Robin Morris Jus' Dropping In... CD

His musical vision spans continents and genres-blues, jazz, slide, fingerstyle-where funky chords, walking bass lines, and fiery riffs abound. Citing the influence of players as diverse as John Fahey, Ry Cooder, John Renbourne, Eric Clapton, and Joseph Spence, Dirty Linen magazine calls Brooks Williams one of "America's musical treasures." "At the root of every riff is the blues, it informs everything I play, write, and arrange," says Williams. Never has this been more apparent than on Williams' latest recording, Blues And Ballads, which is a collection of country blues and traditional roots music that features Williams on acoustic, bottleneck slide and resonator guitars, mandolin, and vocals, and John Daniel, from the band Northern Lights, on acoustic bass. Among the songs featured on Blues And Ballads are classic blues standards from Big Bill Broonzy, Lightning Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, and Snooks Eaglin, a blues-jazz version of Ellington's Don't Get Around Much Any More, and a few folk classics like Shady Grove and Watch The Stars. Williams says: "This is a recording I've wanted to make for a very long time. With it I am paying homage to inspiringly great musicians and a handful of songs that have had a huge impact on me as a player and a performer."Brooks Williams is from Statesboro, Georgia-the ...