Webb Wilder

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

Early life

McMurry was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He started playing guitar at the age of 12 and was playing in bands when he was 14.

His aunt was Lillian McMurry, the founder of Trumpet Records. She mentored him and gave advice as he started in the music industry. His sound incorporated influence from Americana music as well as from the British Invasion.

Wilder said that his music was progressive country. He has been signed to major labels and worked with independent labels. He has also hosted a radio show for Sirius Radio. 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 2025 Hillbilly Speedball Landslide Records Webb Wilder, George Bradfute

Charted singles + List of charted singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album Location "Human Cannonball" 1990 68 Hybrid Vigor AUS "Tough It Out" 1991 19 Tough It Out Billboard Mainstream Rock chart

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)