J.D. Wilkes

Joshua (J.D.) Wilkes (born in 1971), a native of Paducah, Kentucky is a visual artist and musician. Wilkes is most well known as the founder and only current original member of "Southern Gothic" rock band Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in the late 1990s. His wild and unpredictable on-stage antics, in which he has been known to do everything from ripping out his own body hair, backflips, grabbing female and male audience members and kissing them, to stopping an electric fan blade with his tongue, have become almost "legendary".

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Wilkes isn't a military man. He has an honorary title of "Colonel" from the Governor of Kentucky.

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1971: 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar)....

Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah is a city located in McCracken County, Kentucky at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,307. It is the county seat of McCracken County....

Th' Legendary Shack Shakers: Th' Legendary Shack Shakers are a rock band inspired by punk, polka, delta blues, hillbilly, and other traditional Southern music genres, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in the mid 1990's. The band was originally a more traditional rockabilly band, but later moved away from this and now relies more o...

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