Zach Williams - Two-time Grammy winning singer/songwriter on his love for basketball and sharing his rescue story
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Zach Williams is a two-time Grammy winning singer/songwriter. His hits include "Chain Breaker" "Rescue Story" and "Fear is a Liar."
In college, Williams played basketball at Northwest Arkansas with dreams of playing professionally. Drugs and alcohol and injuries ended his sports dream but led him to finding a music career. Zach's new book "Rescue Story" releases in February 2024.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Zach Williams about his basketball dream, his Jesus rescue story, winning a Grammy, making music with Dolly Parton and dealing with fame.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, I am so excited to talk to Zach Williams, two-time |
| 0:05.1 | Grammy-winning singer-songwriter. You know that song, Chainbreaker? How about rescue story? How about |
| 0:11.3 | Fear is a liar? How about a song with Dolly Parton called There Was Jesus? Come on now. Zach Williams, |
| 0:17.8 | are you kidding me? This is awesome. I'm so excited to get to talk to him. |
| 0:21.4 | nominated for seven Billboard Music Awards. There was Jesus. That song he did with Dolly was a Grammy |
| 0:27.6 | award-winning song for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance back in 2021. That song, |
| 0:34.1 | Chainbreaker that I mentioned, won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian |
| 0:37.8 | album in 2018. |
| 0:40.5 | Zach has a great story that's connected to sports because he always wanted to be a pro |
| 0:47.1 | basketball player. |
| 0:48.2 | That was his dreams early on. |
| 0:49.8 | He actually got a chance to play in college, but something happened while he was in college that |
| 0:54.8 | ultimately led him to music, which ultimately led him back to Jesus and what he's doing now. |
| 1:01.8 | He's got a great testimony. |
| 1:03.1 | It's his rescue story. |
| 1:04.3 | That's what it's all about. |
| 1:05.1 | He's got a new book coming out soon. |
| 1:07.0 | He's got a spring tour that's happening. |
| 1:09.2 | He's got another new song with Dolly Parton. |
| 1:11.8 | So much good stuff happening with Zach Williams. |
| 1:14.8 | And we were honored and privileged to have him here today on Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:18.2 | It's coming up in just a moment. |
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