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John Webb McMurry (born May 19, 1954), known as Webb Wilder, is an American rock & roll singer, guitarist and actor.
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 Webb Wilder performs at Music City Roots in Franklin, Tennessee in 2015. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Webb McMurray |
| Born | May 19, 1954 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Genres | Roots rock, rock and roll, boogie rock, rockabilly, southern rock, country rock, surf rock, Americana |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Racket Records, Landslide Records, Island Records, Zoo/Praxis/BMG, Watermelon Records, Deaf Pig Records, Varèse Sarabande, DixieFrog Records |
| Website | WebbWilder.com |
Early life
McMurry was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.[1] According to family, he could sing before he could walk. He started playing guitar at the age of 12 and was playing in bands when he was 14.[2]
His aunt was Lillian McMurry, the founder of Trumpet Records. She was a mentor to McMurray and gave advice as he started in the music industry.[2]
Career
The Webb Wilder character was created in 1981 for a short comedy film created with friends called "Webb Wilder Private Eye." The character was a backwoods private detective who fell out of the 1950s and happened to also be a musician. The short appeared on the television variety show Night Flight
With his groups like The Drapes, The Beatnecks, The Nashvegans, Wilder combines the straight-ahead rock & roll with surf guitar of the Ventures and twang of Duane Eddy, drawing on the feel of blues, R&B, country/rockabilly and film noir.[3] His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.[4]
Wilder has been signed to major labels and worked with independent labels. He has also hosted a radio show for Sirius Radio.[1]
Webb Wilder appeared as an actor in Peter Bogdanovich's 1993 film The Thing Called Love.
Wilder currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. As of 2020, he was an afternoon-shift disc jockey for Murfreesboro-based radio station WMOT.
Discography
Albums
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Producer |
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| 1986 | It Came from Nashville | Landslide Records | R.S. Field |
| 1989 | Hybrid Vigor | Island Records | R.S. Field for Praxis International |
| 1991 | Doo Dad | Zoo Records/Praxis International/BMG | R.S. Field |
| 1993 | It Came from Nashville (CD release) | Watermelon Records | R.S. Field |
| 1995 | Town & Country | Watermelon Records | R.S. Field, George Bradfute, Webb & the Nashvegans |
| 1996 | Acres of Suede | Watermelon Records | R.S. Field and Scott Baggett |
| 2005 | About Time | Landslide Records | R.S. Field |
| 2005 | Scattered, Smothered and Covered: A Webb Wilder Overview [compilation] | Varèse Sarabande | Various |
| 2006 | Tough It Out! (Live in Concert) (also released as It's Live Time! and Born to Be Wilder) | Landslide Records/DixieFrog Records/Blind Pig Records | R.S. Field |
| 2009 | More Like Me | Blind Pig Records | Webb Wilder & Joe V. McMahan |
| 2015 | Mississippi Mōderne | Landslide Records | Webb Wilder, Bob Williams, Tom Comet, George Bradfute, and Joe V. McMahan |
| 2018 | Powerful Stuff! | Landslide Records | Various |
| 2020 | Night Without Love | Landslide Records | Webb Wilder |
Charted singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| AUS [5] | |||
| "Human Cannonball" | 1990 | 68 | Hybrid Vigor |
Filmography
- Paradise Park (1991)
- Corn Flicks (1992) consisted of three short films, including:
- Webb Wilder Private Eye
- Grand prize winner of the Texas Union National Student Film Competition
- Aired repeatedly on the A&E Network and the USA Network show Night Flight
- Horror Hayride
- Won Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival
- Awarded three stars by the Chicago Tribune
- Presented at the New Orleans Film & Video and Dallas Video Festivals
- Aunt Hallie
- The Thing Called Love (1993) Ned
- Pueblo Sin Suerte (2002) Reb
- Born to be Wilder (2005) Himself
- Scattergun (2007)
- Webb Wilder Amazing B-Picture Shorts (2009)
References
- "Webb Wilder grew big and still wears glasses when he needs 'em". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- Sickler, Linda. "Webb Wilder and The Beat Necks return to Savannah". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- Robert Gordon. "Webb Wilder Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- "Webb Wilder's artist page at Blind Pig Records site". Blindpigrecords.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 302.
External links
- WebbWilder.com
- The ORIGINAL Webb Wilder website
- WEBB-TV
- Webb Wilder Films
- Webb Wilder at IMDb
- Complete discography from AllMusic
- Biography from the Houston Press
- The Webb Wilder Credo
- Hunter Goatley's Webb Wilder Archive
- Webb Wilder interview about Mississippi Moderne
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[de] Webb Wilder
Webb Wilder (* 19. Mai 1954 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi als John Webb McMurry) ist ein US-amerikanischer Country-Rock- und Rock ’n’ Roll-Musiker und Schauspieler.[1]- [en] Webb Wilder
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