Lew Williams

Dubbed "the Cab Calloway of rockabilly" by historian Bill Millar, Lew Williams is one of the unsung heroes of early rock & roll, celebrated for a jazzy, sinuous style unique among his contemporaries. Born January 12, 1934, in Chillicothe, TX, Williams began his amateur singing career at the age of four. In 1945 his family relocated to Dallas, and after graduating from high school he made his professional debut playing country music in local clubs. Around this same time Williams began developing his own original songs, and even though he entered Wichita Falls' Midwestern Univer...