Webb Wilder
Rockabilly, Musical Artist
1954 –
Who is Webb Wilder?
Webb Wilder, born John Webb McMurry, May 19, 1954, 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 '50s 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. His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.
Webb Wilder appeared as actor in Peter Bogdanovich's 1993 film The Thing Called Love.
Wilder currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
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