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Award Winning Singer/Songwriter

Chuck Williams' folk/rock music is of love lost, love gained, growing up and growing old. He takes you on a musical journey, echoing the emotions of everyday life. Chuck was the 2005 winner of the Ludlow Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, received Honorable Mention in the 2006 Peacedriven Songwriting Awards, is a finalist in the 2007 Cape Cod Songwriting Contest and has been playing his new tunes from the Vineyard, to Boston and Providence, including venues throughout the Northeast such as the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts and the Cape Cod Melody Tent.

Most recently (January 1st, 2007) Chuck's song 'On The Line' was ranked 10th on Neil Young's Top 1000 'Songs of the Times' featuring protest and topical songs from his 'Living with War' website. http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html

In addition after the release of his latest CD 'Smart Too Late, Old Too Soon' in September 2006 this songwriter was nominated Best Folk Act, Best Singer/Songwriter and Best Local CD by Providence, Rhode Island's Motif Magizine.

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As I sat down to perform my dutiful task of reviewing this week's batch of CDs, I didn't dare think I'd find my future epitaph within the title of Chuck Williams new release Smart Too Late, Old Too Soon. Rarely am I moved by a record during the mundane process of removing the cellophane. However, the profound title grabbed me instantly, and my enthusiasm was only heightened once I began listening to the track and the ensuing songs throughout.

The Ohio-born, Berkshire resident has steadily been gaining critical acclaim throughout New England songwriting circles, and has even earned several awards for his finely tuned craft. Employing a voice that resembles Neil Young's with the edges rounded-off, Williams is far more than simply a folk singer. His singer-songwriter style is circuitously culled from various influences, though he does not rely too heavily on any one technique. On some tracks, Williams and his studio compatriots form tightly knit harmonies reminiscent of Peter Paul & Mary. And yet on others, the vocal and backing arrangements resemble a Blood-On-The-Tracks-era Dylan. That aside, Chuck Williams is by no means a retro-act. The recordings are fresh sounding and uniquely his own.

As alluded to earlier, the title track “Smart Too Late, Old Too Soon” is particularly potent. This haunting refrain laments the life of a solitary soul who clearly didn't live life to full potential: “Throughout his life there were seeds to sow, Something to stand back on that would grow and grow - But the only thing he left was written in this tune - He was smart too late and old too soon.”

There seems to be a proud and strong tradition of folk music speaking truth to power. Sadly, the rock world appears to no longer have the inclination to express contrary opinions on geopolitical affairs (unless you count the Dixie Chicks…and I don't). However on another song “On The Line,” Chuck Williams does just that, while broaching the topic of warfare, and more specifically the young fighting the wars of the old: “He joined in ’68 to bypass the lottery, sounded stupid then but the choice was free - didn't take long before he was upon that plane - this was the real deal, not no war game...His son left in ’03, had no lottery - His uncle told him be all that you can be - Men and women all have gone, sadly not the last - when will this world put war in the past?”

Lest I leave you with the false impression that Williams' musings are all dark in nature, I offer the closing track, “Ya Gotta Call Now,” as evidence to the contrary. With tongue firmly in cheek, Williams sings a cynical, sardonic ode to capitalism: “All of the focus is on sales to sealed - let's sell it all, it's the best deal ... on TVs, microwaves, photographic memories, stereos, gas grills, vacuum cleaners on the go, gold rings, silver rings, rings with baubles, other things…Full price, half price, two for one, ain't that nice.”

With a great deal of humility, Chuck Williams describes this, his third CD release as "just me and my guitar." Clearly Smart Too Late, Old Too Soon is so much more than that. Anyone who invests the time to absorb the minimalist musical approach with maximum lyrical content will not be disappointed.

== Don MiMuccio, Motif Magizine ==

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1	When I Walk Away	Sloan Wainwright		Life Grows Back	2:57	7	Jul 26th, 2008	11 votes 5 stars=dolcefarniente / Chuckwilliams / Atuuschaaw / Jim / JohnnyAppleseed / Red	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Acoustic guitar / Dobro / Solo vocalist / Acoustic / Band
2	Romancing The Moon	Michael Troy		Romancing The Moon	4:28	23	Aug 14th, 2008	18 votes 5 stars=Chuckwilliams / dolcefarniente / LuAnna / Bleau / Atuuschaaw	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Acoustic guitar / Fiddle / Prayer / Trains / Moon
3	Heart Sing	Chuck Williams		Smart Too Late, Old Too Soon	5:08	7	May 31st, 2008	5 votes 5 stars=Chuckwilliams	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Acoustic guitar / Love / Acoustic / Band
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