Best Blues (Elder)
“There’s not much we can say about local legend Ernie Williams that hasn’t already been said—though we look forward, several years down the line, to that 100th Birthday Bash concert. In the Capital Region, as the saying goes on his Web site, “Ernie Williams is the blues.” He played Harlem clubs in the ’50s, making a name for himself, until the demands of work and family brought him north to Albany in the ’60s. Supposedly this was where his dream would be put on hold, but come the ’70s, Williams was building his own little scene in the grittiest bars in our area. By ’92, he had formed the Wildcats. Looking into his eighth decade, with national TV spots behind him and after having shared the stage with some of the biggest blues artists in the world, Williams still gets it done, and that dream is no longer just a dream.” — Metroland Best of the Capitol Region 2005
Ernie Williams Band: For Your Precious Love (live 2006)
