Music Industry
In 1974, the Seattle band Annakonda (originally from Spokane) recorded a funky instrumental track called "Wheedle's Groove." The song got significant airplay in the Seattle area and was released as a single a few years later, after a local radio station adopted it as the theme song for the SuperSonics during their run to the 1978 NBA Finals. In 2004, the song was part of a compilation CD entitled "Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest in Funk and Soul - 1965-75," on Seattle-based Light in the Attic Records. Similar Seattle funk and soul history was covered by Jennifer Maas's 2009 documentary of the same name. As of 2010 a group of musicians, largely veterans of these bands, have reunited to perform under the name Wheedle's Groove. They have a CD, Kearney Barton (2009) on Light in the Attic.
In the early 2000s there was short-lived band in Seattle called "The Wheedle," a group that was active circa 2000-2001. The events calendar on the Experience Music Project (EMP) website described them as "a trio from Seattle, WA composed of Robert Walker (drums/vocals), Ed Hodge (bass/vocals) and Joel Lederer (vocals/guitar). Their music blurs the lines of genre in favor of songwriting and lyrical exploration, mining the traditions of rock, folk, pop, alternative, blues, jazz and more to create a sound that is as familiar as it is unique.
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