Alex Williams w/ Joe Stamm at Woodlands Tavern

A small-town Midwestern kid whos now amassed more than 5 Million global streams, and toured throughout North America and beyond, those words reveal a man whos lived and learned, finding a way to put his truth in song. And how he ended up here is a story of its own. Raised in Pendleton, Indiana, Williams grew up assuming hed follow his father into criminal justice but was laying down the law onstage by high school. It was actually his dad who encouraged his early songwriting, Williams says, and fusing hard hitting heavy metal with guitar-driven rock with a deep-beyond-his-years baritone, he was soon gigging between Indiana and Texas, where a cousin had a bar. Soon the old soul was enrolled in Nashvilles prestigious Belmont University, but he quickly left for an education on the road connecting with Outlaw heroes like Waylon and Willie, Billy Joe Shaver and more along the way. Clearly gifted, the youngsters cavernous vocal and gritty, go-your-own-way charisma drew attention, and soon Williams was offered a large-label deal too exciting to refuse.