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Wilkes is an American musician, visual artist, author, filmmaker and  self-proclaimed "southern surrealist". He is an accomplished  multi-instrumentalist (notably on harmonica and banjo), having recorded with such artists as Merle Haggard, John Carter Cash, Mike Patton, and Hank Williams III. Wilkes’ latest solo album is called "Cattle in the Cane." JD  Wilkes is perhaps best known as the founder of the Legendary Shack Shakers, a Southern Gothic-rock / blues-band formed in the mid-90s.