About Boyd

In 1966 as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for his latest band, The Bare Facts, Boyd’s songs “Bad Part of Town” and “Georgiana” helped the band to become a “two-hit wonder” on Jay Gee Record Company’s Jubilee label. The New York tabloid “GO” magazine exclaimed, “It’s not often that a new group generates tremendous excitement in the record industry even before their first disc hits the record stores. But…that’s what’s happening with a new fivesome from Portsmouth, Ohio, simply called The Bare Facts.” The magazine claimed “…that’s why GO also tips The Bare Facts as winners.”
 

Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts

Boyd plays lead, bass, and acoustic guitar, drums, banjo, harmonica and synthesizer and over the years has played with some of the best known players in the industry.
 

Boyd was asked to join Seals & Crofts as their bass player. After hearing Boyd sing, the band’s manager, Marsha Day told boyd he would become their opening act instead and a member of Day Artists’ Management stable.
 

 

Boyd and Dave Hungate

Boyd and Dave Hungate

“Boyd Williams has been one of my favorite singers for a long time. He has actually gotten better over the years. He’s blessed with a wealth of what we used to call “soul,” a commodity that’s rarely found in music these days.”

 
…David Hungate, world renowned bass player (Toto), composer and record producer.

 

 
Day Artists’ Management was ready to launch Boyd’s solo career with a new album when the oil embargo of the 70s hit and no new artist albums were being cut. Boyd stayed in L.A. and recorded/worked with various people including Barry Gordy but eventually decided to “go home”. On the way, he stopped off in Texas and hooked up with Fleetwood Mac at their concert one evening in Dallas. Their opening act, Kansas, didn’t show up so Boyd opened for them on the spot with an acoustic guitar he borrowed from Lindsey Buckingham. They kept him on as their opening act for the rest of that Texas leg of the Rumours Tour.

 

Boyd with Fleetwood Mac

Boyd with Fleetwood Mac

Among the illustrious musicians with whom Boyd has played and/or recorded over the years include Dave Hungate (session bassist & Toto), Dave Paich (session keyboard player & Toto), Jeff Porcaro (session percussionist/drummer & Toto), Mike Porcaro (session bassist & Toto), Jim Keltner (drummer), Bob Gentry (session bassist, Tom Jones Band, producer), Marc Benno (singer/songwriter, pianist, guitar player), Duck Dunn (session bassist, Booker T. and the MGs, and many others), Steve Cropper (session guitarist,  Booker T. and the MGs, and many others), Bill Tillman (sax player, Blood Sweat & Tears), Billy Preston (keyboard player and singer), John Klemmer (sax player), and Gary “Hoppy” Hodges (percussionist/drummer/vocalist, Buckingham Nicks, and many others).

 
Boyd with Bob Gentry

Boyd with Bob Gentry

 
“Boyd Williams is a soul man in the first degree. When he puts his Mojo on a song, there’s no doubt that he means and feels every bit of it. He is passionate, soulful, and talented…full of the “Real” that is missing in so much of today’s music.”
 
Bob Gentry - Famed bassist/session player – Tom Jones Band; producer; audio engineer.

 
As an audio engineer, Boyd has also been involved in numerous high profile musical projects including sound at the Troubadour in Hollywood and NBC in Burbank. He also sang commercially and did jingle work for JAM Productions and Dallas Sonic. Boyd is an alumnus of the famed Recording Workshop where he got his degree in advanced audio recording and production. The Recording Workshop recently asked him to record there for the students’ benefit.
 

Boyd with Larry Gatlin

Boyd with Larry Gatlin


“Boyd, you sang your %*#$*’s off!” said Larry after Boyd opened for Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers in Dallas.

 
Boyd credits some of the masters in the music business for teaching and helping him over the years. Dave Hassinger, famed audio engineer of the Hit Factory in L.A. taught Boyd how to get sound on instruments, microphone placement, and other inside tricks-of-the-trade. Charlie of Charlie’s Guitar Shop (Dallas) kept Boyd’s guitars in shape and loaned him the best vintage equipment for his sessions. Some great drummers including Jimmy Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, and Mick Fleetwood showed Boyd how to get their drum sounds. Keith Olsen (producer for Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, bass player for Music Machine, etc.) showed Boyd how to get John Bonham’s drum sound and other mastering tips. Danny Gaither of the Gaither Brothers was Boyd’s high school wood shop teacher and gave him tips on vocal vibrato. Jimmy Seals gave Boyd tips on how to get acoustic guitar sounds. And the list goes on.

 
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