Rusty Williams, Grandfather of Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Releasing Debut Album at Age 78

Right here’s one thing enjoyable for Paramore followers: Rusty Williams, the 78-year-old grandfather of Hayley Williams, is releasing his debut album by way of Zac Farro’s Congrats Records. Rusty Williams recorded his album, Grand Man, within the Nineteen Seventies, but it surely stayed on the shelf till his manufacturing associate lately rediscovered it. Under, discover a video for the album’s lead single and opening monitor, “Knocking (At Your Door).”

Hayley Williams, based on a press launch, had heard about her grandfather’s album her complete life, however she didn’t notice it truly existed. As soon as she discovered it was actual, she and Farro urged Rusty Williams to let the world take pleasure in his work.

Hayley Williams didn’t wait so long as her grandfather to convey her music to the general public. She was 16 when Paramore launched their debut, All We Know Is Falling, in 2005, and he or she was 31 years outdated when she made her personal solo debut, in 2020, with Petals for Armor—an album that samples Rusty Williams’ “Mates or Lovers” on the music “Crystal Clear.”

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