| Biography | Nama : Keller Williams
Birth Date : 02/04/-
Birth Place : Fredricksburg, Virginia, USA
Sex : M
Nationality : American
Occupation : Musician
Spouse : Emily (since early 1998)
Fredricksburg, Virginia resident Keller Williams (Unnoficially and affectionately known as K-Dub and the Jam-Man) is a majorly self-taught, percussive, and a rather rhythymic musician, playing mainly on acoustic guitars while looping other instruments with a Gibson Echoplex Delay system. Many die-hard fans of Keller Williams tend to prefer his pre-looping albums. He is, mainly, a one man band and a singer-songwriter, known for unconventional introspective folk songs and his innovative and original methods of performing concerts in the jam scene. His main guitars used are modified 12 string Guild JF30-12s. Keller takes one string off of the high and low E pair for better and sharper harmonics during playing.
Williams' lyrics are often humorous and often somewhat nonsensical with his often lighthearded and liberal views on everyday life and everyday activities to marijuana legalization. He often plays with the String Cheese Incident, as a jam band called the Keller Williams (or K-Dub) Incident. He has recorded under the String Cheese Incident's label, SCI Fidelity. By his association with the String Cheese Incident and other jam-bands such as Yonder Mountain String Band and going to such festivals as Haymaker and Bonnaroo, he has gained fanbase strength, although a lot of his die-hard fanbase currently seems to remain around his home in the Virginia and North Carolina area. In 2004, Keller toured on the Acoustic Planet Tour with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and Yonder Mountain String Band. This year, 2005, his plans are touring on the Big Summer Classic tour with the String Cheese Incident, Micheal Franti and Spearhead, Umphrey's McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band, and New Monsoon. Williams often recounts his following of jam band forefathers the Grateful Dead in songs such as Gate Crashers Suck. Keller Currently hosts the radio show Keller's Cellar (see his official website for more details).
His first album, Freek, was released in 1994. Some of his best known songs include Freeker By The Speaker, Passapatanzy, It's A Plant (420/24/7/365), Dear Emily, Take Me To the Tundra, Kidney In A Cooler, Dogs, One Hit Wonder, Moving Sidewalk, Brunette, Kiwi and the Apricot, Bob Rules, Stinky Green, Vabeeotchay, and A Day That Never Was. He often loops and combines Newgrass/Bluegrass, Folk, Alternative, Reggae, Electronica/Dance, djembe (and other assorted percussion instruments to his avail), drums, Jazz, funk, mouth percussion, mouthflugel, Bass and other assorted instruments and genres to create his own creative and innovative style of, majorly, folk music. In the 21st Century, Keller Williams surely knows how to keep his music original and innovative. On a more personal and humorous note, Keller's hobbies and interests range anywhere from bowling to humping, but he does not love to trip on shrooms. In 2001, Keller lost his long hair to his battle with cigarettes while he was lighting up a smoke while mowing his lawn. Keller's favorite guitar effect is the Stereo Envelope Filter or Autowah, aka the "Jerry Sound", as it was a frequently used effect by Grateful Dead frontman and lead guitarist Jerry Garcia. (ref: Keller Williams' official website). Lately, he has been working with bassist Tye North, formerly of the bluegrass jam band Leftover Salmon, and drummer-percussionist Dave Watts on his albums. As far as hislive recordings go, Keller is a firm believer of bootleg and tape trading, as many Jam Bands are, after the Grateful Dead and Phish's successful fanbase, but he does not allow video at his concerts. Rumor has it, Keller is releasing a video of live performances and baskstage footage shortly (Was said on Jambase and has been getting word of mouth).
He does many covers by musicians, including Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Guns 'N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Ani DiFranco, Phish, Neil Young, John Prine, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead and Michael Hedges. His main musical inspirations include Jerry Garcia, Victor Wooten, Michael Hedges, Martin Sexton, and Leo Kottke.
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