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Holcombe was born in Alabaster, Alabama and began playing the banjo at age eleven.
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Wendy Holcombe
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As a child, Holcombe appeared on National Broadcasting Company"s The Big Show the Country Boy Eddy Show, and later in 1977 the New Mickey Mouse Club and was featured on Kids are People Too. At the age of fourteen she was a regular performer on the television program Nashville on the Road. Holcombe performed at the Grand Ole Opry and on the Eddie Rabbit Show.
As well as the banjo she also played the fiddle, dobro and bass.
Holcombe toured throughout the United States, singing and playing the banjo, including The Strip in Las Vegas. She performed at Wembly Festival in London, England.
She also appeared regularly on the show Nashville Swing, and recorded a television special, Wendy Holcombe, United States Army. She frequently performed duets and comedy sketches with Buck Trent, and the pair were nominated for a Music City Award.
Holcombe died of a congenital heart defect at the age of 23.
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American