Josh Williams

The story of Josh Williams is the story of bluegrass. Born and raised in Benton, a Kentucky town so small he locates it as “outside Paducah,” Williams was brought up on bluegrass and vintage country. His grandmother, Mary Neale Williams, showed him some ukulele chords when he was 5 and by 9 he was playing banjo with local bluegrass bands. Just shy of his 10th birthday, he attended the 1990 IBMA Awards show in Owensboro and his life’s path was set.