HammerHands

Artist Information

Biography

Scott Williams has produced and recorded four albums which include unique arrangements of Celtic, Rock, Renaissance, new-age, and instrumental influences. He performs throughout Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Central and Northern California, and Las Vegas. His venues include Downtown Disney, concerts, corporate events, Renaissance and Celtic festivals, schools, and libraries.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Scott records the guitar, cello, bass, percussion, mountain dulcimer, mandolin, and synthesizer to create the foundation of his music. He then performs live on the hammered dulcimer with a recorded backing track. The combined mix offers a full-ensemble presentation.

Instrumentation

Scott Williams - Bass, Guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer

Discography

The Road to Lisdoonvarna (Celtic): 2001

Home for the Holidays (Christmas): 2003

Tristan of the Western Sea (tranquil and gentle): 2008

HAMMERock (rock covers): 2010

Official Website

http://www.hammerhands.com

Links

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Audio

• Nothing Else Matters
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• White Wedding
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• Fields of Gold
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• The Kiss
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• The Road to Lisdoonvarna
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• Stairway to Heaven
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• Pachelbel's Canon
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• Atholl Highlanders
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• Over the Waterfall
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Video

performing a Sting song at the Las Vegas Renaissance Festival

performing a Cure song at the Los Angeles Irish Fair with an impromptu dancer

Photo Gallery

Press

• A different kind of music [+ Show ]
  

  Scott Williams of Orange County, California, introduced Statesboro High music students to the hammer...Scott Williams of Orange County, California, introduced Statesboro High music students to the hammered dulcimer Wednesday. Williams was brought to Bulloch County schools by the Statesboro Arts Council and closed out the week with a performance at the Averitt Center for the Arts.

• If he had a hammered dulcimer.... [+ Show ]
  

  ...he'd hammer in the morning, all over this land - Older listeners think Scott Williams is a fin......he'd hammer in the morning, all over this land -
  
  Older listeners think Scott Williams is a fine young man performing classical music they can't place. Younger audiences find the harplike sounds of his hammered dulcimer a curiosity, until they recognize the strains of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters.'
  
  "It's fun to take a rock song and transform it into medieval style," said Williams, 33. "People look around and think, 'Is this what I think it is?' "

Setlist

A typical set depends on the venue. At a Renaissance or Celtic festival, he will perform mostly old Irish and Scottish melodies backed up by mandolin and bass.

In a nice hotel lobby or relaxing environment, he will perform tracks from his album 'Tristan of the Western Sea' which is mostly gentle and soothing music.

If Scott is in a club or a more energetic environment, he will perform recognizable rock and roll songs like:

- Stairway to Heaven
- Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
- Daniel by Elton John
- White Wedding by Billy Idol
- Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
- Be Yourself by Audioslave
- Hotel California by The Eagles

Basic Requirements

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