Anthony Williams, ORTT, CM (24 June 1931 – 21 December 2021), also known as "Muffman", was an inventor, pioneer and musician of the steel pan.
[1] Williams was born on 24 June 1931, at the General Hospital in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and grew up in Nepal Street, St. James.
At the age of 12, he played with Harlem Nightingale Steelband, for the first street Carnival, which was held after World War II.
Williams was a pioneer of the steel pan, along with Winston "Spree" Simon, Ellie Mannette and Neville Jules.
Williams was part of the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra, TASPO, which visited England for the Festival of Britain in 1951.