# How Awesome is Lucinda Williams? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983 "2011-01-17T19:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/1 "2011-01-17T19:47:28Z")
Holy crap! They played a song of her’s on one of the Sirius stations earlier today and it was great. I decided to look for it on Youtube and can’t find it but I’m listening to some of her other songs to keep me entertained while filing stuff in work. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/2 "2011-01-17T19:54:52Z")
She puts on a great live show. She wrote Passionate Kisses which Mary Chapin Carpenter made famous. ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/3 "2011-01-17T20:05:51Z")
I first heard her when she did a duet with Steve Earle “You’re Still Standing There” and picked up “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”. I like it but can only listen to her so long before I need to switch to somthing else. ETA:I think I’ll listen to that little bit now. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/4 "2011-01-17T20:24:43Z")
Yeah so far I’ve listened to a duet with Willie Nelson, Drunken Angel, Factory Girls (A song by Flogging Molley that she sings in), Essence, Austin City Limits, Are You Alright, Joy, Can’t Let Go, Blue and Hot Blood. Blue is the only one I didn’t care for. It didn’t have that sound of hers. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/5 "2011-01-17T20:29:05Z")
She’s right up there with Kate Bush for me. As in someone that I \*should \*like but just don’t. She’s got all of the ingredients but the cake doesn’t rise. I like a couple tracks off of her self-titled album and I have heard all of her albums strangely hoping that she might just “click”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/6 "2011-01-17T20:41:06Z")
She’s great. The only time I saw her live was at an Elvis Costello concert. She got on stage with him for a few songs. Elvis announced her as his second favorite female songwriter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/7 "2011-01-17T20:43:40Z")
Way. Way awesome. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/8 "2011-01-18T02:02:55Z")
There is an amazing song of hers called ‘Like A Rose’ on the Transamerica soundtrack. That is the extent of my Lucinda Williams fandom but based on that song alone, yes, yes she is quite awesome. ETA: I’m fairly sure it’s a bit older than the soundtrack, but that’s where I first heard it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/9 "2011-01-18T02:35:38Z")
I like Lucinda Williams a lot. I discovered her music via public radio many years ago and had to special order a CD because the stores didn’t have her in stock. Mainstream radio misses out on so many good artists. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/10 "2011-01-18T06:25:01Z")
For me, the best Lucinda albums were her early blues albums not the more pop-oriented ones. I feel that she derailed after “Sweet Old World”. Her next album “Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” was OK but was the beginning of a road I didn’t like. I feel the same way about Bonnie Raitt and her hit album “Nick Of Time”. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/11 "2011-01-18T06:51:39Z")
Love her and have for years! Fantastic. I love Car Wheels. I saw her live with Neil Young - Wow! Enjoy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BocPTCa2ehc/hqdefault.jpg "Lucinda WIlliams - Side of the Road") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BocPTCa2ehc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2nxiMr1d2ug/hqdefault.jpg "LUCINDA WILLIAMS Can't Let Go 2-20-09") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxiMr1d2ug) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9R_dkP2duog/hqdefault.jpg "Something About What Happens When We Talk - Lucinda Williams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_dkP2duog) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/12 "2011-01-18T06:59:55Z")
I like her a lot better live than recorded. Her CDs don’t click with me so much either, **stpauler** , but at her live shows with her band, she is really impressive. Unlike a lot of acts, she has a knack for choosing her best material for performances, I think. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/13 "2011-01-18T13:21:40Z")
I enjoy her as a journey…woman songwriter and performer. She never had her Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time CD that broke through… ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/14 "2011-01-18T13:50:25Z")
I think she’s a great songwriter. Her voice isn’t for everyone, but I love it. “Those Three Days” off of _World Without Tears_ is probably my favorite of her songs. Just haunting and aching. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/15 "2011-01-18T14:13:43Z")
The first time I saw her, she was new in town. She wandered into The Old Quarter with a harp player whose name I’ve forgotten. I remember thinking that she had a very big voice. And wondering if she would ever learn how to sing on key. She has written some pretty good songs. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/16 "2011-01-18T17:24:59Z")
I first saw her on Austin City Limits, I was impressed. She was playing songs from her Little Honey album. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/17 "2011-01-18T17:27:22Z")
I like her and have a few of her CDs. After I noticed that she talks about vomiting in more than one song, her lyrics sort of slid sideways for me, though. Vomiting is something I’d prefer not to hear about in a song. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-awesome-is-lucinda-williams/567983/18 "2011-01-18T17:32:17Z")
She also talks about getting semen on her stomach and in her hair in “Honey Bee.” At least that’s my interpretation. Take that Katy Perry!