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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Brooks Williams| image = brookswilliams.jpg| alt =| caption = Williams in March 2010| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1958|11|10| birth_place = Statesboro, Georgia | death_date =| death_place =| origin =| instrument = Acoustic guitar | genre = American folk music , Classical guitar|classical , jazz , blues | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = | label = Red Guitar Blue Music, Green Linnet Records , Signature Sounds , Silent Planet Records, Solid Air Records| associated_acts = Jim Henry (folk singer)|Jim Henry , Leo Kottke | website = | notable_instruments = Brooks Williams (born November 10, 1958, Statesboro, Georgia ) is an United States|American Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter . His style combines American folk music|roots , jazz , blues , classical guitar|classical , and folk music|folk . He has released some albums consisting of contemporary folk music, and some consisting of instrumental guitar music. He tours extensively both in the United States|US and the United Kingdom|UK .
Biography
Williams began releasing music on his own label, Red Guitar Blue Music, in 1989, with an EP called Red Guitar Plays Blue ; this EP was pressed on CD with additional unreleased recordings from the late '80s in 1993, under the same title and label. His first two "official" albums ( North , Night-time ) were also self-released under Red Guitar Blue Music. The albums from 1992-1997 were recorded under contract with Green Linnet Records , except for Ring Some Changes , which was released by Signature Sounds . Williams signed to Signature Sounds and released the albums listed from 1999–2003, except for Dead Sea Cafe , a compilation of Green Linnet-era recordings released by Silent Planet Records.
In 2004, Williams returned to own Red Guitar Blue Music label, and has released albums exclusively in this way to the present, apart from Guitar Player , which was released through Solid Air Records. The first two albums, plus both versions of Red Guitar Plays Blue have been out of print for many years; in 2002 Williams selected favorite tracks from the first two albums for a best-of compilation on Red Guitar Blue Music called Acoustic Beginnings 1990-91 which is now also out of print.
Brooks Williams currently tours in both the US and the UK.
Discography
Albums
North from Statesboro (1990) - folk originals, instrumentals, and covers; solo guitar and voice.
How the Night-time Sings (1991) - folk originals and instrumentals, and covers; guitar, upright bass, and voice
Back to Mercy (1992) - folk originals, instrumentals, and traditional songs; guitar, bass, drums, piano, violin
Inland Sailor (1994) - folk originals, instrumentals, and traditional songs; guitar, bass, drums, piano, violin
Knife Edge (1996) - folk and blues originals, instrumentals, and traditional songs; guitar, bass, drums, voice
Ring Some Changes (with Jim Henry (folk singer)|Jim Henry ) (1997) - instrumentals and traditional songs, guitars
Seven Sisters (1997) - folk and blues originals, instrumentals, and covers; guitar, bass, drums, percussion, violin, voice
Hundred Year Shadow (1999) - folk and blues originals, instrumentals, and covers; guitar, bass, drums, percussion, voice
Dead Sea Café (2000) - retrospective collection of songs from the Green Linnet period, plus 3 reworked songs from the early years
Little Lion (2000) - instrumentals; guitars and bass
Skiffle-Bop (2001) - folk and blues originals, instrumentals, and covers; guitar, bass, drums, percussion, cello, voice
Nectar (2003) - folk, blues, and rock originals and covers; guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, voice
Live/Solo (2004) - live album; guitar and voice
Guitar Player (2005) - instrumentals; guitars and bass
Blues and Ballads (2006) - folk and blues originals, instrumentals, and covers; guitar, bass, voice
The Time I Spend with You (2008) - blues and folk originals, instrumentals, and covers; guitar, bass, harmonica, voice
Baby-O! (2010) - blues originals and covers, two instrumentals
Persondata | NAME = Williams, Brooks | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American singer | DATE OF BIRTH = November 10, 1958 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Statesboro, Georgia | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Brooks Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People from Statesboro, Georgia Category:American male singers Category:Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Folk musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Fingerstyle guitarists Category:Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
