Album Notes

KARL WILLIAMS 1985…an intimate club…a live album. “…Williams sings his song in a warm, sexy, wry tone, in a voice that has felt the influence of everyone from Hank Snow to John Sebastian," writes critic Ken Tucker, now of Entertainment Weekly and radio’s Fresh Air. “First-rate compositions...” And musicians second Tucker’s evaluation many times over the years, covering Karl Williams’ songs on major and independent labels. Fast-forward to late 1999 and Williams’ CD-single "To the New Century," a hard-edged anthem featuring toasts in 17 languages, is picked up by radio stations around the world, and the story of the song’s travels appears in Bruce Pollock’s “Working Musicians” (HarperCollins, 2002). In 2004 and 2005 Williams’ songs for kids are aired on NBC’s TODAY Show. But Karl Williams’ ability as a songwriter hasn’t kept him on any straight-and-narrow. Having spent most of the 70s working with kids with cognitive disabilities (the old phrase is “mental retarda