Artist description From the swamps of South Georgia to the wild, wild West, John Williamson has driven the back roads, traveled the hidden trails, and felt the earth under his feet. His music reflects the characters he's met along the winding highways he's come to call home.

Music Style Southern country folk

Musical Influences Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Chris Knight, Dale Watson, John Prine, Marshall Tucker Band, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson

Similar Artists Jim Croce, Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Don Williams

Artist History John’s debut album was picked up by Ray Pieters’s Radio Milo in Belgium, a weekly radio show with a devoted listenership of over 200,000 people. After one month on the show, John’s album attained the number two spot on the chart! John’s song “A Long Time Ago” was chosen to appear on a compilation album produced for Nashville’s Happy Hour Records. “Barely Live at the Idle Hour” is the second volume of a three-cd set featuring Nashville singer-songwriters who regularly perform at the Idle Hour, one of Music Row’s oldest and most famous bars. From the album’s cover notes: “...feel the camaraderie and love of a dying breed...Talkin’ ‘bout them that literally LIVE & BREATHE for the song.” John has been a regular performer for over five years at Merlefest’s Songwriter’s Coffeehouse, a Friday night feature at one of the largest bluegrass and Americana festivals in the United States. Attendance of Merlefest in 2002 topped 81,000 people! John was the Spotlight Songwriter for the month of November, 2002 on www.tunesmith.net, a website “proudly presenting some of Nashville’s best undiscovered songwriting.” John’s work was chosen from that of over 1,600 songwriters. John has opened the stage for such world-renowned artists as Jim Lauderdale, Guy Clark, Tom Rush, Fred Eaglesmith, and Jorma Kaukonen. John’s music is played on internet radio alongside that of country music legends! His song “Someone Who Can” was featured on internet radio giant tiacradio.com’s December, 2002 broadcast. Other artists on the show included Buck Owens, Hank Williams Sr., Ronnie Milsap, Alabama, Boxcar Willie, and Loretta Lynn. “Blood, sweat and tears,” from John’s first album, won an honorable mention in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest for 2003. The contest drew nearly 10,000 entrants from around the globe. John has captivated listeners in clubs, bars, coffeehouses, living rooms, parking lots, and on street corners all over the United States and in foreign countries like Wyoming, Texas, and South Georgia.

Instruments Acoustic guitar

Albums John Williamson / self-titled

Press Reviews “Williamson, who sounds a bit like the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, is recommended to fans of country folk music.” **Dee Bolling, Honky Tonkin’ Music, Dallas, TX “Georgian John is great. Some nice acoustic music and some excellent melodic story songs. For whatever reason he reminds me of a male Iris Dement with a lot of small town tales, fabulous hooks and instantly memorable songs.” **Steve Reid, Yesterday and Today Records, Sydney, Australia “...a thoughtful and tuneful songwriter, and I wish I could hear some of the things on the album on country radio.” **Bill Friskics-Warren, Music Editor for the Nashville Scene “Five stars! Heartfelt storytelling…somewhere between Don Williams and Bob Dylan.” **Brad Fischer, Nashville Music Guide “John Williamson writes, sings, and plays with feeling.” **Vidalia Advance-Progress “It's his soul that’s writing these songs, nothing could be more epic.” **Tim Kochanski, Thru the Wall Projects, Brooklyn, NY “As good as John is on his cd, he is even better live! He puts on quite a show. My audience really enjoyed his appearance and everybody hopes he comes back and serenades us again real soon.” **Barney Bonfield, morning show host, WYUM radio, Vidalia, GA “I am very impressed with John’s writing ability as well as his unique style of presenting classic country music. This should appeal to many true country fans.” **Dusty Owens, disc jockey on tiacradio.com, and the 38th most-played traditional country artist in America.

Location Nashville, Tennessee - USA

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