Born and raised in the small farming community of Vidalia, Georgia, John Williamson knows what real country music is all about. In one way or another, he's lived out the lyrics to every song he's ever written. Growing up in a farming family, John l [+]Born and raised in the small farming community of Vidalia, Georgia, John Williamson knows what real country music is all about. In one way or another, he's lived out the lyrics to every song he's ever written. Growing up in a farming family, John learned early about hard work, strong love, and the music that serves as a backdrop for everday life. By the time he started first grade John knew Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger Medley" by heart. Eight track tapes and vinyl records littered the floor of his bedroom and John spent hours in his own little world, headphones dwarfing his five-year-old ears. He sent in a penny with an ad he cut out of the newspaper, and soon thereafter his first Waylon Jennings album arrived in the mail. Subsequent albums (and accompanying invoices) cut his first record club membership short, but John was hooked on country music for good. From Ralph Emery's four-in-the-morning radio show to Saturday night's Grand Ole Opry, John immersed himself in the music he had come to love.
John Williamson wrote his first song when he was eighteen, working in the tobacco fields. He ran to his pickup truck to write down the lyrics that were pouring into his head, nearly losing his job in the process. From that point on, John wrote about what he knew best. He started to travel in his early twenties, adding a new dimension to what had already become a solid foundation of good country songs. After several years of hiring himself out as a carpenter and camping across the United States, playing his music for the rivers, prairies, and anyone else who would listen, John decided to try his hand at the business end of music. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2000, and began writing and recording in earnest, completing his first album in June of 2002.
John's self-titled debut album establishes him firmly as the type of writer Nashville needs, rooted strongly in tradition, but with a unique perspective from living life his own way. His first single, "The Man Who Let a Memory Take Him Down", is supporting evidence of this fact. The song relates the tale of a broken-hearted lover whose inability to forgive himself for past mistakes threatens to bring him to his knees. The lyrics paint a picture of a desperate soul, while John's soft
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