 With roots in the Midwest, Williams' music career began in Boston, Massachusetts with a self-released EP "Songs For the Commute".After one year in Boston, Williams moved to New York and immediately began writing and recording a second release while staying at the Hotel Chelsea.These sessions turned into his two subsequent albums, "8/18 Chelsea Sessions" and "Tales of Digression", which would soon after become the first two releases on the Dovecote Records label.