{"id":100327,"date":"2017-01-05T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=100327"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:07:30","slug":"acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-jack-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/acoustic-guitar-sessions-presents-jack-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Jack Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could just call<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackwilliamsmusic.com\/\"> Jack Williams<\/a> a singer\/songwriter, but then you might miss out of the fact that he&#8217;s an old-school troubadour with a gift not only for song (as an arranger and composer), but stellar fretwork and gorgeous guitar tone.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been associated over the years with the likes of Harry Nilsson and Mickey Newbury.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, he&#8217;s not well known.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being able to draw on resources compiled [58] years of experience as a performing musician, it should come as no surprise that Jack Williams is one of the most talented and accomplished performers on the folk circuit today,&#8221; the <em>All Music Guide<\/em> opined. &#8220;What does come as something of a surprise is just how little recognition Williams gets for his mature blend of introspective genre-dyfing music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with a battle-scarred 1974 Martin D-35, Williams stopped by the <em>AG<\/em> studio to share his gift of song with a solo-acoustic performance of\u00a0 &#8220;A Natural Man,&#8221; his tribute to Josh White,&#8221; as well as the cinematic original &#8220;Thirsty Town&#8221; and a cover of the Mississippi Sheiks classic &#8220;Sitting on Top of the World.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/guitar-talk-singer-songwriter-guitarist-jack-williams-advice-for-a-young-guitarist\/\">here<\/a> to watch a Guitar Talk with Jack Williams in which he offers sagely advice for beginning guitarists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equipped with a battle-scarred 1974 Martin D-35, Williams stopped by the AG studio to share his gift of song with a solo-acoustic performance of\u00a0 &#8220;A Natural Man,&#8221; 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