Webb Wilder

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

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 71) 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

Early life

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]

Career

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.

Discography

Albums

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 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

List of charted singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		AUS [8]
"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)

See also

• Outlaw country
• Progressive country