J. D. Wilkes

About

J. D. Wilkes is an American visual artist, musician, author, filmmaker, and lead singer of the Legendary Shack Shakers, whose latest album is After You've Gone. Wilkes is the author of a book of nonfiction, Barn Dances and Jamborees Across Kentucky, and the novel The Vine That Ate the South, described by NPR as "Undeniably one of the smartest, most original Southern Gothic novels to come along in years.” His new album is Fire Dream.