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Infobox musical artist|name = Webb Wilder|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = John Webb McMurray|birth_date = Birth date|df=yes|1954|5|19|origin = Hattiesburg, Mississippi , United States |occupation = musician, actor|instrument = vocals , guitar |genre = Rock & roll , roots rock , rockabilly , blues rock , Americana music|americana |Active = 1986& ndash;|label = Racket Records (record label)|Racket Records , Landslide Records (record label)|Landslide Records , Island Records , Zoo Entertainment (record label)|Zoo/Praxis/BMG , Watermelon Records (record label)|Watermelon Records , BlindPig Records , Varese Sarabande , DixieFrog Records |associated_acts = The Drapes The Beatnecks The Nashvegans |website = http://www.webbwilder.com/index.php? goto=home webbwilder.com Webb Wilder , born John Webb McMurray , 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 staight-ahead rock & roll with surf rock|surf guitar of the Ventures and twang of Duane Eddy , drawing on the feel of blues , R& B , country music|country / rockabilly and film noir cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/webb-wilder-p5827/biography|title=Webb Wilder Biography|author=Robert Gordon . His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion BlindPig Records">cite web|url= http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm? section=artists& artistid=83|title=Webb Wilder's artist page at BlindPig Records site.
Webb Wilder appeared as actor in Peter Bogdanovich ’s 1993 film The Thing Called Love .
Wilder currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee .
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 (TV series)|Night Flight :* Horror Hayride ::* Won SilverHugo 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
Scattergun (2007)
Webb Wilder Amazing B-Picture Shorts (2009)
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External links
http://www.webbwilder.com/ Webb Wilder's home page
http://www.webb-wilder.com/ The ORIGINAL Webb Wilder website
http://www.youtube.com/webbwildertv/ WEBB-TV
http://www.webbwilderfilms.com/index.html Webb Wilder Films
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928646/ Complete filmography from IMBb
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5827|pure_url=yes Complete discography from AllMusic
http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-11-02/music/middle-age-angst/ Biography from the Houston Press
http://www.webb-wilder.com/faq/faq/credo.html The Webb Wilder Credo
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