Meg Williams

Nashville-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer, Meg Williams, performs across the country with her full band, as a solo/duo act, and as a side-woman for other artists. With over 20+ years experience on the guitar, Meg’s guitar playing and solos have captured the attention of audiences across the US, leaving her with an ever growing fanbase. Often compared to Susan Tedeschi and Bonnie Raitt, Meg brings a mix of blues, rock, and southern rock/country music to the stage at all of her performances.

Meg currently has a weekly residency at Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar, in downtown Nashville, for over 2 years now. She has also performed at other historic Nashville venues including: 3rd & Lindsley, City Winery, and BB King's. She was selected as the House Band Director and guitarist for the Women in Blues showcase at Alfred's on Beale Street (Memphis, TN) during the International Blues Challenge (2019, 2020, and 2022). Meg's song ‘Blowin Smoke’ was just selected as Southern Rock/Country Rock Song of the Year for the 2023 Josie Music Awards.

Meg will be performing at the 2024 Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival (FL) and the 2024 North Atlantic Blues Festival (ME).

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Notable performances and awards:

Meg has performed at the 2023 Josie Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House (with Travis Bowlin), 2023 Gloucester Blues Festival (MA), 2023 Huntsville Cigar Box Guitar Festival (AL),  main-stage at the inaugural Nashville Nights music festival (Babcock Ranch, FL), 2023 Bradenton FL Cigar Box Guitar Festival (with Travis Bowlin), 2022 Winter Blues Experience III (Cincinnati, OH), the Muscle Shoals Songwriter Festival (AL), the Cincinnati Guitar Festival (OH),  the 2021 Camping with the Blues Festival (Brooksville, FL), and many more. She has also performed at the official Ryman Auditorium Outdoor PNC Stage pre-show performance for the Jason Isbell Show (Nashville, TN), and the 2021 Point of the Bluff Concert Series (NY), as an opening act for the band America. She recorded her 2019 full length album, ‘Take Me As I Am: The Muscle Shoals Sessions,’ at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals (Nola Blue Records). Meg’s album has since been played on Sirius XM’s Bluesville and radio stations world-wide. Meg independently released her latest full length album, recorded in Nashville, TN, titled 'Live and Learn' in 2021. The single 'Live and Learn' from the new album was selected as a semi-finalist for the International Songwriting Competition (2021 ISC). The album 'Live and Learn' earned a Bronze Global Music Award (Americana Album), and was selected as a finalist (Album of the Year) for the International Singer Songwriter Association awards. Her latest single ‘Blowin’ Smoke’ was selected as Southern Rock/Country Rock Song of the Year with the Josie Music Awards. Meg will be releasing new music in 2024. 

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Meg has also performed at the 2019 Tall City Blues Fest (Midland, TX), the 2019 Robert Johnson Sessions (San Antonio, TX), main-stage at 2018 Venice Blues Festival (Venice, FL), the 2019 Island Hopper Songwriter Festival (Fort Myers, FL), and the highly selective Nashville Guitar Community Showcase (TN). Meg performed at both the 2019 Ann Arbor Blues Fest & the inaugural Lone Star Blues and Heritage Festival, as a guitarist for blues legend and festival headliner, Benny Turner (brother & bassist of the late Freddie King). Meg was the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Blues Challenge (band) and competed in Memphis, TN during the International Blues Challenge week, representing the Kentucky Blues Society. She additionally was selected as the house band director for the Women in Blues Showcase (2019, 2020, 2022) during the International Blues Challenge week (Memphis, TN). Meg has also performed at the Tennessee Motorcycle & Music Revival at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch (TN), Wilmywood Country Classics (NC), Rockland Maine Drive-In Concert Series (2020), and the Smoky Mountain Songwriter’s Festival (Gatlinburg, TN). 

Meg has been interviewed & featured on Blues Radio International (during the Blues Music Awards - BMA's - in Memphis, TN 2019 & virtually in 2020), FOX17 Rock Review with Eric Dahl, Knoxville’s WDVX Blue Plate Special (3x), and Acme Radio Live (Nashville, TN), on 'Gear Gab' with Eric Dahl. Meg has performed at notable venues nationwide, including: 3rd and Lindsley (Nashville, TN), Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar (Nashville, TN), BB King's (Nashville, TN), Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa (Nashville, TN), City Winery (Nashville, TN), Exit/In (Nashville, TN), The Stanhope House (Stanhope, NJ), Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2 (NYC), BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups (St. Louis, MO), Knuckleheads Gospel Lounge (Kansas City, MO), Sam’s Burger Joint (San Antonio, TX), Lafayette’s (Memphis), BB King’s Memphis (Memphis, TN), The World Famous Hernando's Hide-A-Way (Memphis, TN), and many, many more.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Gloucester Blues Festival (MA) 2023

Huntsville Cigar Box Guitar Festival (AL) 2023

Cincinnati Guitar Fest (Cincinnati, OH) 2022

Muscle Shoals Songwriter Festival (AL) 2022

Cigar Box Guitar Party & Artisan's Festival (Blue Ridge, GA) 2022

House Band Director for the 2019, 2020 , & 2022 Women in Blues Showcase during the International Blues Challenge Week (Memphis, TN)

Bradenton Cigar Box Guitar Festival (Village of the Arts, FL) 2022

Winter Blues Experience III (Cincinnati, OH) 2022

Galaxie Agency Showcase at BB King's Memphis (TN) 2023

Point of the Bluff Concert Series - opening for America (NY) 2021

Ryman  Outdoor PNC Stage (Jason Isbell pre-show performance) (Nashville, TN) 2021

Camping with the Blues Festival (Brooksville, FL) 2021

Can't Stop The Blues (virtual livestream concert series - 3x) - 2020

Lone Star Blues and Heritage Festival w/ Benny Turner (Grapeland, TX) 2019

Island Hopper Songwriter Festival (Fort Myers, FL) 2019

Nashville Guitar Community Showcase (Nashville, TN) 2019

Ann Arbor Blues Festival with Benny Turner (Ann Arbor, MI) 2019

Tall City Blues Fest (Midland, TX) 2019

Winner of the 2018 Kentucky Blues Challenge (Bowling Green, KY)

Venice Blues Festival (Venice, FL) 2018

Robert Johnson Sessions (San Antonio, TX) 2019

Wilmywood Country Classics (Wilmington, NC) 2021, 2022

Bradenton Cigar Box Guitar Festival (Village of the Arts) 2022

Blues Radio International during the BMA's (Memphis, TN)

Tennessee Motorcycle & Music Revival (Loretta Lynn's Ranch, TN)

Smoky Mountain Songwriter's Festival (Gatlinburg, TN)

WDVX Blue Plate Special (Knoxville, TN)

Rockland, Maine - Drive Thru Concert Series 2020

SoFar Sounds (Portland & Seattle)

Rochester Fringe Festival, Park Avenue Festival, Fairport Food and Music Fest, Fairport Canal Days (Rochester, NY)

CMA Fest (guitarist for Dakota Danielle, Nashville, TN)

Cheyenne Frontier Days (guitarist for Ciara Rae, Cheyenne, WY)

Whiskey Jam (guitarist for Jenny Teator)

Summer NAMM (Anaheim, CA - guitarist for Jenny Teator)