Artist Name
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles

heart icon off (0 users)
Logo
transparent

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 20%

Album Releases refreshview
None found, add some?

Members
members icon 1 Male

Origin
flag Tabor City, USA

Genre
genre icon Folk

Style
style icon Folk

Mood
---

Active
calendar icon 0 to Present...

Cutout
transparent
heart icon Most Loved Tracks
No loved tracks found...

youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Wilmer Watts was a Bluegrass / Country / Roots musician from Tabor City, North Carolina, US, active in the first half of the 20th Century.

Tabor City, NC, was still called Mount Tabor back when the wonderful, historic old-time music artist Wilmer Wats was born. He got into music as a child and had a real knack for learning instruments, starting with the string family but branching out to the point where he eventually was able to perform as a one-man band, playing five instruments at once. His many recordings include the fantastic “Banjo Sam,” a popular choice for a banjo national anthem with its lyrics: “Banjo walk/banjo talk/banjo eating with a knife and fork.” Watts made his first recording in 1927, the result of meeting two other musicians in the town of Belmont, where Watts had begun working in a cotton mill since the end of the first World War. The mill was apparently full of good players, and Watts hooked up with guitarists Palmer Rhyne and Charles Freshour. The three formed a trio, called the Gastonia Serenaders and then the Lonely Eagles. Under the latter name, with Watts as leader, the group cut sides for Paramount in 1929. Watts continued toiling in the mills through the depression, but unveiled his one-man band from time to time, covering guitar, drum, fiddle, banjo, and harmonica. When his daughters were old enough, they began performing with him as the Watts Singers, performing at churches, local gatherings, and sometimes street corners. The family was based near Gastonia and performed frequently on the radio in the region of Charlotte and Spartenburg through the late ’30s.
Read ful
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icontransparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by zag
28th Jan 2013

Socials


Streaming


External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconamazon icon