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About Robert Williams

Robert Williams’ music is the crossroads of grace and truth. He knows where the wild things are and where the quiet heart hides. A singer/songwriter since he was 19, Robert, whose influences include Woody Guthrie and Levon Helm, echoes with a wise man’s rhythms and a poet’s glee. Born in Oklahoma, where John Steinbeck immortalized the everyman’s battle against his fate, Robert is a wanderer, picking up songs along a road that stretches through the roadhouses of Kansas City and Austin to the tempting haunts of Berlin.

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“His roots in Berlin (1969) go almost as deep as those in Oklahoma (his childhood), with direct artistic results: In Robert Williams’ songs, his powerful American blues/country/folk heritage is expertly fused with European delicacies. We would like to see artists from “God’s own country” do this more often.” Folker Magazine

“I can hear Tom Waits a little in the way Williams writes about colorful characters and cares about the melody. I can hear Lowell George a little the way he rings soulful notes out of his guitar, but mostly I just hear Robert Williams, who is not only a brilliant lyricist, but a fine guitarist writing songs that go far beyond the usual three chord fare. ”  For the Sake of the Song – KRXO Radio, Oklahoma City