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My first recollection of an interest in music was the night my parents gathered my brother and I for The Ed Sullivan Show. Debuting was a new group from England, The Beatles. I remember sitting there in awe.

I'll never forget my father's comment when they finished their performance. "They'll never make it ." he said, but I knew he was wrong.

I was ten years old then and from that day forward I was constructing homemade guitars out of broom sticks, cigar boxes and rubberbands, making up my own songs and dreaming of one day making my mark in the music business.

I must have done something to convince my parents I was serious, for soon after, they bought me my first guitar, a Sears Silvertone. Every waking moment I could, I practiced, sang, or performed for my parents, their friends and at parties.

                                                   I performed with my first band at the age of
                                                   twelve. "The Lake Center All-Stars" invited
                                                   me to play at The Lake Center Marina in the
                                                   St. Charles area on the Mississippi.

                                                   I took a summer job at the age of sixteen
                                                   at Lake of the Ozarks' Lodge of the Four
                                                   Seasons, playing and singing for restaurant
                                                   patrons as they dined, performing James
                                                   Taylor, Simon & Garfunkle and other popular
                                                    artists' song

I spent many years playing in bands in Arizona, Missouri, Colorado and Texas and finally decided to try my hand as a professional songwriter, moving to Nashville in 1995.
I played with artists Kenny Chesney, Tanya Tucker, Buddy Jewell, Deborah Allen and Sherrie Austin as I waited for my songs to finally be recognized and recorded.

They say Nashville is "a ten year town" for a songwriter.
In my case, that held true. Although I had some success during that ten year span, my #1 chart topper came exactly ten years later with "Redneck Yacht Club", recorded by Craig Morgan.

Soon after I celebrated another #1 on the Christian Music Charts with "I Get To" as recorded by Blue County.

Other artists who've cut my songs include; Trick Pony, Buddy Jewell and Blake Shelton, to name a few.

I am currently member of SESAC and continue to write and perform. Click here for show dates. CDs are available at the shows and on the CD link on this site.

My co-writer and friend, Thom Shepherd and I started an internet based business www.RedneckYachtClub.com since the success of the song, where you can purchase official merchandise, share pictures and view videos. We are hoping to open Redneck Yacht Club Restaurants in the near future. Wanna own one? Contact us!

Thanks for visting my site and I hope to meet you so please say "hello!" if you're in the crowd. _Steve Williams