To Lamar Williams Jr., all music is soul music.  As the son of Lamar Williams,  bassist for The Allman Brothers Band during their commercial peak, the singer grew up in Macon, Georgia. He was steeped in and shaped by the music of legends, enriching himself in vocal stylings from Gregg Allman to Otis Redding and beyond. 

Currently, Lamar juggles touring and recording with Oteil Burbridge, Trouble No More, and the Allman Betts Family Revival. Burbridge, a key member of the Allman Brothers and Dead & Company, has tapped Lamar to tour with Oteil & Friends and to sing on his upcoming album.

Lamar played an integral part from 2019 to 2024 in The New Mastersounds, the jazz/blues/funk group out of Leeds, UK. The group’s 2019 cut “Let’s Go Back” was used in a national ad for Walgreens, and Nascar fans will be hearing another cut from the band featuring Lamar in a forthcoming spot. 

Lamar also toured with the North Mississippi Allstars for two years and was featured on their 2022 Grammy-nominated album Set Sail.  In 2022 and 2023 he performed with jazz project Big Band of Brothers (alongside his father’s lifelong friend and original Allman Brothers member Jaimoe). His work has taken him quite literally all over the world, from performing in stadiums for crowds of close to 100,000 to hot clubs in Tokyo and Europe. 

“Music tames us as much as it changes us,” Lamar says, noting that performing live often acts as a powerful unifying force for people. After spending so much time around many of the best musicians on the planet, he can’t help but feel inspired to dig into his own artistry, too; he’s consistently working to create in a way that achieves the timeless quality he loves in so much of his favorite music. 

Always leveraging his wide-ranging network of songwriters and musician friends, Williams tends to keep one eye on the road. But after so many years in the spotlight, Lamar has no intention of slowing down, and he’s gearing up to take center stage in a bold new way — one you don’t want to miss.