Daily Discovery: Williams & Company, “The Distance”

March 20, 2015 1:16 pm

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ARTIST: Williams & Company

SONG: The Distance

BIRTHDATE: January 11, 1991

HOMETOWN: Pendleton, IN

CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, TN

AMBITIONS: To have the longest hair in the band

DREAM GIG: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado

FAVORITE LYRIC: “he’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction” from Kris Kristofferson’s The Pilgrim: Chapter 33

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: My Mom

SONG I WISH I WROTE: If You Could Touch Her at All by Willie Nelson

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Depp, Zooey Deschanel

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Willie Nelson & John Fogerty, Indianapolis, IN

I WROTE THIS SONG: The Distance is a song about two souls finding harmony with each other despite their differences. Don’t miss the journey for the destination. That’s the message here. We recorded this song live in the studio at the Soundshop in Nashville. We were one of the last artists to record there before they closed it down to be demolished for more condos. Another Nashville treasure gone…