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Paul Williams (bluegrass musician)
American bluegrass and gospel musician
"Big" Paul Williams (born Paul Humphrey, 30 March 1935) is an American bluegrass and gospel musician.[1][2] He took the surname Williams when he began his musical career in the early 1950s.[3] He was guitarist and lead singer for the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers before replacing Earl Taylor in the Sunny Mountain Boys in 1957, playing mandolin and being featured regularly as a lead singer.[3][4]
He played with Jimmy Martin at the height of the Sunny Mountain Boys career, recording steadily through 1962 and at times competing for popularity with Elvis Presley.[5] Williams is said to have helped shape Martin's sound.[3] He was present in the recording process for what Martin has said were the "biggest selling records I've ever done." Williams co-wrote the perennially popular hit "Hold Watcha Got."[6]
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