heard this song on KPFT 90.1 Pacifica Houston, had to look it up to see who sang it! i am now a dedicated LW fan :-)

Lucinda, she is the real deal. There is not another sound out there like hers.

Jim Christie is so tasty on the drums and he is only using one hand. His left hand plays the shaker throughout the entire song. What a killin' band! Doug Pettibone is always great with Lucinda.

Lucinda Williams central brilliance is her ability to define a very strict sound and hire badass players; the guitar work here can make a blind man see.

Lucinda is a master of simplicity. She says so much with so few words. You got no right to take my joy, I want it back. Yes.

Lucinda burns the house down. Tasty guitar solo.

My X husbaand took my JOY and im getting it back THANKS LUCINDA1!!!!!!!!!!!

One hot damn version of this song - thanks for the upload,,,

Absolutely love Doug Pettibone !!!

I met Lucinda at Mountain Stage in Charleston, WV and a friend on mine and her and her band went to the Marriott and sat around and talked for couple hours-she is truly a fine person and sooo talented and a kick band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just heard about Lucinda Williams today from my Spanish teacher... and OMG-ish! I totally fell in love with her style of music as soon as I heard it! She's amazing!

IMUS Turned me on to Lucinda Williams, I Love her music. and she sings like she has seen ALOT!!!

thank God for netflix and youtube or i would have never heard this song!!!

THE BAND!!!! THE BAND!!!! I wish she still has this guy on guitar.

Doug Pettibone's guitar is a James Trussart "Steel Deville". It's a true work of art as is his performance.

Doug Pettibone on guitar!!!🎉🎉❤

This is an awesome performance. I love that the audience waited until the very last note to applaud.

such a fine intro ...antipasta ...spiced and enough sleeky oil to put a bit of taste into the finely diced cabbage ....that introduces the rest of the wailing main meal ...beer or red wine juice ...it all works ..

killer guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE IT!!! Bettye Levette's rendition is a killer too.

I try to get all my friends to listen cause of course they have never heard of her! How do you not pick up Rolling Stone and not find out what is hot and what is not? That is how I bought Car Wheels on a Gravel Road! It's the voice though that gets me! Beautiful!

Love you girl bad ass!!!!

Gal IS THE SHIT!

God.. she is awesome .. and the band rocks!!! this is real music...

@Brunogirlfriend This was part of her previous band. Doug Pettibone on guitar had been with her since "World Without Tears.

Her band reminds me of the Magic Band!

Uh. I've been to Slidell.......just a hop and a skp from New Orleans.......good times. ;-0

She's a force of nature!

This is clearly a great song witch I like very much due to the intense emotion Lucinda shows on stage. The first time I have heard that song was as part of a live version of the song "Joey" performed by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. For those who still do not know Grace Potter look at the "Stop The Bus" video on you tube.

look at her strum she's beautiful the voice ... i like it a lot it's expressive singin from bein hurt awesome

Doug Pettibone..nuff said.

Doesn't hurt to have Dough Pettibone on lead.. Last time I saw her she had her band Buick 6 and they just tore the house down. Small club, it was awesome.

YES, there is joy in Slidell!

That guitar player is something of a monster,,,enjoy the distant connections you mentioned as well. And here I add Ribot, Verlaine and Adrain Belew.

very good Work ain't that the Truth

Look, I love Lucinda Williams as much as the next guy, but here I am duty bound to say that her lead guitar player, That Guy, is a monster of the kind we seen once in along generation. Let us pray that he has children.

Lucy rocks!

Im your biggest fan i love this song its my favorite song in the hole world

pure joy

I enjoyed this live version, Bettye LaVette also does a superb cover of this song.

She performed this @ JazzFest 07...and rocked the house...I think Lu...might have some anger issues with all of her X's...but somehow they become the inspiration for her great lyrics and music...ladies..can you relate?

That drummer really holds it down.

If they were smart, they'd have 'Lucinda Williams' night on Idol, and have everyone singing Lucinda Williams songs. But they're not smart.

It's all good.

great song. i can relate

@Comofan100 Your f'n loss my friend! Leaves more of her for the rest of us!!

I believe that the monster playing guitar is Doug Pettibone and yes we should all pray he has guitar lovin' kids.

@MrKim2288 Thanks for the info on Doug Pettibone!

rawkin !

@jakollee Doug Pettibone. One of the greats. Looks like he may be playing a Zematis.

I could see ol' John Lennon himself putting this song on one of his albums.

love u Lucinda... but I can assure you that there is zero joy in West Memphis.

Just fuckin rockin

@MrKim2288 Thanks for the info on Doug Pettibone, he's great!

Mystery solved. His name is Doug Pettibone :-)

Seems like some of the comments don't understand the various meanings of "Joy."

James Trussart

Sheryl Crow WISHES she was Lucinda Williams.

Steel Deville

There is no joy in Slidell!

I'm pretty sure Doug Pettibone is playing a James Trussart SteelDeville guitar. Google it.

@jakollee Doug Pettibone i think.

So you don't hear LA Woman in there?

Isn't he playing Bo Ramsey's contribution to this song???

She's not sick as far as I know. Her sister is...Or are you thinking of Victoria Williams...?

The music sounds a lot like The Doors

It is to Williams credit that she finds such A level players [ and takes forever to finish a studio album] but here I have to say that Pettibone rises past my 2 heroes, Tom Velaine and Dave Rawlins with a natural ease.

Bit of a doors thing at the end

Wow who's on that guitar? Can anyone tell me his name?

Can anyone give me the details on this concert? I'd like to watch it all.

@42smitty42 Yes, Doug Pettibone. Sorry to see him go.

Does anyone know who the lead guitarist is, and what kind of guitar he's playing?

Doug Pettibone is god

What kinda guitar is that?

Who's the guitar player?.....Anybody?.......

Shop Till Ya Drop? ~~> stores.portmerch.com/lucindawilliams/

And the guitar is .... WHO ?????

CHECK OUT GRACE POTTER! she is like a younger lucinda with the same soul and edge to her music. not to mention her amazing songwriting talent! whilst ur at it check me out too :P

If you don't hear the similarities, you don't know squat about music.

My Bad. Didn't know I stumbled into a spelling bee.

I believe he stretches out like no one else in the business....I will seek his glorious noise elsewhere.

@nexthoudini maybe for the same reason you were carried to term. At least ONE person thought it was a good idea. Only difference is that Lucinda was right!!!

don't like the song , don't like her voice too scruffy, and DON't like the band too modern.