Wilf Carter

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Wilf Carter, known to millions as "Montana Slim," was born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia December 18, 1904. The Canadian cowboy went from rodeo to music, performing on CFCN radio in Calgary in the early 1930s, and simultaneously began a long recording career with RCA. Influenced by the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers, Wilf Carter is one of the finest yodellers of all time, and is the author of more than 500 classic western songs. Wilf retired to Arizona and passed away in Scottsdale in 1996.

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