Lucinda Williams

[twilight_sailing]

OK, this has nothing to do with politics, or maybe it does, but Sweet Jesus, is there anybody better than Lucinda Williams?

[chelaque liberal]

1. Not too many

[tkmorris]

2. Not really

But I also like Iris DeMent, Nanci Griffith, Michelle Shocked, Alison Krause, Ani DiFranco, Candye Kane, and many others.

I do love me some Lucinda though. "Can't Let go" is a great song.

[WCGreen]

18. Same with the women....

But Lucinda seems to take more chances than the rest of them...

all though, Nanci sang an anti war song live at the Grand Ol Opry on her very first night on that stage about three weeks before the bombing of Iraq started....

[buddhamama]

3. i heart Lucinda Williams

there are other artists in her league though. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Yes there are...but she is awesome!

:hi:

[av8rdave]

5. She's awesome

Saw her open for Neil Young a couple of years ago...immediately went out and bought Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Great album.

[saltpoint]

6. CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD is unbelievably good.

She inherited her father's poetry gene and then some.

Awfully listenable voice, too.

For a while (maybe still?) she and Emmylou Harris were neighbors in Nashville.

Not a bad combination of talent there.

[av8rdave]

7. When I saw her play, it was the first time I'd even heard of her...

Her voice got me right away! Been a fan ever since.

[saltpoint]

17. I don't blame you one bit. She's an authentic and very gifted soul.

[RetroLounge]

11. Who is her father?

:shrug:

RL

[saltpoint]

16. Hi, RetroLounge. Her father is CK Williams -- a leading American poet

-- his work appears in a lot of college anthologies -- in Poulin's anthology of American poets, etc.

[RetroLounge]

20. Oh yeah, I know CK Williams.

Never put them together as father, daughter. Very cool.

Thanks

:hi:

RL

[wildhorses]

24. hey RL...why don't you post some of his work in your thread?

I mean if you find something you like...

[wildhorses]

25. posted in the wrong place...

:yoiks:

[tigereye]

8. very, very few

she has an amazing and unique quality and being related to a well-known poet doesn't hurt, either!

[MrCoffee]

9. Lucinda is fan-frickin-tastic

That song "Three Days" on Fruits of My Labor is so good it's unreal.

[LSK]

10. dont worry, nothing in the lounge has much to do with politics

[hippiechick]

12. The only song of hers I really like is 'Righteously'

... otherwise, she's ok. :shrug:

[WCGreen]

19. That's a great song....

Lonely Girls is one of my favorites....

[ET Awful]

13. The first song of hers I heard was on the soundtrack to "Niagara, Niagara"

(if you haven't seen the movie, make every effort to do so, but it's only around on VHS and is out of print at this time, very cool dark love story/coming of age/comedy/tragedy type story).

The movie had one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard, and her song "Sharp Cutting Wings (Song To A Poet)" was one of the best songs on it.

[KG]

14. a goddess.

:)

[NashVegas]

15. Right Now, No One Comes to Mind

..

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. I can think of one

Ms. Williams blows me into the weeds — dog, I love "Righteously" — but I can't think of anyone right now who tops Mary Gauthier (pronounced "go-shay").

Check out "Mercy Now," "I Drink" and "Your Sister Cried."

http://www.marygauthier.com/music.html

[WCGreen]

23. I Drink is a powerful song...

[speedoo]

27. Thanks, Oeditpus Rex.

You've made me a Mary Gauthier fan. For life.

"Mercy Now" blew me away. Beautiful song, great video. I wonder why I've never heard of her before.. has she been "Dixie Chicked"?

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. She's not mainstream

Major labels won't touch her, at least not for mass distribution. Nor will Clear Channel.

Gotta listen to stations like KPIG to hear the best stuff.

Btw — I was an instant fan, too, when my friend turned me on to her.

[speedoo]

29. Yeah, artists like her are usually not mainstream.

And it's no coincidence that I almost always like them instantly as well.

Reminds me of the first time I heard Gillian Welch. BAM!! Knocked me out.

There is a station here in NYC that will play Mary if they know about her. WFUV.. I'll have to let them know.

http://www.wfuv.org/

[yorgatron]

32. praise the lard!

i used to listen to KPIG all the time.
anyone remember KFAT?

[driver8]

22. She eats at a restaurant that my family and I love.

We have seen her in there a couple of times.

She is an amazing songwriter and performer.

[wildhorses]

26. Love.Her.

:applause:

[donheld]

30. For a girl, she's kinda pretty too.

[mvd]

31. Well, I'm not sure there is among current artists

There are some I would say I like equally, for their music: from The Decemberists to The Veronicas to Anna Nalick to Thea Gilmore to the Barenaked Ladies to The Dixie Chicks.

[Montauk6]

33. Oh my heavens yes!

In no particular order...

Tori Amos, Robyn Archer, Judy Garland, Leontyne Price, Etta James, Flora Purim, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Martha Reeves, Dinah Shore, Dinah Washington, Blossom Dearie, Dawn Upshaw, Cleo Laine, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Jo Stafford, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Letecia Sadier, Bjork, Dianne Schurr, Elis Regina, Marisa Monte, Maria Callas, Marianne Faithfull, Laura Nyro, Ella Fitzgerald, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Diamanda Galas, Mary Fahl, Astrud Gilberto, Loretta Lynn, Teresa Brewer, Essra Mohawk, Billie Holiday, Mary Travers, Jocelyn Brown, Cecilia Bartoli, Kate Bush, Marilyn McCoo, Janis Joplin

[mvd]

34. IMO..

Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Loretta Lynn, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Dinah Washington rank among the best - but I'm not sure I like their styles MORE than Lucinda's.