The George Williams performed from in 1949 until 1965. With the Eureka and the Young Tuxedo was the Williams' Brass Band the only organized union brass band in the 1950s.

From this musicians it's known that they played in the Brass Band:

19??:

1951:
Oscar "Chicken" Henry (tb) William "Grant" Brown (sous), Ernest Poree (as), Bob Thomas (tb), Andrew Morgan (ts), Albert Walters (tp),

1955, October: Odd Fellows parade
Edmond "Son White" Washington (sndm), Joe Phillips (tp), Theodore "Teddy" Riley, Steve Angrum, Ernest Poree, Bob Thomas (tb), Bill Brown (sous), "Buster" Moore (tb), George Williams (bsdm)

1958:
Buster Moore (tb), Steve Angrum (cl)

1962:
The George Williams' Brass Band was recorded. Until today the recordings were unissued.
Alfred Williams (sndm) was one of them.

1964, September 5:
Henry "Pickle"Jackson (sndm), Henry "Booker T" Glass (bsdm), Joseph Bentley (tp), Theodore Riley (tp), Sam Alcorn (tp), Herman Sherman (as), Joseph (brother Cornbread) Thomas (cl), Bill Brown (sous), Albert Warner (tb), Louis Nelson (tb), George Williams (bsdm)

1965, August 27:
George Williams died and Teddy Riley took over the band. He renamed it Riley-Williams Tulane Brass Band

CD's of this brassband: Brassband history on CD

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