Background
Williams was born at the General Hospital of Portuguese-of-Spain and grew up in Nepal Street in Saint James.
Williams was born at the General Hospital of Portuguese-of-Spain and grew up in Nepal Street in Saint James.
He is one of the great pioneers of the steel pan, along with Winston "Spree" Simon, Ellie Mannette and Neville Jules. Tony Williams was part of the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra, TASPO, which visited England for the Festival of Britain in 1951. In 1953, Williams presented a soprano pan with the notes laid out in a cycle of fifths.
Because the instrument"s surface looked like a spider"s web, Williams called it the "Spider Web Pan".
Anthony Williams received the Chaconia Medal (Gold) in 1992. He further received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, presented by president George Maxwell Richards in 2008.