J. D. Wilkes
- January 8, 2024
- Visual Artist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | J. D. Wilkes |
| Occupation | Visual Artist |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 18, 1972(1972-04-18) |
| Age | 52 |
| Birthplace | Baytown |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Texas |
| Horoscope | Aries |
J. D. Wilkes Biography
| Name | J. D. Wilkes |
| Birthday | Apr 18 |
| Birth Year | 1972 |
| Place Of Birth | Baytown |
| Home Town | Texas |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Spouse | Jessica Lee Wilkes |
J. D. Wilkes is one of the most popular and richest Visual Artist who was born on April 18, 1972 in Baytown, Texas, United States.
Wilkes is known as the founder and only remaining original member of the Legendary Shack Shakers, a rockabilly and blues band he formed in Murray, Kentucky, in the mid 1990s. Before forming the band, Wilkes was a performer on the paddle wheeler Paducah Jubilee. He also played harmonica for the neo- vaudeville act “Popularity Showboat”. His first live, professional performance was with the group at the Kentucky State Penitentiary.
His contributions to the visual arts include many illustrations, comic strips, and sideshow banners. His satirical “Head Cheese” strip ran in the Nashville RAGE/Metromix weekly from 2005 to 2008. Other illustrative works by Wilkes have been published in Juxtapoz, Snicker, Mineshaft, ALARM Magazine, and TopShelfComix.com. Wilkes illustrated the book “Spookiest Stories Ever” for the University Press of Kentucky, released in 2010.
J. D. Wilkes Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Visual Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
J. D. Wilkes is one of the richest Visual Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, J. D. Wilkes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Joshua “J. D.” Wilkes (born April 18, 1972) is an American visual artist, musician, amateur filmmaker and author. He probably is best known as the singer for experimental rockabilly group Legendary Shack Shakers, and is also an accomplished harmonica player, having recorded for such artists as Merle Haggard, Sturgill Simpson, John Carter Cash, Mike Patton, and Hank Williams III in the American Masters film “Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues”. His song “Swampblood” can be heard on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for HBO’s True Blood series. Wilkes is a resident of Paducah, Kentucky and is the author of two books, The Vine That Ate The South and Barn Dances and Jamborees Across Kentucky.
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Who is J. D. Wilkes Dating?
According to our records, J. D. Wilkes married to Jessica Lee Wilkes. As of December 1, 2023, J. D. Wilkes’s is not dating anyone.
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In March 2017, independent publisher Two-Dollar Radio released Wilkes’s novel “The Vine That Ate The South”, a book praised by NPR as “undeniably one of the smartest, most original Southern Gothic novels to come along in years”. “Wilkes’ ability to spin a story and craft language that’s as inventive and clever as the book’s plot combine to create something special that’s a bit of a contradiction itself – a book that feels both classic and new, mythic and modern”.
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Inna Ranked on the list of most popular Visual Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. J. D. Wilkes celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.