From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Sat Jan 12, 2002  2:31 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Lew Williams
 
LEW WILLIAMS (By Dave Penny)

Born Lewis Wayne Williams, 12 January 1934, Chillicothe, Texas

Vocalist/guitarist/composer. 1999 saw Bear Family Records issuing BCD16347,
the complete '50s recordings of rockabilly Lew Williams who, between 1953
and 1958, debuted on the tiny Dallas label Flair before being signed to
Imperial Records where he made now classic cuts such as "Bop Bop Ba
Doo Bop" and "Cat Talk". These releases were ignored at the time, but took
the European rock 'n' roll clubs by storm in the late 1970s when they
appeared on the "Imperial Rockabilly" LP series. Finally tracked down in
1998, Lew had to relearn his repertoire before appearing as the headline
act at Viva Las Vegas in 2000.
Lew has his own web site at http://www.lewwilliams.com/