Williams Squared...is an all-instrumental father/son collaboration by New England resophonic guitarist Roger Williams and son JD Williams. Roger has been on the bluegrass music scene since he first appeared with the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover back in 1963 at age 14. He has since gone on to perform and/or record with such bluegrass music luminaries as Joe Val, Hazel Dickens, Bill Grant & Delia Bell, Bill Harrell, Mac Wiseman, Bill Clifton, Red Rector, Tom Gray, Art Stamper, Wyatt Rice, Stuart Duncan, Mark Schatz, Jesse Brock, Russell Moore, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael Cleveland, Ron Stewart, Chris Jones, and Ned Luberecki, appearing on record labels Rounder, Flying Fish, Pinecastle, Compass, Signature Sounds, CMH, Strictly Country, and Turquoise, among others. JD Williams has been performing with his father in the ensemble Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters since his debut in 2005 in the northeast US and Canada. He has also toured throughout Europe, the UK, and Ireland, and is currently a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. The
album features all-original instrumentals penned by this father and
son team and performed in the bluegrass music style; Roger's tunes trend
toward respectful adherence to traditional music forms, while JD's are
more "out of the box", infused with youthful vigor and creativity.
Each enlisted his musical "posse" for the compositions; Roger
reuniting with banjoist/guitarist Dave
Dick, with whom he toured in the bluegrass group
Southern Rail, guitarist Lincoln
Meyers from his days in the New England
Bluegrass Band, and longtime musical collaborator, Canadian
fiddler Ray Legere.
JD has tapped into the thriving Boston music scene where he makes his
home to recruit Della Mae members Kimber
Ludiker and Courtney
Hartman, along with banjoist and fellow Berklee
student Gabe Hirshfeld.
JD also joins his father on Dobro in his twin resophonic guitar creation
'Crystal Ice Cave'. |
The
songs: 1. prelude 2. Roger's Reel 3. Crimson Raptor 4. Glastonbury Woodshed 5. Last Ride Of The Red Bomber 6. Old Friends 7. Wood Pile 8. Loose Tappets 9. Crystal Ice Cave 10. Roger's Rag 11. Bridge Over Fawn Brook 12. Jonathan's Lullaby Revisited 13. Fifty Flamewood 14. adieu |
The
musicians: Roger Williams - dobro & bass JD Williams - mandolin, bass, bowed bass Lincoln Meyers - rhythm & lead guitar Courtney Hartman - rhythm & lead guitar Dave Dick - rhythm & lead guitar, banjo Gabe Hirshfeld - banjo Ray Legere - fiddle Kimber Ludiker - fiddle Click HERE to listen and/or to purchase. |
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