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American banjo player and singer

Wendy Lou Holcombe (April 19, 1963 – February 14, 1987) was an American banjo player^[1][2] and singer.^[3]

Holcombe was born in Alabaster, Alabama and began playing the banjo at age eleven.^[4]

As a child, Holcombe appeared on NBC's The Big Show^[5] the Country Boy Eddy Show,^[6] and later, in 1977, The New Mickey Mouse Club,^[7] and was featured on Kids are People Too.^[8]

At the age of twelve, she was a regular performer on the television program Nashville on the Road.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Holcombe performed at the Grand Ole Opry^[13] and on the Eddie Rabbitt Show.^[14] As well as the banjo she also played the fiddle, dobro, steel guitar, and bass.^[15]

Holcombe toured throughout the United States, singing and playing the banjo, including The Strip in Las Vegas.^[14][16] She performed at Wembley Festival in London, England. She also appeared regularly on the show Nashville Swing, and recorded a television special, Wendy Hooper, US Army that aired on NBC in 1981.^[4] She frequently performed duets and comedy sketches with Buck Trent, and the pair were nominated for a Music City Award.^[14]

Holcombe died of a congenital heart defect at the age of 23.^[17]

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