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Hayward Williams
American singer-songwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hayward Williams is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally from Waukesha, Wisconsin, he now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is an active recording artist and producer.
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John Hayward Williams began playing and composing music at the age of 13 on his mother's 1964 Gibson LG guitar.[1] In 2001, Williams quit his studies at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire to join the award-winning Milwaukee-based band Exit, named Wisconsin Band of the Year in 2004 by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry.[2][3] Lending bass guitar and vocals to the band's hook-driven pop catalogue, Williams traveled the Midwest circuit and around the country with Exit.
In 2002 Williams independently released Manoverboard, a solo project recorded under a pseudonym, which allowed him the opportunity to play solo engagements throughout the region and served as the foundation for Uphill /Downhill, his 2005 debut under the name Hayward Williams.[4][5] He soon began touring nationally and internationally, including the 2007 Take Root Festival in Groningen, Netherlands in support of his album Another Sailor's Dream (Machine Records).[6] His 2012 album Haymaker was the result of a successful Kickstarter project and was released on Continental Record Services.[7][8]
Williams' influences range from 60s singer-songwriters, Bruce Springsteen, and Van Morrison, to Stax-style horns and American soul and folk.[9][10][11]
As a collaborative artist, Williams has often performed nationally and internationally with singer-songwriters Kris Delmhorst, Peter Mulvey, and Jeffrey Foucault.[12][13] In 2019 with musician John Hardin, Williams formed the duo Coyote Brother and released the eponymous album.[14] Williams also produced and performed on Hardin's 2016 album The Piasa Bird.[15]
Williams' album Every Color Blue was produced during the 2020 lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and features contributions from artists such as J. Hardin and John Statz that were recorded remotely.[16][17][18] Performances from the album by Williams were featured on Milwaukee Public Radio in August 2020.[19]
Williams lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and three children.[20][21]
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Discography
Solo albums
- 2005 – Uphill/Downhill
- 2007 – Another Sailor's Dream (Machine Records)
- 2009 – Cotton Bell (Machine Records)
- 2012 – Haymaker (Continental Record Services)
- 2014 – The Reef
- 2017 – Pretenders
- 2020 – Every Color Blue
EPs
- 2005 –Trench Foot
Coyote Brother
with J. Hardin
- 2019 – Coyote Brother (2019)
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