NEWS: Keller Williams Announces Early Winter Plans
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams recently announced his early winter tour plans, finding Keller in a variety of solo performances and creative collaborations.
First up, Keller performs as part of Phil Lesh & Friends for a very special run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on November 21 and 22. In December, find Keller on a short run of southwest shows in Tucson and Tempe, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico with progressive funk band The Motet. Keller will wrap up the year with Leftover Salmon for a special New Year’s run at The Vic in Chicago on December 30th and 31st, where Keller will perform with his six-piece funk outfit More Than A Little on the 30th and solo (with sit ins with Leftover Salmon) on the 31st.
Keller Williams recently released DOS, the second Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass album (and 3rd including his solo release KEYS) to benefit Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit organization started by the Grateful Dead. Culled from the live recording of “Nightfall of Diamonds”- A Benefit for the Rex Foundation at The Fillmore in San Francisco on December 7, 2013, DOS features Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass with Keller (guitar), Michael Kang (violin), Jeff Austin (mandolin), and Keith Moseley (bass) performing not-so-traditional bluegrass versions of beloved Grateful Dead songs. Among the ten tracks – “Jack Straw,” “High Time,” “Sampson and Delilah,” and “Althea.” DOS is available for digital purchase now at nugs.net with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit The Rex Foundation.
Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass has performed at a handful of festivals this summer including Lockn’ and Arise Music Festival, with Utopiafest, and DSO’s Jam In the Sand still to come. Featuring an ever-rotating cast of musicians, this summer/fall Grateful Grass lineup offers up such players as Billy Nershi, Jeff Austin, Keith Moseley, Allie Kral, Reed Mathis, Vince Herman, and Sam Grisman. Also on the books this fall are a slew of dates including Keller performing solo and with some of his many projects, includingKeller with The Travelin’ McCourys and Keller with More Than A Little. See below for Keller Williams’ complete fall tour schedule.
The complete list of currently confirmed Keller Williams tour dates is as follows:
September 18 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto ON with Canada Chameleon Project
September 19 The Tralf Buffalo NY
September 20 Sherman Theater Stroudsburg PA
September 25 - Saturday, September 27 Watermelon Park Fest Berryville VA Keller solo, Keller & The Keels, and Keller Williams with More Than A Little
October 2 Legends at Appalachian State University Boone NC
October 3 Chop Shop Charlotte NC
October 4 IMBA'S Wide Open Bluegrass Festival and official afterpary at Lincoln Theatre Raleigh NC Keller Williams w/ The Travelin' McCourys
October 10 The Festy Experience at Devil's Backbone Roseland VA Keller Williams with More Than A Little
October 16 Terminal West Atlanta GA Keller Williams with More Than A Little
October 17 Magnolia Music Festival Live Oak Fl Keller Williams with More Than A Little
October 18 Music Farm Columbia Columbia SC
October 30 The Highline New York NY The Infamous Stringdusters ft. Keller Williams
November 6 Port City Music Hall Portland ME
November 7 Paradise Rock Club Boston MA
November 8 Higher Ground South Burlington VT
November 13 The Bluebird Bloomington IN
November 14 Copper Dragon Carbondale IL
November 15 The Blue Note Columbia MO
November 21 The Capitol Theatre Port Chester NY Phil & Friends
November 22 The Capitol Theatre Port Chester NY Phil & Friends
December 4 Rialto Theater Tucson AZ w/ The Motet
December 5 Marquee Theatre Tempe AZ w/ The Motet
December 6 El Rey Albuquerque NM w/ The Motet
December 27 Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia PA Keller Williams with More Than A Little
December 30 The Vic Chicago IL Keller Williams with More Than A Little w/ Leftover Salmon
December 31 The Vic Chicago IL w/ Leftover Salmon
February 27 - Monday, March 2 DSO Jam in the Sand Negril Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass Featuring Vince Herman, Sam Grisman & Allie Kral plus Keller & His Compadres & Keller Williams Solo
Additional dates to be announced.
About Keller Williams: Since he first appeared on the scene in the early ’90s, Keller Williams has defined the term independent artist. And his 16 recordings tell only half the story. Keller built his reputation initially on his engaging live performances, no two of which are ever alike. Williams’ solo live shows—and his ability to improvise to his determinedly quirky tunes despite the absence of an actual band—quickly became the stuff of legend, and his audience grew exponentially when word spread about this exciting, unpredictable performer.
Today, whether performing as a one-man band (a stage show constructed around Keller singing his compositions and choice cover songs while accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar and creating samples on the fly in front of the audience, a technique called live phrase sampling or looping), with a backing band (of which he has many - Keller and The Keels, Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe, and most recently Keller Williams with The Travelin’ McCourys and with his new six–piece outfit More Than a Little, among others), or solo acoustic with simply he and his guitar, Keller always reveals himself as an artist of great stylistic breadth and infinite imagination.
He is a singer, songwriter and musician, always on a quest for the new. Keller Williams has never followed the prescribed path laid out by the conventional music business but rather one of his own making. It’s a path that has served him well.
