Guessing his show was not going to happen, Williams went home defeated but determined to figure out what was next for him during that Christmas season only to find his apartment had been robbed. He got to work one night and was met by an enormous, slapstick style chain around the building and word about the club having some trouble with the IRS. Williams, originally from El Dorado, Arkansas was living and playing in Atlanta where he had a regular gig playing piano at a comedy club. Of course in true Williams fashion, humor is the main ingredient to his tale as anyone who has ever had the pleasure of seeing him perform can attest to the non-stop entertainment he provides with his entire being as he keeps his band on their toes gliding between “Amazing Grace,” “In The Hall of Mountain King” and “Great Balls Of Fire”, sometimes balancing an audience members' drinks on his head only occasionally slowing his pounding to tell a joke.

It’s often said that reality is stranger than fiction and the story of how Williams came to land in Memphis about 40 years ago to become one of the finest piano players with amazing links to musical legends like Memphis Slim, Sleepy LaBeef and Jerry Lee Lewis proves that in folds. He was turned onto the Continental Club’s in Austin and Houston by his dear friend Dale Watson who he will tour with in March of next year along with Reverend Horton Heat as well as joining Watson for the first ever Boogie Woogie Fest in Marshall, Texas in September. “I have played there a few times and love it, absolutely love it and cannot wait to get back there,” says Williams. Williams who will bring his outrageous show to Houston’s Continental Club on Friday, July 21 after a long-awaited return. It’s also the home to piano wild man Jason D. Memphis is a town dripping with soul and the richest of musical histories.

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