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Billy Edd Wheeler
Billy Edd Wheeler was an American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist. His songs include "Jackson" "The Reverend Mr. Black", "Desert Pete", "Ann", "High Flyin' Bird", "The Coming of the Roads", "It’s Midnight", "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back", "Coal Tattoo", "Winter Sky", and "Coward of the County" and have been performed by over 160 artists including Judy Collins, Jefferson Airplane, Bobby Darin, Richie Havens, The Kingston Trio, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Hazel Dickens, Florence and the Machine, Kathy Mattea, Nancy Sinatra, and Elvis Presley. "Jackson" was also recorded by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for the movie Walk the Line. His song "Sassafras" was covered in the folk rock era by Modern Folk Quartet and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Wheeler was the author-composer of eight plays and musicals, a folk opera, commissioned by the National Geographic Society, and three outdoor dramas: the long-running Hatfields & McCoys at Beckley, West Virginia, Young Abe Lincoln at Lincoln Amphitheatre, Lincoln City, Indiana, and Johnny Appleseed, at Mansfield, Ohio. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back
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Coal Tattoo
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After Taxes
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Coal Tattoo
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Jackson
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Albums

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Courting the Muse the Songs of Billy Edd Wheeler

2020
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Black Jack Davy

2014
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Love

1971
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Country Essentials

2011

Singles & EPs

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Ode to the Little Brown Shack out Back (Rerecorded)

Single • 1978

Videos

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Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back

Valerie Haynes • 15K views
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Billy Edd Wheeler - Sister Sara

Edward Poplin • 4.5K views
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Soon as Buddy Gets Home -- Billy Edd Wheeler

chrisrogers3000 • 563 views
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Coming of the Roads -- Billy Edd Wheeler

chrisrogers3000 • 2.5K views
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Billy Edd Wheeler - Fried Chicken And A Country Tune 1969 Rare Country Songs

FromTheBasement • 12K views
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Big Sciota (Big Scioty) - Clawhammer Banjo

OldTimeTunes • 1.1K views
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Billy Edd Wheeler, "Coming Of The Roads" ("The Hills Resound: The Music of Kentucky", KET, 1970s)

folkarchivist • 7.5K views
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Jackson | Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles | March 2025

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles • 1.1K views
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Rejoice - High Flying Bird [Rejoice!] 1969

Giovannino SenzaPaura • 11K views
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Winter Sky

dgmac911 • 875 views