Davey Williams (musician)

Davey J. Williams (1952, York, Alabama – April 5, 2019) was an American free improvisation and avant-garde music guitarist.

He played in rock bands in high school, and studied with blues musician Johnny Shines from the late 1960s until 1971.

In the early 1970s Williams played in the University of Alabama B Jazz Ensemble and the Salt & Pepper Soul Band.

He also started working with LaDonna Smith around this time, and founded a musical ensemble and recording project called Transmuseq.

In the 1980s he also worked with Col. Bruce Hampton and OK, Nurse, and in the early 1990s played in a punk rock band called Fuzzy Sons.