Quentin King

**Quentin King** is a musician who recorded at Whispering Pines Studios and appears on Tubb Tarbell’s television show. Tarbell and King do not get along, with Tarbell stating he doesn’t care for his language, and King stating he doesn’t care for Tarbell’s program. Tarbell later states King was “so full of piss and vinegar and plenty of other foreign substances, he seemed to think he was God’s gift to the world.” King recorded Whispering Pines' most successful album to date as of *Alive From Whispering Pines* episode 426, *My Smash Hits*, which went Quadruple Pine.

## Description and appearances

King is depicted in a dark suit with a white shirt and blond curly hair in Tarbell’s photo album. In the video for "Love Me Like You Used To," he sports his trademark curly blond hair (revealed to be a wig), western jacket and two-tone cowboy boots.

He is seen in multiple episodes of *Alive From Whispering Pines.* King features heavily in the video for "Love Me Like You Used To, where he is seen in various archival footage of his performances as a mysterious woman reminisces before burning down the Whispering Pines Museum and all of its Quentin King memorabilia with it.

At some point early in his career, King and a bass player named Francis played at a “dive in the desert" and the owner tried to pay them with his unfinished manuscript.

In the advertisement for Whispering Pines records and tapes, a segment of "What Do It Mean" is played while the title of his album *My Smash Hits* is highlighted*,* indicating the song is on the album.

## Music

### *My Smash Hits*

*-Album went Quadruple Pine*
Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0061
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Country, Rock, Pop
* "What Do It Mean"

### Unspecified album

* "Love Me Like You Used To"

Seen in the Cosmic Selector:

* "I Win Again" backed with "Watch Me Go"

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron's *Long Lost*:
* "Love Me Like You Used To"
* "What Do It Mean"

## Questions and fan theories

* In the video for "Love Me Like You Used To," a middle-aged blonde woman wearing a vest with flowers on it visits the Whispering Pines Museum to reminisce, before burning it to the ground in a shocking twist. She seems to have intimate knowledge of both **Quentin King** and the song he is singing. Could the woman be Leigh Green, and did King steal her song, or was it written about her?

* King's performance of "Love Me Like You Used To" on the television in the Whispering Pines Museum seems to indicate it is a song written by him, as he is the only character known to have this distinctive curly blond hair. The presence of the wig suggests that the blond hair is part of a stage persona, which opens the possibility King may also be another character.

* He also wears distinctive two-tone cowboy boots in a photograph displayed in the museum, and a ring in the performance, both of which resemble those worn by Hauser Godwin in the Long Lost music video. Could it be that Quentin King is actually a stage name adopted by Godwin later in his career? This could also simply be explained away by prop reuse. It is also interesting, however, that King's album cover for "My Smash Hits" strongly resembles the look worn by Godwin.

## Gallery

Photograph of King in Tarbell's albumKing and Tarbell exchanging wordsKing's signature on the *Setting Sun* manusciptBoots and photo of King in the Whispering Pines Museum
## Sources

1. ↑ Quentin King is seen performing the song in the official music video
2. ↑ Allison Ponthier Instagram post