From Lucinda Williams, native of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
This song has the distinction of being used in two of the finest television series, ever: The Sopranos, Season 6, episode 18, "Kennedy and Heidi" ; True Detective, Season 1, episode 8, "Form and Void"
December 06, 2024, 08:36 AM
TMats
Nice. I guess my favorite from her is “Crescent City,” but the bridge in “Are You Alright” is perfect.
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December 06, 2024, 10:14 AM
YellowJacket
Love this song. Car Wheels and West are both terrific albums.
Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
December 06, 2024, 04:16 PM
CoolRich59
Another Lucinda Williams fan here.
Here music is great for driving. I really like "Right in Time" and "Essence".
_____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell
December 06, 2024, 07:36 PM
oddball
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"
I saw her in a club show in San Francisco in the late 1980s after she released her album on Rough Trade, a punk label at the time, she was kinda considered the female Paul Westerberg, paving the way for alt-country artists like Uncle Tupelo/Wilco, The Jayhawks, etc. But I love that record, the only one of hers I own. And her song "Passionate Kisses" was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, a more polished production, that won a Grammy, but I always preferred Lucinda's version.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
December 06, 2024, 08:33 PM
CQB60
Her rendition of “Protection” was also used in S6E1 of Justified..
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December 07, 2024, 09:13 PM
Bassamatic
The first time I heard this song was at the end of one of the "House" shows many years ago. She's a great singer. I have a number of her songs as favorites on youtube.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
December 08, 2024, 08:40 PM
amals
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"
I saw her in a club show in San Francisco in the late 1980s after she released her album on Rough Trade, a punk label at the time, she was kinda considered the female Paul Westerberg, paving the way for alt-country artists like Uncle Tupelo/Wilco, The Jayhawks, etc. But I love that record, the only one of hers I own. And her song "Passionate Kisses" was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, a more polished production, that won a Grammy, but I always preferred Lucinda's version.
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I saw her in a small club years ago, too. Only a few rows away. Great singer/songwriter. And, yeah, Passionate Kisses, an easy favorite.
Uncle Tupelo...ha. A local (Belleville, IL; just across the river) band that made it pretty big. Saw them a few times in bars in St. Louis when they were getting started.
EDIT: Hadn't thought about Lucinda in years, and this thread brought it back. Found a few more old favorites, but this brought tears to my eyes. Don't know if it was the time, the place, the song, or...?, but this one wrecks me: https://youtu.be/9R_dkP2duog?l...PzZc8i2a_a6iKxnC&t=1
Damn, she's good.This message has been edited. Last edited by: amals,
December 10, 2024, 10:30 AM
TMats
Greenville
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December 11, 2024, 02:22 AM
copaup
Man. This one brings up memories.
I’d never heard of Lucinda Williams before this album. It came out right as my marriage was falling apart and I started going through a divorce. I heard it for the first time and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I probably listened to the whole album 500 times. I am not generally a country music fan, but that rough voice of hers and her lyrics perfectly capture that period.
I hadn’t thought of this album in a long time. Just hearing the first few notes immediately took me back there, but not in a bad way. More retrospective.
Yes. I’m alright.
Seriously. Thank you for bringing this one to mind.
December 22, 2024, 03:24 AM
sigmonkey
I have two. She can drive either one.
I live 7 miles form the Subiaco Cemetery in her first song. (Saint Benedict Cemetery, Logan County, Subiaco Arkansas)
I'll stop by and leave a stone upon his grave, for Lucinda.
Frank Stafford was from Fayetteville.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
December 22, 2024, 06:10 AM
SPWAMike0317
Early 1990's, WXPN played Side of the Road by Lucinda Williams. I was immediately and forever hooked. I've seen her several times in concert including a show with her father. He was a poet and would recite his poems and Lucinda would play a relevant work from her extensive catalog. In a time where synthetic music reigns, Lucinda is the real deal
