KEYS: A Collection of Grateful Dead Covers to Benefit the Rex Foundation is available for digital download at iTunes beginning, February 12, 2013. 100% of the proceeds of KEYS will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit organization started by the Grateful Dead to give grants to a variety of worthwhile causes.
"Its no secret I have an unhealthy fascination with the Grateful Dead. Whenever I sit down at the piano its seems the only thing that comes out are Jerry ballads. Even though these songs are not all Jerry ballads, I have sort of made them that way. The lyrics, although I've been singing them most of my adult life, are not 100% perfect....like any other music I play, I've taken liberties. All of the proceeds from the sale of these songs goes to support the Rex Foundation, which was started by the Grateful Dead, in the 80's....so you can feel good about that! " Gratefully yours, Keller
01. He's Gone
02. Can't Come Down
03. Terrapin Station
04. Attics Of My Life
05. Althea
06. Brokedown Palace
07. Wharf Rat
08. Bird Song
09. Row Jimmy
10. Touch of Grey
The Travelin’ McCourys are the latest incarnation of the most awarded band in the history of bluegrass – The Del McCoury Band. Keller Williams is known as one of the most innovative solo singer/songwriters of this generation. What happens when the two join forces? The live stage may never be the same. Brought together by equal parts mutual admiration and the desire to change the musical landscape while staying true to their roots, The Travelin’ McCourys and Keller Williams are a perfect - albeit unexpected - fit. The two have a lot in common after all: their high energy, ever-evolving live shows, their individual playing prowess and their strong and unique song writing skills. Fans are most used to seeing Keller sans a band - just him and a guitar with or without his signature live looping technique. For Keller Williams with The Travelin' McCourys, fans will see Keller playing his music with one of the best live bands on the touring circuit. McCoury fans, used to seeing the boys tour with Del in the lead, will now get to see them playing their songs with Keller on guitar. It’s a perfect marriage of instrumental virtuosos, memorable songwriting, infectious musical camaraderie, and undeniable energy. And with both acts known to bring epic and spontaneous live collaborations to theaters and festivals across America – Keller Williams with The Travelin' McCourys will take this collaborative spirit one step further, promising to bring something fresh and unexpected to the live stage.
02. American Car
03. Messed Up Just Right
04. Mullet Cut
05. The Graveyard Shift
06. I Am Elvis
07. What A Waste of Good Corn Liquor
08. Broken Convertible
09. I'm Amazed
10. Price Tag
12. Bumper Sticker
*With special guest vocals by Del McCoury
On December 13, 2011, Keller Williams delivers Bass, his 17th album. Starting with 1994’s Freek, Keller has done solo albums, live albums, one with The String Cheese Incident, another with Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck and a bunch of other personal heroes, a bluegrass covers album with Keller & The Keels, a children’s album, a remix album, and more. Here Keller shows off, you guessed it, his bass skills with his first record that finds the multi-instrumentalist only on bass guitar.
Bass is also the first album to be recorded with Keller’s live reggae-funk band Kdubalicious. Formed in late 2010, in addition to Keller on bass and vocals, the group features Jay Starling on keyboards and Mark D on drums. Though Keller’s music, both what he listens to and what he puts out, may always be changing and evolving, there’s always one constant: his unique, playful songwriting. Bass is no different in that regard. This may be reggae music, with heavy doses of dub, funk, jazz and even bits of pop and psychedelia, but at the core, it’s a Keller Williams record, his warm voice and equally inviting attitude driving the positive vibrations.
1. The Sun & Moons Vagenda
2. 2 b u
3. Hey Ho Jorge
5. Hollywood Freeks
6. Thinking Out Loud
7. High
8. Buena
9. Super Hot
10. Hobo Jungle
11. Positive
A true original, Keller Williams has won the hearts and imagination of a seething tide of young adults who are musically "in the know." With his sixteenth album, Kids, Keller stakes out his next conquest- the absolute adoration of the under-10 crowd and their parents, caregivers, and relatives. With Kids, Keller creates a style of family music that's all his own, and reaches his young audience in a way that matters. While other performers play for kids, Keller plays with them. For the album, Keller takes influences of traditional bluegrass, "Chester & Lester" innovative guitar technique, Robin Williams, and Bobby McFerrin and transports them to warp level. An though Keller's virtuosity extends through his phenomenal instrumental technique and range of vocal styles and effects, he never allows his supreme musicianship to get in the way of the pure joy of the music. Keller Williams' high standards are preserved in his first CD for children and families, Kids.
1. My Neighbor Is Happy Again
3. Because I said So
4. Hulahoop To Da Loop
5. Horse Back Rider
6. Taking a Bath
7. Good Advice
8. Keep It On The Paper
9. Hey Little Baby
10. Mama Tooted
11. Soakie Von Soakerman
12. Lucy Lawcy
13. Grandma's Feather Bed
14. The Fastest Song In The World
Many musicians have side projects to keep them amused and Keller Williams is no exception. With buddies Larry and Jenny Keel, Williams turns up bluegrass-inspired arrangements of songs that don’t exactly make you think “bluegrass.” Sure, Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood’s “Uncle Disney” isn’t too much of a stretch and the Grateful Dead’s “Mountains of the Moon” makes perfect sense, but Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”? Cracker’s “Teen Angst”? The Butthole Surfer’s “Pepper”? It’s great fun, actually. The playing is first-rate. The harmonies are as serious and sincere as any old tune from Appalachia, and who’s to say that this won’t lead to fans of alternative or pop music discovering the charms of traditional music or vice versa. If anything this playful trio have started a conversation where one rarely exists. Nothing is played for cheap laughs and that makes all the difference. If this excites you, be sure to check out their other release, Grass, where they take on Pink Floyd, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Beck.
1. Don’t Cuss the Fiddle (Kris Kristofferson)
2. Uncle Disney (Patterson Hood)
3. Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
4. Get It While You Can (Danny Barnes)
5. Cold Roses (Ryan Adams)
6. Mountains of the Moon (Grateful Dead)
8. Wind’s On Fire (Yonder Mountain String Band)
9. Switch and Spur (The Raconteurs)
10. Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground)
11. Pepper (Butthole Surfers)
12. Bath of Fire (Presidents of the United States of America)
13. The Year 2003 Minus 25 (Kris Kristofferson)
Long considered one of the most unique and prolific performers in all of rock, the Fredericksburg, Virginia native is known for flying by the seat of his pants on stage, utilizing an unorthodox approach that centers around an Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit, which allows Keller to alternate between several instruments on stage. For Keller Williams’ latest studio release, ODD (August 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records), Keller covers an impressive amount of stylistic ground - everything from the ‘off-the-wall’ (“Day at the Office”) to piano-based lounge music (“Warning”), and even a tribute to legendary afrobeat musician Fela Kuti (“Song for Fela”). And somehow, the singer/multi-instrumentalist ties it all together into a unified sound/approach - that is unmistakably Keller.
2. A Day at the Office
3. Spartan Darn It
4. Groove Of The Storm
5. Elephorse
6. Lost
7. Warning
8. Tundra
9. Ultimate
10. Doobie In My Pocke
11. Ear Infection
12. Song for Fela
Keller Williams has built a career on his uncanny ability to captivate a packed house, all by himself. So why now, after fifteen-years as a solo artist, is he releasing a live album, simply titled, Live, with three other names on the cover? It turns out that since he first picked up a guitar, this troubadour has wanted to front a band. On Live (September 2008 / SCI Fidelity Records), Keller taps into the world-class talent of Keith Moseley (bass, The String Cheese Incident), Gibb Droll (guitar, Marc Broussard, Brandi Carlile), and Jeff Sipe (drums, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Leftover Salmon). The musical horsepower of four friends playing together on stage proves stronger than even Keller had dreamed. Recorded at select live shows during a winter 2007-2008 tour, and featuring seventeen tracks that span Keller‚ career, Live is a testament to how a band, with the right chemistry and chops, can take a song to places even the writer couldn't have imagined.
1. Same Ole'
2. Skitso
3. Casa Quetzal
5. Breathe
6. Thin Mint
7. Look At Where We Are
8. Reinhardt Rag
9. Newness
10. You Are What You Eat
11. Killer Waves
12. Lonesome Angel
13. Still Wishing To Course
14. Temple Balls
15. The Juggler
16. Play This
17. Gallivanting > The Other One > Gallivanting
18. Bob Rules > A Natural Woman > Bob Rules
19. Freshies
20. Turn In Difference
21. No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature
22. Mullet Cut
23. Don't Let Go
24. Little Wing
25. Moving Sidewalk
Before Keller Williams hits the road this summer, he'll release a live, February 8, 2006 Grateful Grass performance. The digital only release, titled REX (Live at the Fillmore), is available now at iTunes and other digital retailers. Grateful Grass - which featured Williams, Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident), and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) - performed not-so-traditional bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead favorites one winter night in Denver. 100% of the proceeds from REX (Live at the Fillmore) will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit started by the Grateful Dead which gives grants to worthwhile causes.
1. One More Saturday Night
2. Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo
3. Eyes Of The World
4. Candyman
5. Loose Lucy
6. Black Peter
7. St. Stephen
8. Casey Jones
9. Brown Eyed Women
10. Bird Song
11. Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
Keller Williams has been called guitar's mad-scientist, a one-man band for the new millennium, and dozens of other clever sobriquets dreamed up by fans and music journalists trying to get a handle on his uplifting and ever-shifting style of music. Though Keller's music has evolved since he first started playing music over twenty years ago, some things have remained constant: Keller is a prolific artist, an exceptional guitarist, and an accomplished songwriter. Now, Keller's twelfth album release looks back at a ground-breaking and already remarkable career. Aptly titled 12, the album features one standout song from each of his previous eleven releases. Keller himself dubs this his album of greatest hits. Added to the mix is one new, previously un-recorded song. While the Keller Williams adventure has only just begun, 12 is a fantastic celebration of a musical milestone.
1. Turn In Difference
2. Anyhow Anyway
3. Tribe
4. Breathe
5. More Than A Little
6. Freeker by the Speaker
7. Butt Sweat
8. Apparition
9. Keep It Simple
10. Local
11. People Watchin'
12. Freshies
When singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams scratched out a long and ambitious wish list of artists he'd like to collaborate with in the studio, he told himself "It can't hurt to dream." Today, with the release of his ninth studio album, Keller's dream comes true. For the release the usually one-man-band is backed by a dream team of musicians including Bella Fleck, Bobby Read, Bob Weir, Charlie Hunter, Derrek Phillips, Fareed Haque, Fleming McWilliams, Jeff Sipe, John Molo, John Scofield, Martin Sexton, Michael Franti, Modereko, Samir Chatterjee, Sanjay Mishra, Steve Kimock, The String Cheese Incident, and Victor Wooten. Dream features 16 tracks of unblemished material: a cataract of electrifying musical alliances, and endless entertainment thanks to Keller's rapturous innovations and his earthy, barefoot-in-the-park presentation.
1. Play This
2. Celebrate Your Youth
3. Cadillac
4. Ninja of Love
5. Kiwi and the Apricot
6. People Watchin'
7. Cookies
8. Rainy Day
9. Sing for my Dinner
10. Restraint
11. Life
12. Twinkle
13. Got No Feathers
14. Slo Mo Balloon
15. Lil' Sexy Blues
16. Bendix/Dance Hippie
Keller Williams' self released album GRASS is a delightfully bizarre collection of anything-but-traditional bluegrass songs. Like most recordings from Keller, GRASS is self indulgent and possibly offensive to those who lack a sense of humor, but Keller had a damn good time recording it. For the project Keller teamed up with old buddy and award-winning flat picker Larry Keel on guitar, and Larry's beautiful rock-solid in-the-pocket acoustic bass playing wife, Jenny Keel. The result is an organic and airy acoustic record featuring 10 songs, originals and unexpected cover tunes, that yield to a pure love of music. GRASS makes it better. CDs are also available at Keller shows and Larry Keel shows.
2. Another Brick in the Wall
3. Mary Jane's Last Breakdown
4. Stunt Double
5. New Horizons
6. Loser
7. Crater in the Backyard
8. Dupree's Diamond Blues
9. Local
10. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Keller Williams is a one man band for the digital age. Now Keller releases his first-ever DVD - finally, a visual souvenir of Keller's awe-inspiring live shows! Recorded at Mr. Small's state-of-the-art theatre facility in Pittsburgh, PA in November 2004, SIGHT features over 100 minutes of concert footage, plus plenty of hilarious b-roll footage recorded over his many years on the road.
1. Roshambo
2. People Watching
3. Juggler
4. Fuel for the Road
5. Freeker by the Speaker
6. Mental Brunette Instra
7. Ninja
8. Dear Emily
9. Above the Thunder
10. You Are What You Eat
11. Ship of Fools
12. Heart & Stormy Soul Weather
13. Dogs
14. Not Tomorrow
15. Swing
16. Garage Night
18. Smurd
1. Tubeular
2. Rapper's Delight
3. Skitso
4. Under Pressure
6. Keep It Simple
7. Dance Of The Freek
8. Blazeabago
9. Let's Go Dancing
10. Blazeabago
11. Moondance
12. Stargate
13. Hum Diddly Eye
14. One Way Johnny
15. Novelty Song
16. Shapes Of M
17. Don't Stop
18. Dudelywah
19. Bird Song
20. For What It's Worth
21. Prelude to a Cracker
22. Cracker Ass Cracker
23. Zilla a Trois
24. Gate Crashers Suck
25. Balcony Baby
26. Celebrate Your Youth
27. My Sisters and Brothers > Boob Job
Keller says, "DANCE is a pseudo house remix of my most recent release LAUGH. An infinite amount of fun was had by my taking of the existing tracks from Laugh and creating new, techno sounding, dance songs by using state of the art computer technology. It is basically me trying to find my inner DJ."
2. Bazooka Speaker Funk
3. Chunter
4. Yeah
5. Room To Grow
6. Mental Floss
7. Better Than Reality
8. Barker
9. Flabbergasting
10. Chickahominy Fred
11. Worth All The Dough
12. Butt Sweat
Keller Williams' mesmerizing guitar work, infectious melodies, and vibrant energy have garnered him the reputation as one of today's most inspiring musical pioneers. Dubbed a "one-man band for the new century," Keller is the only musician on his stage. With his newest release, this mad scientist of music finds himself back HOME. No need to wipe your feet. Just come on in.
2. Apparition
3. Tubeular
4. Victory Song
5. Butt Ass Nipple
6. Dogs
7. Skitso
8. Moving Sidewalk
9. Sheebs
10. Above the Thunder
11. Art
12. Casa Quetzal
13. Bitch Monkey
14. You Are What You Eat
15. Zilla
16. Sorry From the Shower
Keller Williams has always had the unexplainable need to make listeners grin, smile, and Laugh. With his sixth CD release, Keller perfectly exhibits his playful spirit without diminishing his musical genius and technical expertise. Offering fifteen dynamic songs, Laugh is a truly inspired album by one of today's most gifted and understated musicians.
1. Freeker by the Speaker
2. One Hit Wonder
3. Hunting Charlie
4. Alligator Alley
5. Spring Buds
6. Mental Instra
7. Vabeeotchay
8. Bob Rules
9. Freakshow
10. Gallivanting
11. God is my Palm Pilot
12. Crooked
13. Old Lady from Carlsbad
14. Kidney in a Cooler
15. Freeker Reprise
Loop was taken from three seperate shows in the Pacific Northwest during March of 2000.
1. Thin Mint
2. Kiwi and the Apricot
3. More than a Little
4. Vacate
5. Blatent Ripoff
6. Kidney in a Cooler
7. Landlord
9. No Hablo Espanol
10. Rockumal
11. Stupid Questions
12. Inhale to the Chief
13. Nomini
Keller has joined forces with the String Cheese Incident on this album. Featuring the title track, "Breathe," and other favorites such as "Best Feeling," this album is an excellent collaboration with the rich String Cheese sound rounding out Keller's compositions. Also features special guest, Jamie Janover on the Hammer Dulcimer and Ty Burhoe on tablas.
1. Stupid Questions
2. Brunette
3. Breathe
4. Best Feeling
5. Bounty Hunter
6. Vacate
7. Roshambo
8. Revelation
9. Lightning
10. Blatent Ripoff
11. Not Of This Earth
12. Rockumal
13. Callalloo and Red Snapper
Recorded in a small studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Spun, offers the stripped down acoustic side of Keller. The recording quality on this one is crystal clear, showcasing Keller's voice and allowing the listener to easily hear the intricate guitar work.
1. Running on Fumes
2. Tribe
3. Blazeabago
4. Thirsty in the Rain
5. 221"
6. Stargate
7. Spun
8. In A Big Country
9. Portapotty
10. Theme from the Pink Panther
11. Sleeping Giant
12. Dear Emily
13. Fat B
This very diverse disk contains everything from solo guitar pieces to full-band productions. It covers many genres of music such as world beat, reggae, bluegrass and rock. Featuring guests such as Gibb Droll, Doug Derryberry, Andy Waldeck and Larry Keel.
1. Sunny Rain
2. Sally Sullivan
3. Relaxation Station
4. Fuel for the Road
5. Stinky Green
6. Yoni
7. Over Dub
8. Anyhow Anyway
9. Inhale to the Chief
10. Killer Waves
11. Best Feeling
12. Same Ol'
13. Molly Malloy
Keller's first CD, this album is composed mostly of solo arrangements of his early tunes, but a few tracks feature backing musicians. Freek is overall a very raw and young sounding Keller.
1. Get on Up/Sanford and Son
2. The Juggler
3. Turn In Difference
4. Friendly Pyramid
5. In the Middle
7. The Miss Annie Overture in A
8. Passapatanzy
9. Shapes of Change
10. The River
11. A Day That Never Was
















