Paul Williams: Difference between revisions
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A.H. - When I first got my own band together, the singer - '''Paul''' '''Williams''' - lived in Tustin California, with his wife. They invited me to stay with them. I was married at the time but I went out there on my own. I started working with some musicians like Chad Wakerman and Jeff Berlin. We started doing gigs and people started showing up... which was amazing. We went from playing in a pub to 6 people, to a 250 seat club that was packed. It wasn’t a tough decision at all. I had been to America before when I came to New York in 1976 to work with Tony '''Williams'''. I started my solo career in England but it was a struggle. It started gaining momentum in the States, so I made the jump. I decided to stay because it was all about the music. Then my family moved out here. | A.H. - When I first got my own band together, the singer - '''Paul''' '''Williams''' - lived in Tustin California, with his wife. They invited me to stay with them. I was married at the time but I went out there on my own. I started working with some musicians like Chad Wakerman and Jeff Berlin. We started doing gigs and people started showing up... which was amazing. We went from playing in a pub to 6 people, to a 250 seat club that was packed. It wasn’t a tough decision at all. I had been to America before when I came to New York in 1976 to work with Tony '''Williams'''. I started my solo career in England but it was a struggle. It started gaining momentum in the States, so I made the jump. I decided to stay because it was all about the music. Then my family moved out here. | ||
==[[DownBeat’s Final Interview with Allan Holdsworth (Downbeat 2017)]]== | ==[[In Memoriam: DownBeat’s Final Interview with Allan Holdsworth (Downbeat 2017)]]== | ||
Although a lot of your music is instrumental, you’ve had some great vocalists on your albums, like '''Paul''' '''Williams''', Rowanne Mark and even Jack Bruce. What prompts you to add vocals on certain albums or tunes? | Although a lot of your music is instrumental, you’ve had some great vocalists on your albums, like '''Paul''' '''Williams''', Rowanne Mark and even Jack Bruce. What prompts you to add vocals on certain albums or tunes? | ||
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Just like with instrumentalists, if you like what they play, you don’t want to tell them not to play that, but play this. The correct thing to do is to say, “I want you to be you!” | Just like with instrumentalists, if you like what they play, you don’t want to tell them not to play that, but play this. The correct thing to do is to say, “I want you to be you!” | ||
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