Jack Williams workshop

[teh]

I participated in a songwriting workshop conducted by Jack Williams in Seattle last night. It was a great time and I picked up a lot of good ideas.

If you get a chance to see him, don't pass it up. He plays a 1974 Martin D35 that he bought new 49 years ago and he could make that guitar sing. Look him up on you tube.

[ducktrapper]

I participated in a songwriting workshop conducted by Jack Williams in Seattle last night. It was a great time and I picked up a lot of good ideas.

If you get a chance to see him, don't pass it up. He plays a 1974 Martin D35 that he bought new 49 years ago and he could make that guitar sing. Look him up on you tube.

I have one of his albums and quite like it. He seems to be fairly obscure. I can relate and I also play a mid 70's D-35. 

[mike in lytle]

I have one of his albums and quite like it. He seems to be fairly obscure.

Pretty much spending my evening listening to jackwilliamsmusic.com. Geez. Great stuff.
Mike

[mike in lytle]

He plays a 1974 Martin D35 that he bought new 49 years ago and he could make that guitar sing.

It is not very often one hears a musician like this who seems so comfortable in his own skin.
Thanks for this.
Mike

[teh]

Ducktrapper and Mike,

Thanks for sharing your comments. I have read enough of your posts over the years to realize that you guys would fit in with Jack like two peas in a pod.

Jack has an interesting back story. He is/was the son of an Army officer (Lt. Colonel) and his first paying gig was at a youth recreation center dance in Fort Lewis, WA when he was 15. His background was in classical music and jazz, not guitar. He is a native of South Carolina and currently lives in the Ozarks in NE Arkansas. He generally runs two weekend guitar workshops there in May and October.

He bought his guitar new in 1974 at the Denver Folklore Center following a recording session with Harry Nilsson who recommended he get a better guitar for recording. He also told us he played with Duane Allman in place of Dickie Betts who had a broken arm. To me, he is the true embodiment of a singer/songwriter/storyteller who genuinely loves what he is doing.

I flew 2,700 miles from Cleveland to Seattle and drove over an hour from Olympia to participate in this workshop. The guy who hosted the event played a Larrivee D03 and a handmade OM guitar that he built with the help of a luthier friend.

[Silence Dogood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07sn4HEQ-RQ

^^^  I'd never heard of this fellow till now.  I looked him up and, man, has he put some miles on that old Martin!  I always love to see someone who has played the same guitar all along.