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david williams

About Me


check it, friends inno depression
I Am Fuel You Are Friends
happy to have shared stages with THE BAND OF ANNUALS, LAURA GIBSON, BLITZEN TRAPPER, WHITE DENIM, WYE OAK, DAVID DONDERO, NORFOLK AND WESTERN, NICK JAINA, THE HORSEFEATHERS, ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, PSYCHIC TV, HEADLIGHTS, EVANGELICALS, EDITH FROST, RICHMOND FONTAINE, SOUTHERLY, JEFFREY RICHARDS (Vic Chesnutt, Neutral Milk Hotel, Hazeldine, Nels Andrews), JOSHUA JAMES, EX MODELS
Hear "Ask Your Money" at Neil Young's Living With War Today" "Songs Of The Times" http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html
...or on NPR's All Songs Considered "Inspired Music" episode fearturing David Dondero, Beastie Boys and John Mellencamp http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/asc/inspired.prill.ram
What the Italian guy says:
Hello! I'm an Italian guy ...
I have your CD with your autograph, I hope you continue to write your music, I like a lot and reminds me of a trip that I can never forget!
Continues to write songs, do not ever stop!
Hello
In Italian:
Ciao! Sono un ragazzo Italiano...
Possiedo il tuo CD, con il tuo autografo, spero che tu continuerai a scrivere la tua musica, mi piace molto e mi ricorda un viaggio che non potrò mai dimenticare!
Continua a Scrivere Canzoni, non smettere mai!
Ciao

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/18/2007
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/cd/davibw
Band Members: David Williams Online Store

Buy "Summer"
Influences: the desert, william carlos williams, the beatles, ennio morricone, magnolia electric co., leonard cohen, carlos montoya, neutral milk hotel, wallace stevens, elliott smith, ac/dc, gillian welch and david rawlings, glade, nick jaina, will oldham, paul davis, will barclay, mark baysinger, the bolivian coffee bean, the plums, joseph campbell and edward abbey.

Sounds Like:

Cd Baby Editor's Pick 5 star review!

So, this is what happens when vultures and the desert wind of Southern Utah pick away at the bones of Pop music! "Summer" is no romp through green pastures or idyllic meadows. It’s a straight shot through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. But DAMN, does that hot air feel good! Though thoroughly lo-fi, Summer has the immediate intimacy of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. Lonely songs with catchy melodies are haunted by the presence of David Williams’ emotive, fragile voice. It’s both hurried and hushed, whispering warnings from somewhere out there in the bleak remoteness. Williams’ heartbreaking vocals are displayed most beautifully on the sad-bastard folk tune “Shame”. Architecturally, his songs are sturdy enough to hold up Brill Building ornamentation, yet he shows brave restraint. Instead of crowding the sonic space with horns, strings, and trickery, he opts to strip the structure bare, leaving only guitar and voice. Occasionally, fragmented drums and keyboards will sound in the distance, but the music always remains skeletal, ghostly, and sparse. The vastness of the desert has clearly taught Williams about the beauty of openness and contrast. And when a song is good enough, the human voice can sound as grand as an orchestra.

Chrisr at CD Baby

"an engaging splice between Dylan and Elliott Smith"

Salt Lake City Weekly

"One of my favorite CDs in my vast collection."

I have A LOT of CDs-- probably more than I can ever listen to again in my lifetime, so I have to pick and choose from them. This is one CD that I keep on the top of my piles of CDs so I can always get at it when I want to hear it again.

Jeff Kleinman CD Baby

David Williams, Summer = Will Oldham+ Richmond Fontaine

Initially released as a limited-edition, hand painted cardboard-box CD package, Summer is now available for mass consumption, courtesy of local label/booking company, BearTalk. Minimal and intimate, this release captures the essence of Southern Utah—an area where Mr. Williams often resides. "Echo" is a soundscape for the desolate while "Duluth" is the meatiest, musically and content-wise. Summer is yet another great effort from the thriving, local singer/songwriter scene.

–Tom D’Plume SLUG MAGAZINE

Record Label:
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

David Williams - How to Win a Gunfight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrO0wRdInWs
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 23:24:00 GMT