I reckon most folks picture 1980s Nashville as some kind of retro country heaven; images of Randy Travis, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Clint Black swim like sugar-plum fairies before ...

Three decades ago, Webb Wilder turned loose “It Came From Nashville,” a ear-catching slab o’ wax that instantly made him a rock ‘n’ roll contender.

With huge glasses and a towering fedora, Webb Wilder is a true southern character -- a rootsy rocker with a wily attitude and humor that spreads like kudzu. In the mid-'80s, Wilder belonged to the ...

In more than 30 years of living in Nashville, Webb Wilder has never sacrificed his musical integrity. Country music executive Jimmy Bowen basically controlled the town in the early 1980s. Back then, ...

Some performers adapt an on-stage persona that’s 180 degrees different from who they are in real life. But Webb Wilder says what you see of him is what you get. “I feel like I am myself — at least the ...

I was never sure what to make of Webb Wilder. Growing up in the 1980s, you couldn’t open the music listings without seeing his name or his photo, always with the hat and a smirk. Every week. How was ...