Jerry Williams (1948-2005), or Jerry Lynn Williams as he is also known, was an artist who never quite made it. Despite releasing several well-crafted and almost spiritual albums, he found virtually no commercial success. Today, he is best remembered as a songwriter who contributed material for some of the blues elite, including Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Bonnie Raitt. It was Clapton who brought him the most fame by recording nearly a dozen of his compositions, including three for his Behind The Sun <\/i>album and five for Pretending.<\/i><\/p>\n
Back in 1979, when his hopes were high, Williams recorded the album Gone <\/i>for the Warner Brothers label. Events transpired and due to animosity between him and the label, it was pulled from distribution. It eventually received a quick death and his commercial viability never recovered.<\/p>\n
Gone <\/i>has now resurfaced as one of the latest reissues by Real Gone Music. The sound has been remastered and is a huge upgrade over the old vinyl version. The liner notes by Bill Bentley give a complete history of Williams and the album.<\/p>\n
While many people have heard Jerry Williams\u2019 songs, it\u2019s probably safe to say that very few have actually heard his music by himself. His sound is different from that of many of the artists who have covered his compositions. The title track would have fit the funky sound of the Motown label. He has a soulful voice and the funky rhythm section, plus the blasts of a brass section, gives it a very different feel.<\/p>\n
Songs such as \u201cEasy On Yourself,\u201d \u201cCall To Arms,\u201d \u201cGivin\u2019 It For Your Love,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve Got Dreams To Remember\u201d continue his fusion of blues and soul. While the compositions themselves are all simple, he fills in the song with a number of layers and creates a full sound.<\/p>\n
Gone <\/i>is one of those forgotten gems that seem to resurface every so often. \u00a0Jerry Williams may be gone, but it\u2019s good to see that some of his music has survived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":32309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9598],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44062","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jerry-williams","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44062"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}