Christopher Williams w/

Jim Bizer

Christopher Williams last performance at Trinity House Theatre was nearly two years ago.  The newly-married songwriter returns with a new CD to share with new and old fans alike.

"I love being in front of an audience with just my guitar and drum, trying different things musically each night," says self-taught Williams, who is one of few singer-songwriters to deliver his songs on guitar as well as djembe. "I try not to make a plan and instead let the moment decide where I am going because that is where the real music comes from. It's funny...playing the djembe started as one of those moments - just a whim and it's now turning into a direction. Not just a direction as a sideman supporting others, which is a great card to have in my back pocket, but as an integral part of my solo show."

Over the last few years, Williams has not only opened for but accompanied such renowned performers as David Wilcox, Peter Himmelman, Bruce Hornsby, Patty Larkin, Tom Rush, Ellis Paul and Lucy Kaplansky.  Williams placed second in the 2000 and 2001 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubador competition; won the Wildflower Festival Songwriting competition in Texas in 1999, and was a finalist in both the KRCL Songwriting competition in Salt Lake City in 1998 and the South Florida Folk Festival in 1997.

Jim Bizer’s songs are a unique blend of humor, catchy melodies, and his own personal view of the essential craziness of being human - served up with monster guitar playing and vocals.  His songs have quickly earned accolades: three times he has been selected as a finalist in Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk competition and he was recently awarded the Grand Prize in the Great American Song contest. Most recently, he was among the very first to be invited to participate in the song competition at the 2004 Mountain Stage NewSong Festival in Charlestown, West Virginia.  His latest CD, Connected, was released in 2004.