{"id":149281,"date":"2018-10-26T04:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T03:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=149281"},"modified":"2018-10-26T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T08:41:53","slug":"ggg-archive-interview-with-dan-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=149281","title":{"rendered":"GGG archive &#8211; Interview with Dan Williams &#8211; cuatros, koras, learning and Warthogs in the Mist"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\u00a0More GGG archive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><del><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-149312 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Dan Williams\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-96x128.jpeg 96w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-800x1067.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/9C8FB79F-C17B-480C-BBF7-A0C70524DE69-e1539401862187-250x333.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/del><\/p>\n<p>While out on the cliffs near West Bay last year, a voice uttered a by now familiar phrase &#8211; \u201cAre you Gerald?\u201d.<br \/>\nIt was a surprise and great pleasure to see Dan Williams, whom I haven\u2019t spoken to for around twenty years!<br \/>\nHe happened to live and have a workshop in Bridport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149314\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"West Bay cliffs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-128x96.jpeg 128w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-800x600.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-250x188.jpeg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/B12EB0BF-8801-4B76-BB62-EF992BC7110F-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-149315 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C-e1539402080589-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C-e1539402080589-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C-e1539402080589-96x128.jpeg 96w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C-e1539402080589-250x333.jpeg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/29E77CE1-2060-4288-A1BB-020D4BF4E01C-e1539402080589.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next day, Alison and I visited and were fascinated to see all the instruments he had been making &#8211; Venezuelan <i>cuatros<\/i> and West African <i>Koras<\/i> as well as fascinating wooden sculptures and artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149317\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-128x96.jpeg 128w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-800x600.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-250x188.jpeg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582-400x300.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/96DE78EA-C5FD-442A-95AB-68B1EC7B2582.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nWe first met when holidaying in France with his elder brother <a href=\"http:\/\/johnwilliamsguitarnotes.com\">John<\/a>\u00a0(the guitarist!) in the 80s.<\/p>\n<p>He had met Venezuelan guitarist and composer<a href=\"http:\/\/monteskircher.com\/index.php\/en\/component\/content\/article?id=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfonso Montes<\/a> who features on John Williams\u2019 album \u2018El Diablo Suelto\u2019 and became interested in the cuatro through that meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Dan plays as well as makes his own instruments and has a background in film animation and woodwork. He learned to play from his father \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monkey_Sanctuary\">Len Williams<\/a>, as did his famous brother.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-149316 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50-e1539402128570-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50-e1539402128570-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50-e1539402128570-96x128.jpeg 96w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50-e1539402128570-250x333.jpeg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/90F23F6F-62D9-4474-83DB-12E69E412B50-e1539402128570.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dan was about to start work in his first guitar, so I took the opportunity to ask him about his life and how it had taken so long for him to get around to making a guitar!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwR_OBVM0pQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0More GGG archive While out on the cliffs near West Bay last year, a voice uttered a by now familiar phrase &#8211; \u201cAre you Gerald?\u201d. It was a surprise and great pleasure to see Dan Williams, whom I haven\u2019t spoken &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=149281\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[477,11,559,76,41],"tags":[1044,1043,1042,1040,207,1041,1045,625],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149281"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149281"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155144,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149281\/revisions\/155144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}