How many comedians do you know who are also award winning guitar players, having backed up everyone from Shania Twain , the Dixie Chicks, Sylvia Tyson to Murray McLaughlin? "Hilarious!"…"Laugh? I thought I would never Stop!" are the usual comments you would expect to hear after an evening of comedy. But Wendell Ferguson is far from usual. He is a favorite with CBC radio and previously appeared  in CBC's "Madly Off in All Directions".  He has also  MC'd many successful industry awards shows.	"This guy has more in common with Mark Twain than Shania!" - Twangzine Wendell's songwriting is decidedly country.  His shows are  full of parody and satire, and his word play speeds past like a train through a one horse town…Blink and you'll miss it!  Quick on his toes - or yours! -  his humour is intelligent, delightful or down right delinquent (depending on his audience of course).   It's no wonder he has been called "The Cowboy Tom Leher" (Tom Foolery).  He matches current trends (Pot-Bellied Pigs) to country favorites (D-I-V-O-R-C-E) and serves you up a tale about a sad house-  husband who made  an appointment with the B-U-T-C-H-E-R.   The "BarnYard Twostep" is a masterful piece about the trials and tribulations of navigating a barnyard with out soiling your shoes.
"Not too many people can string words together the way this guy does." --   Ray Griff The other element that makes his show top notch of course is the music.  Wendell's fingers match his wit with lightning dexterity.  When he's not performing at folk or country festivals and clubs as a  solo act, he tours extensively with his band, The Smoking Section. His band is often seen doubled over with laughter at Wendell's spontaneity, but they are Canada's top musicians and it shows.  You'd have to be great to keep up with Wendell.  His guitar work has earned him 6 CCMA awards and hundreds of album credits, and his down to earth demeanor has earned him fans and friends across the nation.  He is brilliantly stupid, a musical genius and gaining audiences at breakneck speed.