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Billy Edd Wheeler & Friends, October 10th, 2019

by Kaylee Horn on 2019-10-07T09:02:00-04:00 | 0 Comments

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You can also check out his website linked here.

Milestones; A Self Portrait by Billy Edd Wheeler

Call Number: CD 781.642 W562m 2001

The Songs and Poetry of Billy Edd Wheeler by Billy Edd Wheeer

Call Number: 784.3 W562s Copy 3 (Printed Music Collection)

More Laughter in Appalachia by Loyal Jones; Billy Edd Wheeler

Call Number: 827 M836

The phenomenal success of Laughter in Appalachia, Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler's first collection of humor, says something about the importance of humor in our lives, and the talent Jones and Wheeler have in finding the best of it. More Laughter in Appalachia, their fourth collection of Southern mountain humor, may well be their funniest and most comprehensive collection to date. Packed with humorous jokes, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and songs, not to mention a nineteenth-century ....

Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout by Billy Edd Wheeler

Call Number: 782.421 W562h 2018

Award winning songwriter, musician, author, playwright, poet, visual artist, and Appalachian Renaissance man Billy Edd Wheeler is best known for penning Jackson, which was popularized by Johnny Cash and June Carter with their Grammy-winning recording from 1967. In addition to his own albums and singles as a highly regarded singer/songwriter (including the Top 5 hit, Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back ), Billy Edd has penned numerous songs for artists such as Elvis Presley, Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio, Neil Young, and Kenny Rogers. Wheeler's memoir is populated by a fascinating cast of characters which he encountered on his journey. Songwriting changed his life, bringing him a long lasting career that saw the birth of classic tunes such as The Reverend Mr. Black, High Flyin' Bird, The Coming of the Roads, It's Midnight, Coal Tattoo, and others. Peppered with the folksy wisdom of his beloved Appalachia, Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout is like pulling a chair up next to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer by a warm fire; you won't want to leave.

Outhouse Humor by Billy Edd Wheeler

Call Number: 827.914 W562o Copy 2

Jokes, stories, and songs that give you a peek through the crescent-shaped cut-out on the outhouse door. A nostalgic look at the humblest, most universal fixture on the landscape of the American past -- by the composer of the cult hit, Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back.