Member Since: 6/26/2007
Band Website: kingwilliamsound.com
Band Members: Manny Chapa, Art Galvan, Steve Williams, Jack Barber, John, Sparetime, Bass guitarErnie Ruiz, Carlton King, Oliver Alcorn, Franklin Vanderbilt, Antone. DrumsWillie Jaye Laws Guitar and vocals
Influences: Willie J. Laws has over 20 years of performing experience and has traveled the world making music. The influences heard in the music of the Willie J. Laws Band are many and eclectic. There are deep roots in the over 100 years of Texas music tradition and uniquely American roots music. The Band is most obviously influenced by James Brown, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Johnnie Taylor,The Texas Tornados, The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, not to mention the “Three Kings Of The Blues†- B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King.
Sounds Like: Jimi Hendrix's blues influences meets Buck Owens and Gene Autry if they were Black and from Texas.
Record Label: King William Sound Recording Company
Type of Label: Indie