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Don Williams, known affectionately as ‘the Gentle Giant of country music,’ died on September 8, 2017 at his home in Alabama following a short illness. He was 78. One of the most original and gifted talents in the annals of American country music, the modest and unassuming Texas gentleman had one of the longest hit streaks ever in country music, including 17 No.1s, and 28 others in the top 10. In the UK, he broke through to public acceptance in a way that few country acts have, accumulating gold and platinum albums and even scoring on the pop charts.

My first introduction to the music of Don Williams was in early 1966 when, along with fellow Texans Lofton Kline and Susan Taylor, he was a member of the Pozo-Seco Singers. At the time, alongside my passion for country music, I was also into the music of the Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Byrds and Bob Dylan, and I naturally fell under the gentle sounds of this folksy trio.

I followed the ups-and-downs of the Pozo Seco Singers over the next five years and was quite interested when I heard that Don Williams had settled in Na

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Scoring at least one major hit every year between 1974 and 1991, Williams had an impressive fifty-six chart records. Fifty of these reached the country Top Twenty, and forty-five made the Top Ten; seventeen went to #1. In 1978 he was the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Male Vocalist of the Year, and his recording of “Tulsa Time” was the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Single of the Year. In 1980, readers of London’s Country Music People magazine named him Artist of the Decade.

“In giving voice to songs like ‘Good Ole Boys Like Me,’ ‘Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good,’ and ‘Amanda,’ Don Williams offered calm, beauty, and a sense of wistful peace that is in short supply these days. His music will forever be a balm in troublesome times. Everyone who makes country music with grace, intelligence, and ageless intent will do so while standing on the shoulders of this gentle giant.”

— Kyle Young, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO

Born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas, Don Williams learned guitar from his mother and performed in various country, folk, and rock & roll bands as a

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There are at least two artists by this name:

(1) A country singer and songwriter from Texas.
(2) An alias of techno producer Thomas Wendel.

(1) Don Williams (Born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas - Died September 8, 2017) spent much of his childhood in Corpus Christi, Texas. His father was a mechanic whose job took him to other regions, his mother played guitar and he grew up listening to country music. He and Lofton Kline formed a semi-professional folk group called the Strangers Two, and then, with the addition of Susan Taylor, they became the Pozo-Seco Singers, the phrase being a geological term to denote a dry well. Handled by Bob Dylan's manager Albert Grossman, they had major pop hits in the U.S. with "Time," "I Can Make It With You" and "Look What You've Done." Following Kline's departure, they employed several replacements, resulting in a lack of musical direction. After Williams had failed to turn the trio towards country music, they disbanded in 1971.

He then worked for his father-in-law but also wrote for Susan Taylor'