Jack Williams (4)

American singer/songwriter/composer/actor, based in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally from Eureka, Florida.

Williams began writing songs in the early 1970s. His first publishing deal was with the publishing company owned by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and Who manager Bill Curbishley.

That was followed by a move to London to be Uriah Heep's first outside in-house songwriter. They would record four of his songs for the albums "Innocent Victim" and "Firefly".

Williams returned to Jacksonville, Florida. He landed cuts with Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet, and wrote with Gregg Allman.

In 1988, Williams moved to Nashville, and signed a publishing deal with The Oak Ridge Boys.

After the mid-1990s country boom began to fade, Williams opened restaurants in North Carolina, Memphis and Olympia, and ran kitchen teams on research vessels in the Aleutian Islands and Azores, and on supply ships during the Gulf War. He also played blues clubs in Seattle, which is how he got a writing deal with Chess Records.

He returned to Nashville in 2005. He landed cuts with the Little River Band, Montgomery Gentry, Black Stone Cherry, Adam Eckersley, Adam Brand, and on the "Miracles From Heaven" soundtrack.

In 2015 he signed a new publishing deal with Lynn Gann Music Enterprises, scoring more cuts that included Canadian artist Aaron Pritchett’s "Dirt Road In 'Em".

Kevin Costner & Modern West had recorded two of Williams' songs, which led to an additional five tracks for his hit TV series' "Tales From Yellowstone" soundtrack.

Williams signed with Anthem Entertainment for additional film & television work, and has since collaborated with Welsh composer John Hardy.

His 2020 EP "Already Dead", produced by Adam Box, became his first solo release.