[3][4] He played with Jimmy Martin at the height of the Sunny Mountain Boys career, recording steadily through 1962 and at times competing for popularity with Elvis Presley.
Engineer, My Walkin' Shoes Don’t Fit Me Anymore, Steppin' Stones, Hold Watcha Got, Don't Cry To Me, Prayer Bells Of Heaven, I Like To Hear Them Preach It and My Brown Eyed Darling.
He married Jimmy Martin's half sister who told him that "he couldn't play bluegrass music and live for the Lord."
He went on to play gospel music with the Northside Quartet and later on achieved some success and a Grammy nomination with the Victory Trio, based out of his hometown, Morristown, Tennessee.
Shortly after retiring from touring with the victory trio Williams teamed up again with Bluegrass legends JD Crowe and Doyle Lawson and recorded a series of albums full of original Jimmy Martin Songs, some of which Williams helped write.