Lucinda Gayle Williams was born on January 26,1953 and is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist.
51 Facts About Lucinda Williams
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Lucinda Williams recorded her first two albums: Ramblin' on My Mind and Happy Woman Blues, in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention.
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Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it 6th on his own year-end list, later writing that the album, as well as Lucinda Williams, were "gorgeous, flawless, brilliant".
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Lucinda Williams' follow up album, Essence, appeared in 2001, to further critical acclaim and commercial success, becoming her first Top 40 album on the Billboard 200, peaking at No 28.
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One of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of her generation, Lucinda Williams has released a string of albums since that have earned her further critical acclaim and commercial success, including World Without Tears, West, Little Honey, Blessed, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, The Ghosts of Highway 20, and Good Souls Better Angels.
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In 2020, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road ranked No 97, and Lucinda Williams ranked No 426, on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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Lucinda Williams was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Lucinda Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Lucinda Williams, and amateur pianist Lucille Fern Day.
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Lucinda Williams' father gained custody of her and her younger brother, Robert Miller, and sister, Karyn Elizabeth.
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Lucinda Williams's father worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and different parts of the United States, including Baton Rouge; New Orleans; Jackson, Mississippi; and Utah before settling at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
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Lucinda Williams never graduated from high school but was accepted into the University of Arkansas.
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Lucinda Williams showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
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Lucinda Williams moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1978 to record her first album for Folkways Records.
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In 1991, the song "Lucinda Williams" appeared on Vic Chesnutt's album West of Rome.
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In 1996, Lucinda Williams duetted with Steve Earle on the song "You're Still Standin' There" from his album I Feel Alright.
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Lucinda Williams gained a reputation as a perfectionist and slow worker when it came to recording; six years would pass before her next album release, though she appeared as a guest on other artists' albums and contributed to several tribute compilations during this period.
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On February 20,1999, Williams performed the tracks "Can't Let Go" and "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" on Saturday Night Live.
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Lucinda Williams followed up the success of Car Wheels on a Gravel Road with Essence, released on June 5,2001.
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The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2002, while Lucinda Williams won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Get Right with God", an atypically up-tempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release.
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On January 13,2002, Lucinda Williams performed with Elvis Costello on the inaugural episode of CMT Crossroads.
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The previous year, Lucinda Williams was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her cover of Greg Brown's "Lately", from Going Driftless: An Artists' Tribute to Greg Brown.
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Lucinda Williams was a guest vocalist on the song "Factory Girls" from Irish punk-folk band Flogging Molly's 2004 album "Within a Mile of Home", and appeared on Elvis Costello's The Delivery Man.
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Lucinda Williams sang with folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott on the track "Careless Darling" from his 2006 album I Stand Alone.
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On February 13,2007, Lucinda Williams released her eighth album, West, for which she wrote more than 27 songs.
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Lucinda Williams wrapped recording on her ninth album in March 2008.
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Lucinda Williams released a cover of Shel Silverstein's "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" in June 2010, as part of the Twistable, Turnable Man tribute album.
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On March 1,2011, Lucinda Williams released her 10th studio album Blessed.
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In 2012 and 2013, Lucinda Williams toured the US accompanied only by guitarist Doug Pettibone.
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On September 30,2014, Lucinda Williams released her 11th studio album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, and performed the track "Protection" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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On February 5,2016, Lucinda Williams released her 12th studio album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, and performed the track "Dust" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 17,2016.
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AllMusic wrote "after releasing one of the best and boldest albums of her career with Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Lucinda Williams goes from strength to strength with The Ghosts of Highway 20, and it seems like a welcome surprise that she's moving into one of the most fruitful periods of her recording career as she approaches her fourth decade as a musician".
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On May 13,2017, Lucinda Williams was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during the 2017 Commencement Concert.
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Marvels members Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz had previously worked with Lucinda Williams, including on her 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.
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The album was met with critical acclaim; AllMusic wrote "the pairing of this band with Lucinda Williams sounds natural, effortless, and holistic", while Rolling Stone called it a "savvy stylistic blend".
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In 2019, Lucinda Williams produced New York City singer-songwriter Jesse Malin's eighth studio album Sunset Kids, which was met with widespread critical acclaim.
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Lucinda Williams co-wrote three tracks on the album, and performed on three tracks.
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On February 4,2020, Lucinda Williams announced her album Good Souls Better Angels would be released on April 23.
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On March 19,2020, Lucinda Williams released a song she wrote for the Netflix movie Lost Girls, titled "Lost Girl".
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Later that year, Lucinda Williams began "Lu's Jukebox", a six-episode series of themed live performances.
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Lucinda Williams was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in October 2021.
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Jason Isbell, who inducted Lucinda Williams, credited her with creating a map for other singer-songwriters to follow; "A lot of my songs wouldn't exist if I hadn't spent so much time trying to rip her off", he stated in his speech.
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Lucinda Williams performed at the ceremony, she sang "Crescent City" with Rosanne Cash and "Changed the Locks" with Margo Price.
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On November 17,2021, it was announced that Lucinda Williams would receive the Americana Music Association-UK International Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2022.
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On September 12,2022, Lucinda Williams was the recipient of the BMI Troubadour Award.
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On February 4,2023, Williams was honored with the AMERICANAFEST Pre-Grammy Salute to Lucinda Williams, which was held at the Troubadour and live-streamed on Mandolin.
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From 1985 to 1996, Lucinda Williams' band included guitarist Gurf Morlix.
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From before 2012 into 2022, Lucinda Williams has called her backing band the Buick 6, whose name was inspired by Bob Dylan's song "From a Buick 6".
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In 1986, Lucinda Williams married Long Ryders drummer Greg Sowders, but the couple divorced within eighteen months.
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On November 17,2020, Lucinda Williams had a stroke in her home in Nashville.
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Lucinda Williams has received three awards in three separate categories, from 17 nominations that span five genres.