J.D. Wilkes knows he faces a bit of a problem in the marketing of his music. Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers, the Nashville-based band Wilkes has fronted for 12 years, insists on billing its style as ...

The Legendary Shack Shakers’ hell-for-leather roadshow has earned quite a name for itself with its unique brand of Southern Gothic and swampy "hillbilly blues" that is all-at-once irreverent, lyrical, ...

No need to wonder if Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers are going to put on a great show. To hear the frontman/founder J.D. Wilkes tell it, the high-energy show that built the reputation of the punk/blues ...

The Legendary Shack Shakers headline One Eyed Jacks on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. On Monday, Dec. 8, the options for live music in New Orleans include a British alt-rock band, a barn-burning Southern ...

It’s surprising how much attention a band can get for playing the music they love. Nashville’s Legendary Shack Shakers are no strangers to this. The southern gothic rockabilly act goes above and ...

Legendary Shack Shakers are suffering from a case of unwanted over-punctuation. The band started off as Those Legendary Shack Shakers in 1993, but they kept getting lumped into the "T" section of ...

VAIL, Colorado ” J. D. Wilkes, whose Legendary Shack Shakers play in Vail, Colorado Thursday, has been a blues-harpist since his grandfather gave him his first 10-hole diatonic harmonica when he was a ...

If ever a cartoon were to summarize the maniacal imagination of JD Wilkes and his Southern Gothic band the Legendary Shack Shakers, it would be a modern-day take on Minnie the Moocher. Cue the new ...

Taking in one of the Legendary Shack Shakers’ thrilling, sometimes terrifying, live performances is akin to witnessing a gospel revival or even a snake-handling ceremony. And for good reason: the ...

UPDATE: Wednesday’s Legendary Shack Shakers show has been canceled due to concerns over Tropical Storm Nicole. When I first encountered the Legendary Shack Shakers early in their career, their name ...

For years, JD Wilkes has kept something of a dream journal by his bedside. Unlike others who do as well, the chronicles of Wilkes’ slumbering subconscious are macabre indeed. He is, after all, the ...

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