Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks
With Beth Kille Band.
David McClister
Webb Wilder
Wilder has been keeping the flame of rock ‘n’ roll alive and in the public ear for three decades. His latest release, Powerful Stuff!, reaches back to the ‘80s for lost tracks by the original incarnation of the Beatnecks, featuring enough rootsy rave-ups to raze a bar. As anyone who’s heard and enjoyed Wilder’s music from recent times knows, his approach hasn’t changed, and that’s a very good thing. This Music Makes a Difference! show will benefit Friends of the State Street Family, providing services for the homeless. With Beth Kille Band.
press release: Music Makes a Difference! (a Madison non-profit supporting musicians and local charities) is bringing Webb Wilder and The Beatnecks to the Crystal Corner Bar (1302 Williamson St.) on Saturday, July 21. Local favorites The Beth Kille Band will open the show at 8 p.m. Suggested donation, $15.
Long before there were Kings of Leon, Keys of Black or Whites of Jack in Music City there was a riddle spewing prophet of roots rock and roll. A bluesy blast of baritone bombast. Equally versed in two glorious worlds, Rock and Roll. He is a force on tour and a tour de force. He is the last of the Full Grown Men and Roots Rock Royalty.
Proceeds of the event will support the Friends of State Street Family which is a homeless services charity in Madison.
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more on Webb: Landslide Records most recent release is Powerful Stuff!, by veteran rock and rollers Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks. Since 1985, Wilder and his cohorts have been cranking out their own brand of rootsy Rock and ROLL throughout the USA and the world. The band’s energy and intensity is well exemplified by the heretofore unreleased, vintage tracks contained on Powerful Stuff! A potent mixture of roots rock, Americana, blues, and British influences, the album primarily features the “original” Beatnecks: Wilder on lead vocals and guitar; Donny “The Twangler” Roberts, guitar and vocals; Denny “Cletus” Blakely, bass and vocals; and Jimmy Lester, drums.
Special guests featured on these rare, unissued tracks include the legendary Al Kooper on organ, acclaimed guitarist David Grissom (Joe Ely, John Mellencamp and Storyville), and renowned bass player Willie Weeks (Eric Clapton, Gregg Allman).
Powerful Stuff! presents timeless live and studio tracks produced by R.S. “Bobby” Field, a founding member of The Beatnecks. Recorded between 1985 and 1993, the material is split equally between original songs and distinctive cover renditions, all of which inexplicably escaped release back in the day.
A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and a member of the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame, Wilder and his friend since junior high, Bobby Field (producer for several earlier records), crafted their signature brand of "Mid-Atlantic" (British and American) rock and roll into their often double-time tunes which separated Wilder’s music from the pack and boasted classic influences from both sides of the pond. The band’s 1986 debut album, It Came from Nashville, a brazenly rocking bar-band rave-up that’s also available from Landslide Records, was recently named one of the top 50 all-time best Southern Rock albums by Paste Magazine.