J D Wilkes

J.D. Wilkes is an American visual artist, musician, author, filmmaker, and Kentucky Colonel. He is also an avid purveyor of traditional American music and an accomplished musician. But he is perhaps best known as the charismatic frontman for the Legendary Shack Shakers, a band that has been described as a "dynamite group" by tephen King, and whose music has been featured on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for HBO's TrueBlood . Wilkes is the author of Barn Dances and Jamborees Across Kentucky ,...See more

J.D. Wilkes is an American visual artist, musician, author, filmmaker, and Kentucky Colonel. He is also an avid purveyor of traditional American music and an accomplished musician. But he is perhaps best known as the charismatic frontman for the Legendary Shack Shakers, a band that has been described as a "dynamite group" by tephen King, and whose music has been featured on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for HBO's TrueBlood . Wilkes is the author of Barn Dances and Jamborees Across Kentucky , an exploration of his state's rich folk music heritage. See less