Funk

K-Dub

spin spin

more than a little

Keller

mellow

Kelllerrrrr

Bluegrass/funk/other good jams

Shower

"Let's Jam" is off of Keller's newest album, FUNK (self-released / November 12, 2013.

Pre-order FUNK now at: http://kellerwilliams.shop.musictoday.com/

Keller is once again putting on an online pre-sale contest. This year, a winner selected at random will receive an all-expense paid trip for 2 to see Keller in New Orleans during the second weekend of Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2014. In order to enter the "Tear The Roof Off The Funker" Sweepstakes you must purchase FUNK before 1/1/14. However, if you pre-order Funk before it's released on 11/12/13 you will receive TWO entries into the Sweepstakes.

More information at: http://droppingthefunk.net

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"Let's Jam" - Funk - Keller Williams with More Than A Little

"Samson's Wine" is a mashup of the traditional "Samson and Delilah" (by way of the Dead) and "Wine," by singer-songwriter Danny Barnes.

"Samson's Wine" is off of Keller's newest album, FUNK (releases 11.12.13)  Purchase Funk online at KellerWilliams.net or your favorite online retailer.

"Samson's Wine" - FUNK - Keller Williams with More Than A Little

Greensky Bluegrass 
2013-01-05 (SAT) 
Skipper's Smokehouse 
Tampa, FL, USA 

Jam -> Atlantic City - Greensky Bluegrass - 2013-01-05

09 Gift of the trees

"You Are What You Eat."  It appears on the "Home" record, the "Sight" DVD as well as the "Live" record that I recorded with Moseley, Droll and Sipe.  So why release it again?  Well... this version has an even more interesting super extended loopy dance section than the other 3 versions. The jam is so groovy that it is perfectly OK to fast-forward over the first two minutes or so.  I did.  Even with the fast-forwarding you get 11 minutes of music.    Please enjoy.  

To download this version for free and to check out other Keller picks, vi  sit the WIFLIF at KellerWilliams.net/WIFLIF

You Are What You Eat

This was recorded almost 17 years ago on 9/6/94 at Finns on Atlantic Blvd in Virginia Beach, VA. The song is called "Get On Up/Sanford and Son". It still appears in my live show today but with lots of loop jams throughout. This version was before all the looping crept its way into my show. It is also the first song on my first record "Freek". This version was recorded on cassette off of a powered mixer that I hauled around in a Mazda pick up with my trusty husky Sheeba. The guitar was an amazing Takamini 12 string with actually 12 strings on it. And tuned to pitch. Today my 12 strings have 9 strings and tuned 1 to 5 steps below pitch so this is different from how my guitars sound today. This guitar was either left on the street or stolen out the back of my truck right around the time of this show. I was young and dumb and worry free and quite forgetful. I was also doing like 6 shows a week (2 of those being in Virginia Beach). Finn’s on Tuesday and Kiefer’s on Wednesday. Man I miss that guitar. I didn't notice it missing until I loaded in the next night.  The replacement guitars never quite sounded as good to me so a lot of the old recordings from this time frame don't pass my rigid inspection for release.  But this does. In fact, I have plucked several songs off of this recording to share. Finn’s was owned by a college buddy of mine for about 8 months. A circle of friends would bartend and free drinks and shots would flow freely. Maybe that's why it closed 8 months after it opened. The song was made up a couple of years earlier and it’s about a weekly gig I had in Fredericksburg. The Windsor Tea Room (which is now J.Brians) would move the tables aside on Wednesday nights and let me play from 8-10pm to a bunch of underage hippy kids. Ahhh…good times. I was recently given a hard drive containing something like 800 shows of mine dating back almost 20 years. All I need is a computer…and some kind of plug to go between the two…and some software to decompress the files…and someone who knows how make both work…and about 150 hours to listen to the stuff. And then of course babysitters. So it might be a while before I dive into this hard drive. I wish I could plug some headphones into it and press play. Someday, I will discover what lies beneath the mysterious plastic shell of this hard drive. And when I do, I will share some with you. Until then, please enjoy.

Get On Up/Sanford and Sons - Live at Finn's - 9/6/94

This is a great version of Whirly Pig/Woodchuck performed by Keller & The Keels and featuring Sam Bush on mandolin.  Enjoy!

Whirly Pig/Culpeper Woodchuck - LIVE - Keller & The Keels

KWahtro instrumental jam from Port City Music Hall in Portland, ME 2/25/2016

Scarlet-China-Fire Instramental Jam

The Story:
This album has changed my life. I wrote these songs over the last several years and really lost myself in its creation. I went to all extents to create something that sounded perfect. Something that would allow me to die in peace upon its creation. In certain cicumstances, I felt as though a force were writing the songs through me or that the songs were already written and I was merely a conduit. I feel as though these tracks are more like the story of my souls journey through the cosmos than an expression of my life.

The Sound:
I've been playing dancefloors for years. I decided to make an album, though, which combined what I learned from bootyshakin beats with the understanding that the CD would also be played in cars, bedrooms, dorms, walkmans, and wherever destiny lead it. It's really a concept album that bridges electronic genres such as Trip-Hop, Breaks, and Drum and Bass with more song/lyric-based elements and ethnic mobility.

My friend, Rigzin, joined me on track 9, HymnalAYA, and sang some of the most beautiful Tibetan chant I've ever heard. This song still has the power to bring tears to my eyes if I'm not careful. Other than that, all of the vocals are mine.

The Artwork:
The artist Darrah Danielle has been my creatrix for two albums now and this is one of her finest works. I often tell people that one of the most important reasons to buy the album is to own the exquisite original collage work. We worked together intimately on this project and a simultaneous vision emerged. I cannot express the gratitude I have for Darrah's creation and its inspiration for the music born of its divine incarnation. 

Hymnal AYA (Featuring Rigzin)

Vibes

Keller Williams - Kidney In A Cooler

Pepper By The Butthole Surfers. (Written by Coffey, Haynes, Walthall. Publishing by Latino Buggerveil Music). 

Lake Tahoe, NV Bluegrass And Beyond -  Sand Harbor Incline Village

This venue is one of a kind. Built into the side of a sand dune type of hill with the lake as the back drop. The beach is about 12 paces from the back stage. The water was cold, clear, and refreshing. The vibe was positive and I was happy to be alive. 

Please Enjoy. 

Pepper - Keller & The Keels - Lake Tahoe, NV - Aug 2011

"Bass", available at www.KellerWilliams.net or your favorite digital music source on December 13, 2011.

Want to ride and dance Steamboat with Keller?  Purchase "Bass" at KellerWilliams.net by January 31, 2012 and be entered to win an all expenses paid trip for 2 to see Keller in Steamboat Springs, CO on April 7, 2012.  Includes slopeside lodging, lift tickets and a morning of skiing or snowboarding with Keller.  Visit KellerWilliams.net for details.

Positive - Keller Williams - KDubalicious - from the album "Bass"

Ifnyauntu is Keller Williams, Larry Keel, Jenny Keel, Jay Starling and Mark D.  This is from New Years Eve 2011 at the Brooklyn Arts Center in Wilmington, NC.  Enjoy.

Pumped Up Kicks - Ifnyauntu - 12/31/11 - Wilmington, NC

Here is a Keller & The Keels favorite, "Mary Janes Last Breakdown", a mash up of two Tom Petty favorites as only Keller can do.  Keller is on manditar, Larry is on guitar and Jenny is on stand up bass.  This was recorded 12/31/2011 in Wilmington, NC.  Happy New Years!

Mary Jane's Last Breakdown - Keller & The Keels - NYE 12/31/2011

Buzz is Keller's 2nd studio album and was released in 1996.  This very diverse disk contains everything from solo guitar pieces to full-band productions. It covers many genres of music such as world beat, reggae, bluegrass and rock. Featuring guests such as Gibb Droll, Doug Derryberry, Andy Waldeck and Larry Keel.

Enjoy!

11 Best Feeling

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/same-love-feat.-mary-lambert/id560097651?i=560097759

From the forthcoming debut LP "The Heist", which is being independently released on 10.09.2012.

As part of a partnership with Music for Marriage Equality campaign, Sub Pop Records has released this track digitally on iTunes and will release a limited run 7" vinyl on 7/31, available through Sub Pop direct sales and http://www.subpop.com. 

All proceeds will benefit marriage equality in Washington State.

MME On The Web:
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The Heist

Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)

The song title says it all.  RIP Jerry Garcia.  Oh Yeah...EAR MUFF WARNING!


Gate Crashers Suck

Mishawaka Amphitheatre 7/13/12 is available for digital download at nugs.net with 100% of the proceeds going to the victims and firefighters of Colorado wildfires. Enjoy "Fire on the Mountain" as free download! 

Fire on the Mountain Live - Keller Williams - Mishawaka Amphitheatre 7/13/12

The Travelin' McCourys play When It Comes To You live on eTown

The Travelin' McCourys - When It Comes To You

This version of "Best Feeling" is off of Keller's album 'Breathe' with the String Cheese Incident.

Keller Williams with SCI - Best Feeling - from the album 'Breathe'

Big Parade (Lumineers)

December 12, 2012 marked Keller's 'End of The World' Show Night #1 in Keystone, CO, which featured a set of bluegrass with Keller, Keith Moselely and Billy Nershi.  Here is "Chillin' Like a Villan" Into "Black Clouds".  Enjoy and stay tuned for some more tunes from this great weekend of music!

Keller & His Compadres - Chillin' Like A Villan -> Black Clouds - Keystone, CO - 12/21/12

This version of "Terrapin Station" was recorded on piano by Keller and can be found on the album 'Keys'.  'Keys' is available on iTunes (MIDNIGHT ON 2/11/13) for purchase (itunes.apple.com/us/album/keys/id598782779), and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Rex Foundation.  And now a word from Keller:

"It’s no secret I have an unhealthy fascination with the Grateful Dead. Whenever I sit down at the piano it seems the only thing that comes out are Jerry ballads.  Even though these songs are not all Jerry ballads, I have sort of made them that way.  The lyrics, although I've been singing them most of my adult life, are not 100% perfect. Like any other music I play, I've taken liberties.  All of the proceeds from the sale of these songs goes to support the Rex Foundation, which was started by the Grateful Dead, in the 80's, so you can feel good about that!  Gratefully yours, Keller"

Buy on iTunes

Keller Williams - 'Terrapin Station' - From the album 'Keys'

Blind happiness. I spent a couple of great days with The Travelin McCourys.  This picture was taken at Ronnie's place.   Check out this version of The Felice Brothers "Lincoln Continental" we worked up and recorded on Jason Carter's cell phone. 

Please enjoy. I did.   Kw