Tony Williamson is an American mandolin player from Chatham County, North Carolina, whose compositions integrate everything from traditional Piedmont string band tunes to classical music and jazz.
[1] Tony Williamson was born in the rural Piedmont region of North Carolina to a family of woodworkers and musicians.
Also included in this book and LP record album collection were contributions from Blood Sweat & Tears and the Boston Symphony.
Williamson has performed with many musicians, including Alison Krauss, Chris Thile, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Bobby Hicks, Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, and Robin and Linda Williams.
Williamson was rehabilitated by switching briefly to an electric mandolin and undergoing treatment by a traditional Chinese medicine healer.