Michael Williams has been active as a blues and jazz guitarist around New England since 1987. He has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada as a member of Grammy-winner James Cotton's blues band, and with many other artists including David "Fathead" Newman, Mighty Sam McClain, the Bruce Katz Band, Sugar Ray Norcia, Darrell Nulisch, Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle Willson, Jerry Portnoy, Henry Butler, the Love Dogs, blues piano virtuoso David Maxwell, and as a leader with the Michael Williams Band. Williams performed on James Cotton's CD, 35th Anniversary Jam, which won a W.C. Handy Award, and received a Grammy nomination for the Best Traditional Blues Album in 2003. He performed on Bruce Katz's 2004 release, entitled A Deeper Blue, and his playing, songwriting, and arranging are featured on Michelle Willson's CD So Emotional, which earned a four-star review in DownBeat magazine. Williams is a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he has taught guitar since 1987. He specialises in teaching a mix of blues and jazz styles, and has traveled to Europe and South America on several occasions as a clinician and performer for the college. Williams authored and currently teaches an online course, Blues Workshop, for Berklee's online school, Berklee Online.