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 67) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres	Roots rock, rock and roll, boogie rock, rockabilly, southern rock, country rock, surf rock, Americana
Occupation(s)	Musician, actor
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1986–present
Labels	, , Island Records, Zoo/Praxis/BMG, Watermelon Records, , Varèse Sarabande,
Associated acts
Website	WebbWilder.com

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

Early life[]

McMurry was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.^[1] According to family, he could sing before he could walk. 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. She was a mentor to McMurray and gave advice as he started in the music industry.^[2]

Career[]

The Webb Wilder character was created in 1981 for a short comedy film created with friends called "Webb Wilder Private Eye." The character was a backwoods private detective who fell out of the 1950s and happened to also be a musician. The short appeared on the television variety show Night Flight

With his groups like , , , 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.^[3] His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.^[4]

Wilder 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 film The Thing Called Love.

Wilder currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. As of 2020, he was an afternoon-shift disc jockey for Murfreesboro-based radio station WMOT.

Discography[]

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)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Webb Wilder.

• WebbWilder.com
• 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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