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Joshua "J. D." Wilkes (born April 18, 1972) is an American visual artist, musician, amateur filmmaker and author. [1] [2] He is best known as the singer for the rock band Legendary Shack Shakers, and is also an accomplished harmonica player, having recorded for such artists as Merle Haggard, Sturgill Simpson, John Carter Cash, Mike Patton, and Hank Williams III in the American Masters film ...
Singer and harmonica player J.D. Wilkes developed an interest in Delta blues music as a teenager living in Paducah, Kentucky as a result of disinterest in the decade's popular music styles, familiarizing himself with the music of Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Charlie Patton before moving backward into older styles of music "to see the roots of the roots". [1]
In June 2010, Layne Hendrickson left to concentrate more on his job as a blacksmith, and the band performed several tours with Legendary Shack Shakers member/producer Mark Robertson on stand-up bass. In 2012, the group reformed as "JD Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers" to record for Plowboy Records, the Nashville label run by Shannon Pollard ...
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J.D. Wilkes described Pandelirium as "carnival music played by a stripped-down blues band." [2] The album was described by AllMusic as a further departure from the band's established style than their previous album, displaying a "more European, even Gypsy approach" that mixes "American and European goth sensibilities with the musty roots of country and blues along with the live-fast, die-young ...
WMGS (92.9 FM, "Magic 93") is a commercial radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holding CBC, LLC. It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. The studios and offices are on Baltimore Drive in Wilkes-Barre.
In 1981, a Stiff Records novelty band, The Snowmen, had a Christmas hit single. [1] For the following year, Polydor A&R agent and occasional producer, Dennis Munday, whose main work was promoting post-punk groups such as The Jam, [2] put together a bunch of session musicians to record a similar 45, this time as a medley of traditional Christmas songs in a pub singalong style.
The Wizards of Winter is a progressive rock holiday music band from the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut working under the label Breaking Bands, LLC. . They are an eclectic group of musicians with strong classical and progressive rock influences woven throughout their musical careers; three of the band's members are former members of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, with its ...