Biography
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Born
19 May 1954 (age 70)
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Born In
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States
Webb Wilder is American rock & roll singer, guitarist and actor John McMurry (born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on 19 May 1954). Using the Webb Wilder moniker, he has also recorded as Webb Wilder & The Nashvegans and Webb Wilder And The Beatnecks.
McMurry's Webb Wilder character was created in 1984 for a short comedy film called "Webb Wilder Private Eye" in which the character was a backwoods private detective who fell out of the 1950s and happened also to be a musician (the short appeared on the US television variety show "Night Flight").
McMurry has been a guest musician on other artists' albums, including ones by Ben Folds, Jason Ringenberg, Farmer Jason, William Shatner, Maura O’Connell, and a Disney-produced duo of companion CDs for the animated movie “Cars.” He has done voice-overs on countless radio commercials and did a stint as one of America’s first Satellite DJs on XM Radio for four and a half years.
Wilder moved to Austin, TX, in 1976 with his boyhood friend, Bobby “Crow” Field. Incorporating a British Invasion influence (among others) into their then double time tunes separated Wilder’s music from the pack. After moving to Nashville, Wilder and Field formed Webb Wilder And The Beatnecks in 1985.
Wilder's debut was It Came From Nashville. His subsequent albums include Hybrid Vigor, Doo Dad, Town & Country, Acres of Suede, About Time and Born To Be Wilder (live).
Webb’s first Blind Pig release, Born To Be Wilder (released in 2006), included tracks such as “The Human Cannonball,” “Tough It Out”, “Miss Missy From Ol’ Hong Kong”, “Louisiana Hannah".
In 2020, he released "Night Without Love".
Wilder also made indie films that led to a major motion picture (Peter Bogdonavich’s “The Thing Called Love,” Paramount). His early films (Webb Wilder, Pvt. Eye: The Saucer’s Reign, Horror Hayride) have been compiled on the Webb Wilder's Amazing B Picture Shorts DVD released in 2008. The DVD also features some WW related bonus material as well as some fine (non-Webb) films from acclaimed Webb Wilder cinematographer, Steve Mims.
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