Artist:Keller Williams Presents Grateful Grass
Song:Eyes of the World
Album:Rex (Live at the Fillmore)
Keller Williams is a bluegrass musician known as The One Man Jam Band because of his use of looping technology. He is also a big Grateful Dead fan. He recorded a Grateful Dead tribute album in 2007 with all proceeds going to charity. He was born Feb. 4, 1970 in Fredericksburg, VA. New Age guitarist Michael Hedges is his biggest influence. Williams earned a theater degree at Virginia Wesleyan College. He released his first solo album in 1994. He has also recorded and toured with The String Cheese Incident and toured with Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey's McGee and Ratdog. The 2007 album Rex is a Grateful Dead tribute album recorded at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver with Keith Moseley of The String Cheese Incident and Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band. This is only available as a digital download. All proceeds go to The Rex Foundation which was founded by The Grateful Dead. Williams has recorded two albums as Grateful Grass. And his latest solo album was released in 2020. He tours with several bands so you never know where he might appear. Here's Keller Williams performing Eyes of the World at the 2017 ROMP Festival in Owensburg, KY. The band is not identified. It is the Yonder Mountain String Band. Solos are by Allie Kral on fiddle, Dave Johnston on banjo and Adam Aijala on guitar.
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