He also co-wrote the chart-topping song "When We Make Love", recorded by the American country music band Alabama in 1984.
He worked at The Record Plant with Paul McCartney and Kenney Jones and at Apple Studios in London with Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty.
He produced albums for his brother, as well as for Kim Carnes, John Stewart, and Dobie Gray for who he wrote the standard "Drift Away", among others.
Williams built a home overlooking Taos, New Mexico, which he shared with country music singer Lynn Anderson; the two were in a romantic relationship from the 1980s until her death in 2015.
[2] He held numerous songwriting seminars and lectures at the college level, in an attempt to help up-and-coming writers learn the craft of putting words and music together.