Webb Wilder
| Webb Wilder | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Webb McMurry |
| Born |
May 19, 1954 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Genres | Roots rock, rock & roll, boogie rock, rockabilly, Southern rock, Americana |
| Occupation(s) | musician, actor |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1986– |
| Labels | Racket Records, Landslide Records, Island Records, Zoo/Praxis/BMG, Watermelon Records, Deaf Pig Records, Varèse Sarabande, DixieFrog Records |
| Associated acts |
The Drapes The Beatnecks The Nashvegans The Ionizer |
| Website | WebbWilder.com |
Webb Wilder (born John Webb McMurry, May 19, 1954, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American rock & roll singer, guitarist and actor.
The Webb Wilder character was created for a short film about a backwoods private detective who fell out of the 1950s and happened to also be a musician. 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.[1] His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.[2]
Webb Wilder appeared as actor in Peter Bogdanovich's 1993 film The Thing Called Love.
Wilder currently resides in NashVegas, Tennessee.
Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Producer |
| 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/Praxis/BMG | R.S. Field |
| 1993 | It Came From Nashville (CD release) | Watermelon Records | R.S. Field |
| 1995 | Town and 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 | Varèse Sarabande | Various |
| 2006 | Born To Be Wilder (a.k.a. It's Live Time! / Tough It Out – Live in Concert) | Blind Pig Records/Landslide Records/DixieFrog 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 |
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)
Notes and references
External links
- Webb Wilder's home page
- The ORIGINAL Webb Wilder website
- WEBB-TV
- Webb Wilder Films
- Complete filmography from IMBb
- 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