What is Davey Williams (musician)?
[[File:Davey Williams.jpg|thumb|Davey Williams]] '''Davey J. Williams''' (1952 – April 5, 2019) was an American [[free improvisation]]-[[avant-garde music]] guitarist and critic. He was born in [[York, Alabama]]. He was known for his works with [[Curlew (band)|Curlew]] and [[LaDonna Smith]]. Williams co-founded ''The Improviser'', a journal of experimental music, in 1981. He also worked as a music critic for the ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and published freelance criticism. Williams died of [[cancer]] on April 5, 2019 in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbucketpress.com/present-tense-podcast/2019/4/7/heart-of-the-matter-a-conversation-with-davey-williams|title=Heart of the Matter With Davey Williams|website=Green Bucket Press|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115013215/http://www.greenbucketpress.com/present-tense-podcast/2019/4/7/heart-of-the-matter-a-conversation-with-davey-williams|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p221684/biography|pure_url=yes}} Davey Williams] at [[Allmusic]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Davey}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Alabama]] [[Category:American guitarists]] [[Category:American music critics]] [[Category:Writers from Birmingham, Alabama]] [[Category:Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama]] {{US-bio-stub}}