gumpel as lead guitarist from 2002 through 2009.

[19] Following an impromptu jam session in July 2011 in Florida, Wainwright teamed up with Damon Fowler, J.P. Soars, Chuck Riley, and Chris Peet to form the band that would eventually become Southern Hospitality.

Their first gig was supporting Buddy Guy in August the same year at the Heritage Music Blues Fest in Wheeling, West Virginia.

[20] Their debut album, Easy Livin' , (2013) was produced by Tab Benoit, and released by Blind Pig Records.

For touring and recording, Wainwright kept longtime bandmates Billy Dean on drums and Terrence Grayson on bass.