Keller’s Cellar, Keller Wliliams’ radio show, is just another piece of the holographic musical jigsaw puzzle that Williams has been assembling since the early ’90s. Influenced by and, to a certain extent, modeled after the Grateful Dead, Williams’ output reflects the panorama of American music as he crafts his unique musical vision utilizing Bluegrass, Prog, Alternative Rock, Jam, Jazz, Folk, Blues and anything else that strikes his fancy.
Williams’ latest album, the appropriately titled Odd, is no exception, although it might stand as the most focused refinement on his ADD style shifts. Still, Odd is an oddity even within Williams’ expansive catalog, from its roll call of disparate genres to its Doom Metal cover art depicting him as a bulked up barbarian riding a dragon through the Apocalypse.
“I didn’t really expect anything, these were just the songs that were there for this record,” he says. “All of them, with the exception of ‘Environmental Song,’ were road-tested over the course of a couple of years. And the Dance track, ‘Spartan Darn It,’ is an old song I’ve been doing acoustic; the way it ended up on the record is completely different from how it originated.”
Williams play Bogart’s at 8 p.m. Read Brian Baker’s full interview and get show details here.
This article appears in Oct 7-13, 2009.