Max Williams

They say Robert Johnson sold his soul for his skill at the guitar. Max Williams was too pragmatic for such a sacrifice. From an early age he realized that his particular formula for success was practice and perseverance. It was at the age of ten that he picked up his first guitar and the siren song of a single-coil Fender Stratocaster proved impossible to deny. With vast intensity, he studied the instrument, as well as singing and music theory. He became fluent in the language of song.From early on Max got a lot of work playing in bands and with different artists. One thing that was consistent through the years was that he continued performing as a solo artist. His bluesy, easy tempered, yet edgy acoustic melodies and up-tempo steel string folk tunes, coupled with smoky power vocals and soft undertones raised many eyebrows. Max found his musical home as a singer/songwriter.Max put a lot of effort into fine-tuning his solo performances, as well as recording his debut self titled EP. He also became a key figure in benefit performances for Junkiri Schooling, for underprivileged children in Nepal. He has done several recording sessions with composer Tom Bernath as well as various scoring projects but above all, Max Williams has performed all throughout The United States on several national tours.Whether it's his soft-tone melodically sparse single "The Heights of Monago" (a song of the trials and tribulations of addiction and recovery), the steel riffing progressive twelve bar blues of 38 Caliber (a traditional folk formatted story of a serial killer traveling the country), or the politically motivating folk rock anthem Rape and Pillage (where Max expresses the personal struggle in correlation with the national struggle), Max Williams has a point to drive across and an eclectic range utilizing such styles as traditional twelve bar blues, gospel, pop, alternative, blue grass, rock 'n roll etc. But no matter what musical road Max Williams takes, one thing remains consistent... his grass roots, bare essentials folk.Catch Max Williams in your town, spreading song into the cities of America and taking his passionate political folk rock on the road.