"Abraham Whistler Abraham Whistler is a fictional character appearing in Blade II American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a vampire and the mentor of Blade. Screenwriter David S. Goyer created him for the 1998 film ""Blade"" (in which the part was played by Kris Kristofferson), but he first appeared on screen in ""Spider-Man: The Animated Series"" where he was voiced by Malcolm McDowell and later by Oliver Muirhead. In 2006, Abraham Whistler appeared in the television show """". Abraham Whistler is a vampire hunter and the mentor of Blade. Abraham Whistler was once a happily married man"
"work gives me the strange and wonderful pleasure of understanding my own songs better by hearing him perform them."" Andrew Bird Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the bands Squirrel Nut Zippers and Bowl of Fire before pursuing a solo career. His main instrument is violin, but he also plays guitar and glockenspiel and is an expert whistler. He wrote and performed ""The Whistling Caruso"" for ""The Muppets"" movie and composed the score for the television series ""Baskets"". Andrew Bird currently lives in Los Angeles"
"Andrew Bird Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the bands Squirrel Nut Zippers and Bowl of Fire before pursuing a solo career. His main instrument is violin, but he also plays guitar and glockenspiel and is an expert whistler. He wrote and performed ""The Whistling Caruso"" for ""The Muppets"" movie and composed the score for the television series ""Baskets"". Andrew Bird currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Katherine and their son Sam. Trained in the Suzuki method from the age of four, Bird"
"Wilf Carter (musician) Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter (December 18, 1904 – December 5, 1996), professionally known as Wilf Carter in his native Canada and also as Montana Slim in the United States, was a Canadian Country and Western singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller. Widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, Carter was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers. Carter was born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, Canada. One of nine children, he began working odd jobs by the age of eight in Canning, Nova Scotia. He began singing after seeing a traveling"
"Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included ""Guitar Man"", ""U.S. Male"", ""A Thing Called Love"", ""Alabama Wild Man"", ""Amos Moses"", ""When You're Hot, You're Hot"" (which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), ""Ko-Ko Joe"", ""Lord, Mr. Ford"", ""East Bound and Down"" (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster ""Smokey and the Bandit"", in which Reed co-starred), ""The Bird"", and ""She Got the Goldmine (I Got"
"Whistlin' Alex Moore Whistlin' Alex Moore (November 22, 1899 – January 20, 1989) was an American blues pianist, singer and whistler. He is best remembered for his recordings of ""Across the Atlantic Ocean"" and ""Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls."" Moore was born Alexander Herman Moore in Dallas, Texas. At the age of three, his family moved to El Paso, Texas but returned to Dallas three years later for his father's job, who was a professional candy maker. Although his family did not own a piano Moore learned the instrument by watching others, including a female cousin, and practicing on"
"continued to play music, and his trio appeared in the 1984 Sally Field movie ""Places in the Heart"". Bruner died of cancer on August 25, 2000, aged 85. General references Inline citations Cliff Bruner Clifton Lafayette Bruner (April 25, 1915 – August 25, 2000), known professionally as Cliff Bruner, was a fiddler and bandleader of the Western Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Bruner's music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk, and popular melodies of the times. Bruner was born in Texas City, Texas, and spent most of his childhood near Houston. He learned to"
"Adge Cutler Alan John 'Adge' Cutler (19 November 1930 – 5 May 1974) was an English singer best known as the frontman of the comic folk band the Wurzels. Cutler was known for his songs, but also his dry, West Country humour, and gained the unofficial title of ""The Bard Of Avonmouth"". Alan John Cutler was born in Portishead, Somerset. Nicknamed 'Adge' by his friends, from his initials A.J., he lived in the small North Somerset town of Nailsea. He spent his earlier years pursuing various jobs he would use as material for later songs, including road manager for Acker"
"for his work in Western films. Ritter can be heard as the voice of Big Al, an audio-animatronic bear at the Country Bear Jamboree attraction in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. His character sings ""Blood on the Saddle"" and continues through the finale as the rest of the cast attempts to drown him out. Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice ""Tex"" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John and grandsons Jason and"
"Wesley Tuttle Wesley Tuttle (born December 30, 1917 in Lamar, Colorado; died September 29, 2003) was an American country music singer. He was raised in California and took up music at age four, relearning to play the guitar and ukulele after losing all but the thumb and one finger on his left hand. He contributed the yodeling to the ""Silly Song"" in Walt Disney's ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", and later backed Tex Ritter on guitar. He married actress Marilyn Myers in 1946 and acted with her in several Western films, in addition to recording the duet ""Never"" with"
"with Adge Cutler larking around in Bristol City Centre. Tommy Banner is the longest serving Wurzel. He joined the band in November 1967. He is usually seen playing accordion, but has also played piano in the Wurzels' past. Hailing from Penicuik, his Scottish accent remains but with a strong Somerset twang. Pete Budd is the familiar front-man of the post-Cutler band. Budd originally joined the Wurzels as a banjo player in 1972, and his distinctive West Country vocals made him an obvious replacement lead singer after Cutler's death. He continues to sing, and play banjo and guitar for the band,"
"straightforward singing and guitar playing have a universal appeal. He wrote hundreds of songs covering a wide range of themes, including traditional country western, cowboy, folk, and hobo songs. His recordings of ""Blue Canadian Rockies"" and ""You Are My Sunshine"" are among the most popular. Fellow Canadian country artist Ian Tyson considers Carter an influence on his music. Wilf Carter (musician) Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter (December 18, 1904 – December 5, 1996), professionally known as Wilf Carter in his native Canada and also as Montana Slim in the United States, was a Canadian Country and Western singer, songwriter, guitarist, and"
"Trio, with Haworth on guitar and Bob White on bass fiddle. He was also ""Whistler"" of Flash and Whistler (with Floyd ""Goo Goo"" Rutledge), a music-comedy duo. The station, heard across the Ozarks, was a stepping-stone during Wilson's years for such musicians as Porter Wagoner, Les Paul, Chet Atkins and The Browns. Wilson was responsible for giving Wesley West his nickname: he introduced West to the audience as ""Speedy"" West at a pie social and jam session sponsored by KWTO. He worked briefly at radio stations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Denver, Colorado before returning to the Ozarks. By the"
"star writer/actor/director David Keith. This project has been in development hell for several years, and was halted in late 2006 also, after difficulties with casting and funding. Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989) was an American country music singer. During his career, Whitley only recorded two albums but charted 12 singles on the ""Billboard"" country charts, and 7 more after his death. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Whitley grew up in nearby Sandy Hook, Kentucky. Whitley began his career there in 1970, performing in Ralph Stanley's band. Establishing himself as a lead singer in bluegrass"
"Henry Gibson Henry Gibson (born James Bateman, September 21, 1935 – September 14, 2009), was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. His best-known roles include his time as a cast member of the TV sketch-comedy series ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"" from 1968 to 1971, the voice of Wilbur in the 1973 film ""Charlotte's Web"", his portrayal of diminutive country star Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's 1975 film ""Nashville"", his role as the ""Illinois Nazi"" leader in the 1980 film ""The Blues Brothers"", his performance opposite Tom Hanks in 1989's ""The 'Burbs"", a small role in ""Magnolia"", his role as the"
"Willie Phelps Willie Thomas Phelps (Chesapeake City, Sept. 5 1914- March 1, 2004) was an American songwriter and country and western guitarist. He performed with his brothers Norman and Earl as the Phelps Brothers. His songs were recorded by country artists such as Jim Reeves, and once by Elvis Presley. Phelps' songs featured in cowboy films in the 1930s; the three brothers had a screen appearance as Ray Whitley's cowboy band in ""Hittin' the Trail"" 1937, and Phelps' ""Move Slow, Little Dogie"" featured in the film ""The Renegade Ranger"" 1938. In 1961 he saluted Jimmie Rodgers (d.1933) and Hank Williams"
"Jimmy Wakely James Clarence Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982) was an American actor and country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies with most of the major studios, appeared on radio and television and even had his own series of comic books. His duet singles with Margaret Whiting from 1949–51 produced a string of top seven hits, including 1949's number one hit on the US country charts and pop music charts, ""Slippin' Around."" Wakely owned two music publishing companies in"
"of the song ""King of Alabama"" by Brent Cobb. Wayne Mills (singer) Jerald Wayne Mills (August 17, 1969 – November 23, 2013) was an American country musician, known for touring with the Wayne Mills Band for over 15 years and playing alongside Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and 2006 American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks. During his career Mills released five studio albums (with a sixth unreleased) and two live albums. He also had seven top 20 songs in Europe from 2008 to 2010, including a chart topper in Belgium in 2009. During his education at Wallace State Junior College in Hanceville"
"The versatile Wilson was also half of the show's Flash and Whistler (with Floyd ""Goo Goo"" Rutledge); and Rutledge was half of Lennie and Goo Goo (with Lennie Aleshire), both country music comedy duos. Other comedians were Pete Stamper, Shug Fisher, KWTO's Bill Ring, Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield, and Luke Warmwater. The cast also included The Foggy River Boys, a singing quartet later known as The Marksmen (George Richardson, Les Robertson, Don Taylor and Earl Terry); Harold Morrison (banjo) and Jimmy Gately (guitar), a bluegrass duo; and The Wagoner Trio, made up of Wagoner, Haworth and Don Warden"
"Chickie Williams Jessie Wanda Williams (née Crupe), known under the stage name Chickie Williams, (February 13, 1919 – November 18, 2007) was an American country musician from West Virginia who is best known for performing on the Wheeling Jamboree radio program on WVVA with her husband Doc Williams and their band the Border Riders. In 1948, Williams' original arrangement of the hymn ""Beyond the Sunset,"" was charted #3 in Billboard trade magazine's Top 100 Country Music Songs.<ref name=""The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register""></ref> Jessie Wanda Crupe was born in Bethany, West Virginia in 1919. She married Doc Williams on October 9,"
"Arnold Wiley Arnold Burke ""Doc"" Wiley (October 3, 1898October 1964) was an American ragtime, blues and rhythm and blues musician, actor and political activist from the 1910s to the 1960s. Although Wiley may not have scored any notable hits during his long career, he was notable both for the sheer length of that career, which stretched from the ragtime era to the early years of rock and roll, and for his ability to constantly adapt his style to these changing tastes. Born in New Madrid, Missouri, Wiley ran away from home as a youth to join a Chinese circus where"
"Julie London Julie London (née Nancy Gayle Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress, whose career spanned more than 40 years. Born in Santa Rosa, California to Vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous Westerns, co-starring with Rock Hudson in ""The Fat Man"" (1951), with Robert Taylor and John Cassavetes in ""Saddle the Wind"" (1958), and opposite Robert Mitchum in"
"Wayne Mills (singer) Jerald Wayne Mills (August 17, 1969 – November 23, 2013) was an American country musician, known for touring with the Wayne Mills Band for over 15 years and playing alongside Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and 2006 American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks. During his career Mills released five studio albums (with a sixth unreleased) and two live albums. He also had seven top 20 songs in Europe from 2008 to 2010, including a chart topper in Belgium in 2009. During his education at Wallace State Junior College in Hanceville Mills played baseball and later at The University of"
"William Marshall (bandleader) William Marshall (October 2, 1917June 8, 1994) was an American singer, bandleader and a motion picture actor, director and producer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he became a vocalist for Fred Waring and his band, the ""Pennsylvanians,"" before forming his own band in 1937. In 1940, he went to Hollywood to act in films. Some of the movies Marshall appeared in included ""Calendar Girl"", ""That Brennan Girl"", ""Belle of the Yukon"", ""Knute Rockne, All American"" and the 1945 version of ""State Fair"". He was married three times. All his marriages were to actresses. Marshall died in France in"
"Charles Sawtelle Charles Sawtelle (September 20, 1946 – March 20, 1999) was a bluegrass musician and a member of the band Hot Rize. Sawtelle died on March 20, 1999 from leukaemia. A guitar player and vocalist, Sawtelle was one of the original members of Hot Rize. He also played the character Slade in the band's alter ego Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers). Sawtelle was born in Austin, Texas, but he grew up in Colorado. Before Hot Rize, Sawtelle was a member of the bands the Rambling Drifters (along with Tim O'Brien and Pete Wernick) and Monroe Doctrine. In Hot Rize,"
"Fred Lowery. Elmo Tanner William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two different record companies within a period of five years. Neither recording was successful originally. The song became a hit for both record companies after a Charlotte, North Carolina disk jockey played it at random in 1947. Tanner was originally hired by Weems as a vocalist; the bandleader discovered Tanner's whistling"
"Slim Whitman Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), professionally known by stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music, western music and folk music artist singer-songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as ""countrypolitan"". He stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records. In the 1950s Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film ""Mars Attacks!""; his iconic ""Indian Love Call"" would"
"William Butler (musician) William Pierce Butler (born October 6, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who is best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. Will plays synthesizer, bass, guitar and percussion. He is known for his spontaneity and antics during performances. He is the brother of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler. Butler received his first Academy Award nomination for his work on the original score of the film ""Her"" in 2014. Born in Truckee, California and raised in The Woodlands, Texas, Will is the son of Liza Rey, a classical musician, and Edwin"
"Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album ""Shotgun Willie"" (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ""Red Headed Stranger"" (1975) and ""Stardust"" (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been"
"was covered by Tim Presley on the album ""The Wink"" (Drag City, 2016) and his 1980 single ""Gin"" was covered by Luna on their covers album ""A Sentimental Education"" (Double Feature, 2017). In addition to his storied music career, in 1994, Willie narrated a local film entitled ""Middle Street"" made by fellow Gloucester native, independent filmmaker Henry Ferrini. Willie has also contributed many songs to the soundtracks for Henry's other films. Willie Alexander Willie ""Loco"" Alexander (born January 13, 1943) is an American singer and keyboardist based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He played with the Lost, the Bagatelle and the Grass"
"Bambi Lee Savage Bambi Lee Savage (birth name: Shannon Strong) is a singer, songwriter and musician who also has worked as an audio engineer, most notably assisting on U2’s ""Achtung Baby"". Her song “Darlin’” was featured on the ""Sling Blade"" film soundtrack and her three independently-released albums are ""Matter of Time"" (2003), ""GJ and the PimpKillers"" (2009) and ""Darkness Overshadowed"" (2012). Shannon Strong was born in 1963 in Pensacola, Florida. Her father, Guy Thomas Strong, was a Navy pilot who was killed in an airplane crash while working as a stunt pilot on the set of the 20th Century Fox"
"of their act as a young child. Citations Sources Salty Holmes Floyd Holmes (March 6, 1910 – January 1, 1970), better known as Salty Holmes, was an American country musician and Western B-movie actor. Holmes was born of Cherokee lineage in Glasgow, Kentucky. He became a virtuoso on the harmonica, specializing in the style known as ""talking harp"" which imitated the human voice (much like Sonny Terry). He also played the jug and guitar. He formed the group The Kentucky Ramblers in 1930, who changed their name to The Prairie Ramblers in 1933 and began broadcasting on Chicago radio station"
"soundtrack album for Touchstone Pictures film ""Stella"" (1990) starring Bette Midler. White Sister was formed in Burbank, California by lead vocalist/bassist Dennis Churchill-Dries, guitarist Rick Chadock, lead vocalist/keyboardist, Gary Brandon and drummer Gus Moratinos. The group played their first gig at The Ice House in Pasadena, California and worked their way up; eventually headlining shows at The Troubadour, West Hollywood, Whiskey A Go Go, Roxy Theatre, and other prominent clubs in Hollywood, California. Original drummer Gus Moratinos left amicably in 1981 citing musical differences, and was replaced by Richard Wright to round out the second incarnation of the band. White"