What's your favorite Lucinda Williams song?

Naming a favorite Lucinda Williams song is like asking me which me of my kids that I love the most....just can’t do it.

Always had great musicians with her-particularly guitarists. One of our icons. When you think of great American songwriters-she is in there with Townes VanZant, Dylan, Earle, Clark, Hank, Dolly, Loretta, Bacharach, Webb, Joni, Young, Lightfoot etc. A great gift to the World!

So many songs but I really love "Side of the Road". Just seems simple and to the point. Easy music.

Righteously ! Sends me !!!

Of my favorite songs of Lu's one of many, I'll pick Crescent City from "Lucinda Williams" . Just because of her description of being with her brother in New Orleans, where I've never been, but it makes me want to go there someday

I've been turned on to more good music by this channel in 6 months than 40 years of the radio. Thanks.

Sweet Old World and Over Time, two best songs ever sung.

I can believe she doesn’t require sound checks or vocal warmups because her style of singing is so conversational. And her writing is phenomenal.

One of the best vids I have viewed in awhile. I love me some Lucinda; one of the greats!

Silly rhetorical question Otis! Asking which Lucinda song is my favorite is like asking which bite of filet mignon is my favorite…or which sip of coffee…or which breath of air…I can tell you this, my life BEFORE Lucinda was 2 dimensional and merely shades of grey…I didn’t know it at the time, but once I heard her, I KNEW!

I really love Lucinda,i bought a cd in Italy because it was cheap (i knew nothing about her) and i liked it,so i started to collect her albums. I heard she's got some health issues, i hope for the best, she and Emmylou are my heroines

That was a quick edit my friend! Way to turn it around so fast. I just went over 1000 subscribers on the ol' KZfaq myself so here I come with more stories and songs and I have even figured out how to make it sound better than that first KZfaq show I did last week! I shall return, every week, right through the Alaska tour! See you around the neighborhood people! God bless Lucinda Williams. So happy she is returning to the stage soon with Mr. Isbell. My favorite Lucinda song lately is "People Talking."

I first found Lucinda when she sang on “You’re still standing there” on Steve Earles “I feel alright” album. I was instantly hooked and sought out all her stuff.

I grew up in Houston and used to see Lucinda in the 70s. I was 17 and she was 22. She wore a big floppy straw hat and a sundress. Didn’t hear from her for many years until she started putting out records.

I have been listening to Lucinda Williams since her first album in '78; thank you Otis and Tim Easton. I hope Lucinda will be making a full recovery from her stroke.

OTTIS I allways enjoying starting the day with one of your storys for us...thanx much friend

I belong to a Townes Van Zandt Facebook page and this question came up about Townes' songs. When someone mentioned their favorite Townes song I'd agree, yep, me too. Then 10 minutes later someone would mention a different song. Again I'd agree, yep, me too. It's similar with Lucinda Williams. Someone mentions their favorite song from Lucinda and I'd be yep, me too. And the next... and the next. The first that came to mind was "Passionate Kisses", but all 13 on "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" are also my favorite.

At the moment probably Are You Alright. Talk about direct and two chords (and the truth). But you too, Gibbs, your writing and I really dig how you present these things. Folks seem to emerge from the shadows to share these little presents.

Lucinda's self-titled album for Rough Trade was special to me. I was a new DJ at the time and it was my first time hearing her. The album seemed to be one great song after another and, weekly, it was hard to pick a single song to play. I can't tell you how many times I "accidentally" let it track into the next song. I'm gonna say "The Night's Too Long," because it was the one that pulled the most requests from the start, and as a rookie DJ I really appreciated getting the feedback. (Side note: I did meet Lucinda at a songwriter showcase at Slim's, in the mid or late 90s. The show wound up going across the street to the Paradise Lounge after hours, where I wound up spending most of my time with Doug Sahm.) Otis: "Big Whiskers," that was your song for me. Not only as a DJ, but as someone who came from a family that fished.

It’s hard to beat “Are You Alright?” Thank you gentlemen

Good interview... I figure all life is art. Most of us just don't know it. We get twisted and tangled by things that we forget our original authenticity. That's what artists like Lucinda remember and live... be yourself. It's sure is a hard lesson for something so easy. Thanks Otis and Tim. I get to remember this lesson for a little while.

I used to dance around the living room with my cat in my arms singing to him. What did I sing? "Passionate Kittens."

Lucinda Hank Mind: blown 🔥👍💫

"Essence" is the song that has the most emotional impact on me. The rawness of it.

You should subscribe to Tim's channel and go watch some of his videos right now. Tell him Otis sent ya! kzfaq.info

Fruits of my Labor is my favorite due to how that song is Country, old slow Rock and Roll, and Blues all in one song.

How about every damn song on the "Lucinda WIlliams " LP on Rough Trade.. I bought it on vinyl when it came out before vinyle was cool. Bought it on CD and later on iTunes. I can't get enough of those side of the road stories

Hey Otis.......jason isbell is throwing another shoalsfest this year on the weekend of october 2.........lucinda will be there along with all the drive by truckers.....it should be a hell of a weekend....if your close by you should come experience an amazing festival along the singing river!!!!!

thank you

I love all her songs and her delivery.

Love Lucinda! Her voice with her writing always seem to put me in that place and time. 2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten and Can’t let go are always in rotation around here. Great content for some Sunday morning coffee Otis, love from Texas!

Thank you Tim great stories...

Pineola is supposed to be about the poet Frank Stanford, a favorite of mine, but I always go back to Joy.

I first got turned on to Lucinda via the album "Happy Woman Blues". Love that album! "I Think I Lost It" is a kitschy favorite from that album. Not a criticism - I once did a "drag show" dance to that song; love it, it's so joyous. Also - and probably my favorite, too - "Sweet Old World; a - yes - very emotionally impactful song. Real poetry!

At one of the first AmericanaFests, probably 20 years ago, I hung out with Tim at an eastside Nashville bar. One of the nicest guys I ever met in the music biz. Thanks for grabbing him for a video, Otis!

Thank you Otis this was a nice good story I’m gonna look for Lucinda Williams right now I’ll see if I can catch something about her anyhow thanks for all your lovely stories that really make up my evenings not all of them but most of them and just once more thank you thank you thank you! 🙏🙏🙏🍀🍀🍀🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great interview & an unexpected treat on a Sunday morning. Fave by Lucinda: Passionate Kisses, Drunken Angel, Car Wheels On A Grave Road. Plus a lot of other truly remarkable songs. I’m old school… I buy all her albums on vinyl. Thanks as always, Otis!

Essence!,!!❤

My favorite Lucinda song is whatever the last song I heard her sing was. Most recently it was “Lake Charles.”

Today and most days it's Drunken Angel. Can't really describe how that song moves me. John Prine/Billy Joe Shaver level work.

mind blown, Thankyou !

Your channel, and "Tales" From The Tour Bus" tell the story that makes me love the music even more.

"Side Of The Road"...dang!

Checked out Lucindas 1998 Austin City Limits performance. Could find no reason, what little I listened to due to time, why Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, didn't find me back then. Or, get radio play, if it did, hmmm. I'm sure there's more for me to discover. Thanks as always.

Pineola. One of the best songs ever written.

Another one of favs, Ashley Mcbyrde named 3 of her favorite song that she would love to sit down with, 2 out of the 3 are mine also, Lucinda and the Late, Great John Prine

This is a amazing story !! Love it ! Man I hate to ask but could you call Todd and tell him to take it easy ! Sorry to do that but I just think it should be done .. love y’all ! Wish I could make it to indi somebody come get me in fort worth !! Thanks Otis may we cross paths and I hope to not let you down ! ☮️💜🌸

Go with your gut. Love that.

So many great songs. Some of my all-time favorites in no particular order: Lake Charles, Joy, Ventura, Sweet Old World, Crescent City, Something About What Happens When We Talk....oh, I could go on and on.

what a great interview

Can’t do it. I can only say that I was lucky enough to see her in Seattle in the ‘90s ..

Something about the way we talk. Sweet Old World. Makes me cry, thinking about ""Her".

one of the best!! Gave Tim a hitch in Alaska one time! Thanks, Otis!

wow otis you did it again!...thank you...yeah me an a friend, him guitar me singing sweet ole world, i had to hold back the emotions to give what the song gave. it was a lesson which i found in the song...i love what you are doing and share it with friends and family...this link will go to my sister... she is huge lucinda fan and yes I always thought her and hank were connected...god bless and keep em coming..dougie from Canada...

How bout that! Columbus’ own Mr. Easton! Nice one Mr. Gibbs, Thank You Both, Clyde

Thank you Otis for another great video My favorite Lucinda tune is "Protection" and it is a standard on my set list. Her song writing is down to the bone outstanding and always gets folks up and dancing too!.

love your show

Great episode …Car Wheels is still my favorite!

Jeez Otis you really nailed it with this one, Tim Easton is an outstanding storyteller. 'Fruits of my Labor' would be my current favourite LW song.

I am sure I'd heard her before, then there was a thing in life and I heard her again and stopped in my tracks. Shes better live.

Hi, Otis. My favorite Lucinda song, by far is 'Essence'. The first time I played it for a girl I was seeing, she kept hitting the repeat button and It soon became 'Our' song. It kind of mirrored our relationship in ways. I first me her in 7th grade. I really liked her and thought she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. Back then, I didn't know how to talk to girls at all, so here's what I did at school one day. She had a cheap lock on her locker, I broke it off and put my combination lock on it. I stood back and waited until she tried to open it. She just stood back, trying figure out if she had the right locker, that's when I walked up and opened it for her. She told me (when we were dating) she was so mad at me she wanted to hit me, but that I was so cute, lol We never did date until almost 50 years later. She still looked as beautiful as she did in her youth, now even more so. We told this story at a class reunion party and all the woman swooned and said how romantic it was. We dated for 7 or 8 months, but found we were just too different and parted ways. She still had the lock and I still remembered the combination. I've always used music to remember the timeline to my life. Yesterday it was 50 years exactly that I saw Led Zeppelin at Tampa stadium. (May 5th, 1973) I still remember that day as if it were only yesterday. Sorry this was so long. I'm kind of a recluse now and don't talk to too many people.

Haiku blues. Genius.

Morning Otis😜

Playing Drunkin Angel on the streets 3 years long was a real pleasure because I got to meet a lot of Lucinda Williams fans and there's a ton of them out there.

Hard to choose, Lucinda moves me like no other....my daughter and I saw her once at The Pageant in St Louis. Still to this day, (with the exception of experiencing 80 year old BB King) I remember being transferred to a higher state of being- we all were. There wasn't a soul in the house that night that didn't connect. Powerful and pervading, great to hear these stories...it rings true that she is present masterfully.

As I am wont to do when encountering my heroes, I nearly embarrassed myself the first time I met Lucinda Williams. It was the late 90's and I was volunteering at the Kerrville Folk Festival. I would do anything asked of me just to hang, and that day my task was sweeping up the stage before the evening show. It was still early when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a woman wearing a worn-out straw hat pulled down over her eyes. Assuming she was a Festival attendee who had wandered backstage, I headed toward her to see if I could help her find her way. Thankfully, as I was walking by, Rod Kennedy grabbed me by the arm and asked me to show Ms. Williams to the Judge's Panel, as she was judging the NewFolk Competition that year! So, with that brief instruction, Rod transformed a potentially horrible embarrassment into one of the great honors of my life...to escort Lucinda Williams to her reserved seat and make sure she was welcomed and comfortable. What a night.

"Something About What Happens When We Talk" OR "Lines Around Your Eyes" OR "I Just Wanted To See You So Bad" ... at least those are certainly among my favorite Lu tunes.

Late-comer to Lucinda Williams, big fan these days. Pretty sure that Lucinda is my favorite song, I can listen to her all day, every day... Thanks for the great interview and 'behind the scenes' look... ❤❤❤

A Lucinda Williams song cost me 700 dollars one time when I left my girlfriend in the east and was out on the West coast hustling work as a musician. I was sitting in my room and listened too late at night and not too clear thinking to the songs the Nights too Long and Changed the Locks. I got upset and bought a plane ticket to fly back across country to surprise her. Turns out, she was not pleased to see me. My favorite stuff from Lucinda now is songs like Greenville and the songs all of them on Ghost of Highway 20 , I find her mature work deeper listening but always satisfying.

You kill me every time 👊💣

“Something About What Happens When We Talk”, and “Pineola”

❤️ beautiful video

Thanks Otis! ...have to say Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is still my favorite!

Loved that Otis. Anything about Lucinda! I've been a fan of Lu's since I heard "Howling at midnight" on the Alexis Korner show and still have the cassette I recorded it on. First seen her in London on the Car Wheels tour. Btw, would be great if you could get Doug Pettibone on, he's my number one electric player. (Well him and Buddy Miller). ❤️

Being a product of rural Iowa, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road.

There are so many, so hard to pick one 🤔 The one that moves me more then any other is",Death Came" wow !! heavy 😞. I love Lucinda so much !

Everyone hit the Like button

Blue

Ok Otis, sign me up ol son.

Best song writer in last 30 years in my opinion was Elliot smith. He could take a $300 Yamaha & mesmerize a room full of people.

" Joy "

Being an Austin original my favorite Lucinda Williams song would have to be drunken angel about blaze fully a highly interesting talented Austin song writer who passed away tragically .

Lu and David Crosby recorded one of my songs. What a thrill ‼️

This made me wanna be friends with Lucinda damn

Otis I hope you read her book and do a. video on your thoughts of it.

Big Red Sun Blues and Ghost of Hwy 20. XXXOO

when i look at the world

words fell

So many but today I’ll go with Side of the Road……but also Hot Blood…..no wait it’s……..

Honey Bee!

I always thought "Still I Long for Your Kiss" is the best Stones song the Stones never recorded.

"Over Time." Reminds me of "Most of the Time" by Dylan with its irony. Also what is "2 kool 2 B 4 gotten" about?

Something About What Happens When We Talk

Bus to Baton Rouge

Joni Mitchell had that output too..

Hot Blood , it's simple and silly but I get it . Probably cause I'm simple and silly too. Stan

Greenville

Drunken Angel. By a country mile.

Copenhagen....