John Williamson's music has touched the souls
of people all over the world!
 John’s debut album was picked up by Ray Pieters’s Radio Milo in
Belgium, a weekly radio show with a devoted listenership of over
200,000 people. After one month on the show, John’s album attained
the number two spot on the chart!
John’s song "A Long Time Ago" was chosen to appear on a compilation
album produced for Nashville’s Happy Hour Records. "Barely Live at
the Idle Hour" is the second volume of a three-cd set featuring
Nashville singer-songwriters who regularly perform at the Idle Hour,
one of Music Row’s oldest and most famous bars. From the album’s
cover notes: "...feel the camaraderie and love of a dying breed...Talkin’
‘bout them that literally LIVE & BREATHE for the song."
 John has been a regular performer for over five years at Merlefest’s
Songwriter’s Coffeehouse, a Friday night feature at one of the
largest bluegrass and Americana festivals in the United States.
Attendance of Merlefest in 2002 topped 81,000 people!
John was the Spotlight Songwriter for the month of November, 2002
on www.tunesmith.net, a website "proudly presenting some of
Nashville’s best undiscovered songwriting." John’s work was chosen from that
of over 1,600 songwriters.
John has opened the stage for such world-renowned artists as Jim
Lauderdale, Guy Clark, Tom Rush, Fred Eaglesmith, and Jorma Kaukonen.
 John’s music is played on internet radio alongside that of country
music legends! His song "Someone Who Can" was featured on internet
radio giant Tiacradio.com’s December, 2002 broadcast. Other artists
on the show included Buck Owens, Hank Williams Sr., Ronnie Milsap,
Alabama, Boxcar Willie, and Loretta Lynn.
"Blood, Sweat and Tears," from John’s first album, won an
honorable mention in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest for 2003.
The contest drew nearly 10,000 entrants from around the globe.
Sydney, Australia’s finest record store, Yesterday and Today Records
has released a list of its top ten albums for 2003: John
Williamson’s debut album holds a respectable number six position,
nestled comfortably between Patty Loveless’s "Mountain Soul," and
Merle Haggard’s "Haggard Like Never Before."
John has captivated listeners in clubs, bars, coffeehouses, living
rooms, parking lots, and on street corners
all over the United
States and in foreign countries like
Wyoming, Texas, and South
Georgia.
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