Webb Wilder

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Webb Wilder
Webb Wilder performs at Music City Roots in Franklin, Tennessee in 2015.
Background information
Birth name	John Webb McMurray
Born	(1954-05-19) May 19, 1954 (age 70) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Progressive country, outlaw country, roots rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, southern 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

John Webb McMurry (born May 19, 1954), known as Webb Wilder, is an American country, rock & roll singer, guitarist and actor.

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McMurry was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.^[1] 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.^[3] She mentored him and gave advice as he started in the music industry.^[2]

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.^[4] His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.^[5]

Wilder said that his music was progressive country.^[6] He 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 feature film The Thing Called Love.^[7] As of 2020, he was an afternoon-shift disc jockey for radio station WMOT, which is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

• 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)

• Outlaw country
• Progressive country

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• 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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