Billy Edd Wheeler "Billy Edd: USA" (Monitor Records, 1961)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Billy Edd And Bluegrass, Too" (Monitor Records, 1962)
Billy Edd Wheeler "A New Bag Of Songs" (Kapp Records, 1963)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Memories Of America" (Kapp Records, 1964)
Billy Edd Wheeler "The Wheeler Man" (Kapp Records, 1965)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Goin' Town And Country" (Kapp Records, 1966)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Paper Birds" (Kapp Records, 1967)
Billy Edd Wheeler "I Ain't The Worrying Kind" (Kapp Records, 1968)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Nashville Zodiac" (United Artists, 1969)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Love" (RCA Victor, 1971)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Some Mountain Tales About Jack" (Spoken Arts, 1972)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Wild Mountain Flowers" (Flying Fish Records, 1979)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Songs I Wrote With Chet" (Sagittarius Records, 1995)
Billy Edd Wheeler "Milestones: A Self Portrait" (Sagittarius Records, 2001)
Billy Edd Wheeler "New Wine From Old Vines" (Sagittarius Records, 2006)
Billy Edd Wheeler "xxxxxxxxxxxxx" (xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 2010)
West Virginian songwriter and folklorist Billy Edd Wheeler is perhaps best known as the composer of "Jackson," a huge hit duet in 1967 for Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, as well as for writing the grim folk ballad, "Coal Tattoo," which has become an anthem for bluegrass and old-timey artists such as Hazel Dickens and Kathy Mattea. Wheeler had middling success as a solo artist, recording numerous albums but falling off the charts after a promising start in the 1960s. Here's a quick look at his work...
