Paramore's Hayley Williams on grandad’s lost music - Lives Less Ordinary podcast, BBC World Service

Hayley Williams’ grandad Rusty inspired her music career - but now she’s discovered his long-lost recordings from the 1970s, she wants Paramore’s biggest fan to get his big break. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM As the lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams has won three Grammy Awards and toured the world, but behind the scenes Rusty has always been her biggest supporter. He taught her to play drums and piano, and even followed Paramore’s tour bus across the US with his wife Sharon, his childhood sweetheart. It turns out Rusty’s own attempt to make it as a musician was cut short. In the 1970s, he recorded an album which was rejected by a country music boss. Disillusioned, Rusty quit the music industry. His songs lay hidden on a collection of tapes for 50 years, until granddaughter Hayley heard them and realised their potential. Now, at the age of 79 Rusty has released his debut album, Grand Man. 00:00 Coming up in the episode 00:41 Intro 01:30 How Rusty’s lost music was found 04:21 The story behind Rusty’s unreleased tracks 07:31 Who inspired Rusty’s love songs 09:07 Musical roots in the family 12:51 Rusty championing Hayley’s musical journey 17:23 The origins of Paramore and Rusty’s support 21:30 The surprise party for Rusty’s music release 24:18 Grandma Sharon on Rusty and Hayley 27:04 Rusty’s favourite songs 29:26 Hayley and Rusty: inspiring one another 30:42 Matching Elvis tattoos 31:27 How it feels to see Rusty’s music released 33:51 Outro Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: Elena Angelides and Maryam Maruf Video Producer: Beatrice Guzzardi Watch more from Lives Less Ordinary on our YouTube playlist 👉🏽    • Lives Less Ordinary   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #hayleywilliams #paramore #rustywilliams #music #singer