After graduation from The Choate School, he went to Texas as a wildcatter. Oil wildcatter Russell E. Havenstrite owned a penthouse in the building. He became an early wildcatter and oil producer. McClendon dismissed those who described him as a risk-loving wildcatter. Benedum was known for his negotiating skills and his success as a wildcatter. Carter was born the son of an oil wildcatter in East St. Louis, Illinois. He went on to make a fortune as a wildcatter in the oil industry. It was released in 2004 on the independent Wildcatter label. He often moved as a child as his father moved around as a wildcatter. In 2018, he signed onto Dean Dillon's Wildcatter Records. As a wildcatter, he first struck oil in the Holmes Field of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.