Wendy Holcombe

Wendy Holcombe (19 April 1963 - 14 February 1987) was an American banjo player and singer.

She was a guest performer in Hee Haw.

Biography
Holcombe was born in Alabaster, Alabama and began playing the banjo at age eleven. As a child, Holcombe appeared on NBC's The Big Show, the Country Boy Eddy Show, and later in 1977 The New Mickey Mouse Club, and was featured in Kids are People Too. At the age of twelve she was a regular performer in the television program Nashville on the Road.

Holcombe performed at the Grand Ole Opry and in the Eddie Rabbitt 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 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. 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 age twenty-three.