Date and Time
Friday, May 8th, 2026
6:30 pm
About The Workshop
Whether you never wrote a song or have been writing for years, there is always something new that can help out your music!
Meet Songwriters Eddie Dillon & Chuck Williams who will take you on a ride designed to improve your writing skills. We will give you the tools to get you started on your way to being a songwriter or improve your skills for writing.
Bring your guitar and a song if you would like a critique of your latest work.
Your Teachers
Chuck Williams was the President of the Rhode Island Songwriters Association (RISA) for nine years. He is also a member of Folk Alliance, NERFA, ASCAP and the ACMA.
Chuck’s approach is typically relaxed, at times sentimental and always confident. He is not a folk artist with heavy political leanings in his songwriting such as Joan Baez, Phil Ochs or U. Utah Phillips. However, what Chuck has mastered is how to pull at Americana heartstrings and tell rootsy stories through his simple and effective novella type lyrics. Nothing is overproduced or played with flash. Chuck has a personable singing style and it’s not done to impress but express.
His music has some of the same energies of songwriters such as David Crosby, John Prine, and definitely Neil Young, while not sounding like any of them. There is something here that a lot of people are going to latch on to, especially in these trying times. Chuck’s music does exactly what it is suppose to do…..it reaches emotions in the listener. It gives words to feelings we all share and provokes thought long after the music is over. His style is unique yet it feels familiar.
Chuck’s
Website & Socials
A seasoned performer, Eddie Dillon is at home, on the stage, and continues to write and record on a daily basis.
Eddie Dillon is a singer/songwriter and musician with over 500 songs in his catalog. His music has been recorded and released by Aoife Clancy, Barleycorn, Seamus Kennedy, Shananagans, and The Jammin’ Divas. Three original CDs, The Barber’s Lament, Things You Wished You Said and All For a Song. All For a Song was released in July of 2025.
As a songwriter, his interests have morphed over the years from the folk styles of the 60s to jazz riffs, country tunes, bluegrass melodies and ballads of contemporary issues. He has a bevy of comic tunes — a few have been animated and released on YouTube — including Armadillo Waltz, Jack the Mouse, and Tough to Be a Spy.
