BY MATTHEW RECCHIA

Throughout his career, Keller Williams has always been known for taking his live, solo performances to new levels. After supporting Live, an album with bassist Keith Moseley, drummer Jeff Sipe, and guitarist Gibb Droll, it's good to see the one-man jam band get back to what he does best: creating loopy jams that would cause any venue to explode.

Keller's stage setup at the Georgia Theater looked like a local music shop, with twenty-something instruments ranging from mandolins to a standup bass hanging from brackets on the "walls" of the store, all of which had hanging price tags attached. Not only that, but a cashier stand complete with pedals, strings, magazines, and assorted guitar goods stood on the left side of the stage to add to the "music store" feeling.

At five minutes after ten the lights dimmed, an acoustic guitar twanged from somewhere behind the stage, and soon, a bare-foot Keller Williams stepped out from backstage and began the evening with a trance-like acoustic jam into the Grateful Dead classic "Jack-a-Roe." And it wasn't the only Dead cover performed during the evening, as Keller gave praise to his main influence with loopy version of "Saint Stephen," "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," and a funked-out "Shakedown Street" complete with a drum-and-vocal jam. Known for his vast array of covers from various artists, Williams also pleased the crowd with covers like Rolling Stone's classic "Gimme Shelter," Steve Miller's "The Joker," and Collective Soul's popular tune "Shine;" all during the second set!

With the help of an artillery of looping stations, instruments, and vocal capabilities, Keller was able to create waves of energy that kept the Saturday night crowd dancing along all night. The ground Williams covered in the first set alone would make some musicians sick, playing seven instruments and busting out classics from his repertoire  including "Goofballs," "Roshambo" with an extended vocal jam, and his song dedicated to snowboarders, "Freshies."

After a brief intermission break, Keller came back with a heated cover of the Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter" before jumping into Steve Miller's "The Joker." Williams then made his feelings known for the gate-crashing incident at a Deer Creek Grateful Dead show in "Gate Crashers Suck," followed by "Kidney in a Cooler" and "Not Tomorrow." At one'clock, Keller took another break before performing a two song encore, which included fan favorite "Celebrate Your Youth."

The influences that carried this self-taught musician to stardom could be seen and heard throughout the night, maybe a sign that Keller is getting back to his roots for this solo tour. Playing close to every instrument on stage, including the mandolin, banjo, standup bass, a hand-held theramin device, and keys showed off his virtuosity on various instruments and electronic devices. But it's not like we didn't know that already.

 Spread the world: K-Dub's back to raging, so get your buddies together and go enjoy the show!

*Click here to see BLURT's review of Keller Williams LIVE album with Keith Moseley, Gibb Droll, and Jeff Sipe.