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Tim Williams' career began in the coffee houses of Southern California in the mid-1960s and continues today around the world from his home base on the Canadian Prairies. Tim has played festivals, folk clubs, concert halls and roadhouses from Rabat, Morocco, to Melbourne, Australia, and from Dawson City, Yukon Territory to Zihuatanejo, Mexico, all to huge acclaim. His guitar skills are frequently compared to Ry Cooder and David Lindley (and like them, Tim plays a wealth of other string instruments), and his songwriting has won praise from the likes of Tom Russel and Willie Nelson. A string of Maple Blues Award nominations (Toronto Blues Society), two JUNO award nominations (Canada's Grammy equivalent) , five Betty Mitchell Awards for composition/musical direction in theatre, and roughly a dozen awards from Real Blues magazine (as artist, guitarist, producer) attest to the high caliber of his work.









Tim has shared stages with a large roster of well known blues and roots music artists, and the following list is by no means complete: Taj Mahal, Big Jack Johnson, Rory Block, Roy Rogers, The Earl Scruggs Revue, John Fahey, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Dr. John, The Holmes Brothers, David Lindley, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mary Flower, Paul Geremia, John Hammond, Martin Simpson, Guy Davis, Eric Bibb, Odetta, B.B. King, Robert Lockwood Jr., Honeyboy Edwards, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy.

Tim's live solo shows (he also works with his band, the Electro-Fires) are a trip down the river of North American music...blues, ragtime, old-time country with dashes of Mexican and Hawaiian influence, performed on a variety of string instruments.

“Conversation halts, glasses still, and all eyes turn on Tim Williams as the room becomes a train stop on a tour of half-forgotten memories in the collective consciousness.”

Tim has taught at the Hornby Island Blues Camp/Festival, the Bulkley Valley Music Camp, and in clinics for music stores and societies across Canada.  His techniques are demonstrated on Blues, Rags and Slide Guitar from www.learnrootsmusic.com.

He has appeared at (this is a very selective list): 

  1. Bullet The Kerrville Folk Festival (Texas)

  2. Bullet The Montreal Jazz Festival

  3. Bullet The Winnipeg Folk Music Festival

  4. Bullet The Australian Blues Music Festival

  5. Bullet The Festival of the Plucked String (Rabat, Morocco)

  6. Bullet The Edmonton Folk Music Festival

  7. Bullet The Vancouver Island Music Festival

  8. Bullet The Calgary Folk Music Festival

  9. Bullet Long Day’s Night Festival (Swift Current, Saskatchewan)

  10. Bullet Northwest Folklife Festival (Seattle)

  11. Bullet Mid-Winter Blues Festival (Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

  12. Bullet Festival du Jour du Black et Blues (Montreal)

  13. Bullet Alberta Scene Festival (Ottawa) 

And has appeared in concert halls, clubs and workshops with (again, very selective): 

  1. Bullet B.B. King

  2. Bullet Lightnin’ Hopkins

  3. Bullet Mose Allison

  4. Bullet The Holmes Brothers

  5. Bullet Odetta

  6. Bullet Paul Geremia

  7. Bullet Rory Block

  8. Bullet Alvin Youngblood Hart

  9. Bullet Robert “Junior” Lockwood

  10. Bullet Honeyboy Edwards

  11. Bullet Earl Scruggs 

  12. Bullet Larry Coryell

  13. Bullet Lenny Breau

  14. Bullet Bonnie Raitt

  15. Bullet Dr. John

  16. Bullet Roy Rogers

  17. Bullet Mary Flower

Tim, with Mark Sterling
& Robert Jr. Lockwood in Memphis, 1999.

A back stage shot of Tim and the boys opening for ZZ Top, Dec. 2009

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