{"id":379,"date":"2010-06-12T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T03:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byronleonard.com\/blog\/?p=379"},"modified":"2010-08-31T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T21:48:07","slug":"rev-k-m-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/byronleonard.com\/blog\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Rev. K.M. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Blues Festival is one of a number of free<\/em> lakefront summer music events. The more well-known acts perform at the main stage, Petrillo Bandshell, while other groups perform at stages of various sizes. Because there are so many options, it’s a great way to discover musicians you’ve never heard of just by wandering from one stage to another.<\/p>\n

I got to the Festival site early for a group that had been recommended, so I walked around. I saw a crowd at the small Roadhouse Stage. Rev. K.M. Williams, “The Texas Country Blues Preacher,” and the Amazing Trainreck (also known as Washboard Jackson) were playing. Williams played a First Act electric guitar that he said came from Wal-Mart. Trainreck played a washboard and a drum kit bare handed (he had thimbles or some kind of covering on his fingertips).<\/p>\n

\"Rev.<\/a>

Rev. K.M. Williams at the Chicago Blues Festival, Saturday, June 12, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

I just heard the end of their performance, perhaps three or four songs, but I enjoyed it a lot and the crowd was very enthusiastic. Williams played one-chord riffs while Trainreck tore up the drums. It was \u201cprimitive\u201d but effective. Williams played one number on a cigar box guitar that looked like it had only two strings. He used a slide and got a lot of music out of it. I\u2019d love to be able to do that. The performance was a highlight of the Festival for me.<\/p>\n

Born in Clarksville, Texas on October 19, 1956 as Kelvin Mark Williams<\/a>, he is an ordained minister, currently based in Dallas, Texas. He has recorded<\/a> some 20 CDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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