The Davey Williams Guitar Festival invited many of Birmingham's most active improvising solo guitarists. The event started with a sidewalk parade. Guitarists strapped mini-amps to their belts and performed on the street for the traffic on Hwy 78/ First Avenue North. 
Below: friends start to gather for the festivities.

Each night began with guest guitarists stationed all around the gallery, taking their turn in  3 minute solos as the performance was was a Round Robin idea as the audience followed @ the room. After they had robined twice around the first portion of the concert was completed. 

The Davey Williams Commemorative Concert at East Village Arts of Birmingham was followed by  by a parallel commemorative event held on Monday, March 13 at Roulette Intermedia in Brooklyn, New York.  It was a packed house! Birmingham's Davey Williams has been called "One of the three founding fathers of American free improvised guitar."  His early exploration in extended techniques and theoretical writing on the subject of free improvisation was consequential to the movement .  He was founding editor of the improvisor, the international journal of free improvisation, celebrating 30 years as a publication. He performed since 1974 with his musical partner, LaDonna Smith, touring Europe and beyond. He was in bands and collaborations including Curlew (NY) , Fuzzy Sons, and O.K. Nurse (Bham). He wrote profusely and authored three books, Fried Egg, Solo Gig, and Charmed I'm Sure  and many articles in  music publications, surrealist journals. He painted and maintained a whimsical, if not profound presence of mind.  Davey is surely one of Birmingham's musical masters. Loved and admired by so many, he performed 1000's of concerts! The following are a few images from his prolific musical output.