A vivid songcraft, and guitarist
Despite a successful career as a
idiosyncratic country-folk performer, Victoria Williams was perhaps best
known as a songwriter -- thanks, ironically enough, to a tribute album recorded
in her honor. Born in Louisiana in 1959, Williams taught herself to play
the guitar while still in her teens, and soon began composing songs. In
college, she joined her first band, the G.W. Korners. After spending some
time on the road, she ended up in California in 1979, where she was a regular
at Los Angeles' famed Troubabdour Club's "Hoot Nights." After first returning
to Louisiana with the intent of forming a band, she moved back to L.A.,
where she performed onVenice Beach and ultimately signed a recording contract
which proved fruitless.
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