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Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and alt-country singer-songwriter. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named “America’s best songwriter” by TIME magazine in 2002.

Williams has garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success has been moderate. She also has a reputation as a perfectionist and slow worker when it comes to recording; six years passed between the release of her second and third albums. However, she frequently makes guest appearances on other artists’ albums and contributes to compilations and soundtracks. She has performed on record with Elvis Costello, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Leftover Salmon, and Steve Earle, among others. She has also opened concerts for artists such as Neil Young.

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinda_Williams …

Early life

Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams. Her father worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and Chile as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the University of Arkansas. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.

Career

By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas, concentrating on a folk-rock-country blend. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1978 to record her first album, for Smithsonian/Folkways Records. Titled Ramblin’, it was a collection of country and blues covers. She followed it up in 1980 with Happy Woman Blues, which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.

1	Are You Alright? full track	455
2	Right in Time full track	354
3	Car Wheels On A Gravel Road full track	317
4	Can't Let Go full track	282
5	Drunken Angel full track	275
6	I Lost It full track	239
7	2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten full track	220
8	Greenville full track	190
9	Metal Firecracker full track	188
10	Concrete And Barbed Wire full track	183
11	Still I Long For Your Kiss full track	181
11	Lake Charles full track	181
13	Joy full track	177
13	Jackson full track	177
15	Righteously full track	170

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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
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West
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Essence
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World Without Tears
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DontLetsStart wrote:
yesterday morning

I just don't comprehend how World Without Tears is only the 4th most listened to album. It's a cut above the rest for mine.

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soft_bomb wrote:
Monday morning

she burns it up live. i've seen her twice. once when she opened for neil young and once when " john fuckin' doe " opened for her. her show on the Pier in Seattle was the best show of my life.

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hellfried wrote:
7 days ago

"car wheels on a gravel road" is a stone cold classic. hated "west" though.

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Beachbum94 wrote:
17 days ago

FINALLY i wish more singers were like her.

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Liuyanggod wrote:
17 days ago

Je ne sais quoi!

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tinydesign wrote:
21 days ago

this is what sadness sounds like. so beautiful.

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heidimo wrote:
last month

a very talented artist--deserves much more recognition than she gets.

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yak93 wrote:
last month

Worship this woman, wish she'd come back to the UK. Any more word on the rumoured Aug/Sep release? Gone quiet?

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tefflox wrote:
last month

hey, i am a fan, but i heard a song on similar artists that i barely recognized.. sounds like she's yodeling. someone know the song?

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danndo wrote:
June 2008

lucinda is possibly the best songwriter out there. i saw her open for tom petty and was hooked-bought car wheels on a gravel road, and haven't looked back!! she is amazing and so raw and true!! check her out!!!!

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terbsr wrote:
June 2008

ha, car wheels on a gravel road, same here.

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tinoringo wrote:
May 2008

someone has just played me Car Wheels On A Gravel Road....where have I been? She is amazing

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MarcusAKAFatima wrote:
May 2008

Someone this amazing should not have shouts from 2006 still one her page!

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mercuryblues wrote:
May 2008

The day before yesterday I bought 'World without tears' on vinyl. It contains 2 LP-only bonus tracks, among which a cover of the Waits/Brennan song 'Hang down your head'. It's amazing!! Does any of you know how to obtain a mp3 of this song? I still can't connect my record player to my pc. Thanks!

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beastlybungalow wrote:
April 2008

BRILLIANT. Her live tracks are the best.

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warburton wrote:
April 2008

she has been my favorite musician for for the last three years and I know i'm never gonna find another to compare

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iamserge wrote:
March 2008

better vote for the west cover ;)

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MelyDeLempicka wrote:
February 2008

right in time .)

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RachelApathetic wrote:
February 2008

I got Car Wheels On A Gravel Road yesterday and now I can't stop listening to it - every track is brilliant.

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sabroni wrote:
January 2008

@RachelApathetic, I'd recommend Live at the Fillmore. IMO the studio albums lack the punch of this live set.

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