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Webpage: http://www.williamsboy.com
Location: New Hope, PA, USA
Description: This is the hardworking, heart of America. Bruised, but never beaten. Honest, but never self pitying. Salt of the earth, but still transcendent.
Biography: I was born in Maine and lived there for a while my dad was stationed in the Navy. My dad split, and mom moved us to the low rent back bays of the southern New Jersey shore. I didn't have much growing up. My mom, being a single parent, raised three kids the best she could. . The name the WILLIAMSBOY is a direct reflection of a family on the move, and the stigma of being on welfare. Whenever something was wrong, missing, or troubled in the neighborhood, I always heard, "must be that Williamsboy." It stuck, first as kind of an epithet, but now, it’s a more of a badge of honor. I first touched a guitar when I was 6, I recall. It was in a closet at my grand mom’s house. I had my fun with it for about a month or two. No one in the house knew how to play the thing so I had to figure it out on my own. Like most everything else, I guess. So, I would listen to my older brother’s garage band through the woodwork and try to find notes they were playing. Eventually I was playing along to the country radio stations. I had no idea what the hell I was playing, I just went by ear and if it sounded right, that was all right for me. And it still is. So I suppose that tells you where I came from, but not so much where I am. To borrow from the great Steve Earle, I’m pretty much of a “hard core troubadour,” in the tradition of Woody, Bruce, and The Band. But just like most writers I admire, I believe “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” So you might hear echoes of Wilco, Beck, or even something with no label at all The new album is called Analog. First, it is a collection of songs about people, real life, mystery, hardship, and redemption. Second, because it was recorded in an analog studio, and not inside a computer. I feel blessed to have a great group of musicians giving life and depth to my songs, and a producer, Bill Levinson, who shares my vision and gives wings to my songs. http://www.williamsboy.com http://www.cdbaby.com/williamsboy1 http://www.twitter.com/thewilliamsboy http://www.reverbnation.com/williamsboy77
Press Release: June 25th 2011 Alt-country singer/songwriter Williamsboy has arrived! Matt Williams (pka) Williamsboy has recently signed a 3 album deal with the independent record label Working Dog Records out of New Hope, PA. This singer/songwriter has all the ingredients to be the next Springsteen! The brand new album, titled “Analog,” was released on June 25th at For The Music Only, a small intimate house concert venue that plays host to admired national acts such as Alejandro Escavado- with whom Williamsboy had opened up for at an earlier performance. Analog is a record that is filled with Americana sentiments long forgotten in the digital pop arena of the music business today, however lovers of country, Americana, and good ol’ fashioned heartland American rock and roll will find comfort to hear that this music is not only still around, but is being brought to the forefront with vigor and guts. Analog is available for purchase through CD Baby, www.cdbaby.com/williamsboy1 and at live performances. Digital downloads of the record are available at the official Williamsboy website. www.williamsboy.com