 I
recently had the opportunity to talk
with one of the best new country artists, Zane
Williams at the Country Radio Seminar this year.
Zane Williams has a new CD called,
"Overnight Success" in which he wrote
all of the eleven songs on the CD.
Roy: Zane, can you tell our
readers a little about yourself.
Zane: I'm Zane Williams and I
play country music for a living. It's kind of
funny because I didn't grow up listening to
country music, nobody in my family did, but I
learned over time that's what I love. I love
songs that tell stories, I love fiddle, mandolin
and electric guitar. I just love country music
and I feel blessed to be able to make a living
playing country music.
Roy: I always like the stories
behind the songs. Zane, can you give our readers
a little insight on a few of my favorite songs on
the album. The first one is "Overnight
Success" which is also the title of the
album.
 Zane: "Overnight
Success" is autobiographical - I lived every
line in that song, except maybe the part about
the big time - but I'm workin' on it.
Roy: Can you tell us what the
song "Damned" is about?
Zane: I always try to have one
stone cold honky tonk song on my album.
"Damned" is a story about a guy that is
stuck in an unhappy marriage; he's tempted to
cheat. If he sees this other woman, he'll be
happy but he'll be cheating and sinning. If he
stays where he's at, he'll be unhappy, but doing
the right thing that your supposed to do - so
he's basically saying I'm damned if I do and I'm
damned if I don't.
Roy: Here's a song that you
wrote that I believe is an American anthem,
"Hands Of A Workin' Man."
Zane: I never really worked at a
hard blue collar job, both my parents were
college professors and to them it was all about
school; they wanted me to do good in school and
go to college. I did all that, but I always
respected the hard working folks who do all the
dirty jobs that make the world go round. My
father in-law was the inspiration behind the song
"Hands Of A Workin' Man" - it's about
the hands of the workin' men that make this
country.
Roy:
The other song I really liked and I believe most
people can relate to is, "Tired Of Gettin'
By."
Zane: It's almost talking about
the same thing as the song "Overnight
Success" but with a different take on it.
"Overnight Success" is more
light-hearted. "Tired Of Gettin' By"
takes a more serious approach; there's times it's
just hard...I've been workin' so hard, for so
long and I keep thinking this is gonna happen but
doesn't happen... and I think this is gonna work
out, but it doesn't work out....the place that I
was in when I wrote that song is how I felt, not
all the time but occasionally - I'm just tired of
getting by.
Roy:
I want to thank Zane Williams for taking time out
to talk with me and I believe that Zane Williams
will be the next superstar. If you love good
country music, check out Zane Williams!www.ZaneWilliamsMusic.com
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