The lyrical gifts of songwriter Lucinda Williams

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Жыл бұрын

Grammy-winning songwriter Lucinda Williams was a late-bloomer as a singer, blurring rock, country, folk and blues into such hit albums as "World Without Tears", "West" and "Little Honey." With a new memoir ("Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You"), and a new album ("Stories from a Rock 'n' Roll Heart"), 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the 70-year-old, just three years after she'd suffered a stroke. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Williams about her recovery, and her hard-won, late-blooming success.
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@MrPauliez67 11 ай бұрын

Lucinda defines Americana, an original if ever there was one.

@ub1953 Жыл бұрын

If ever there were a more deserving KENNEDY CENTER nominee...

@kurtwolf5373 3 ай бұрын

That's a complete understatement! She' has always says she loves songs..yeah, sing the Chrome off of a trailer hitc, according to emmylou.

@johnalbertkidd 3 ай бұрын

Love Lucinda!

@roevega9902 Жыл бұрын

I love Lucinda. I didn’t know she had a stroke. Hang tough sweet lady.

@rcpsammy7186 Жыл бұрын

She had the stroke when she was getting ready to shower... Her husband found her on the floor... Can you imagine that?

@tkreitler Жыл бұрын

I love artists who are authentic and not some corporate creation. The corporate creation people shouldn't be referred to as artists. Lucinda is definitely a real artist worth listening to.

@TrippedGian1 Жыл бұрын

Maybe say Taylor Swift is a little of both? Still, Lucinda is a true Queen

@donaldcruse3402 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Artists are real: Ann Wilson, Cher, Lucinda Williams, Alanis Morissette, and so many more. They’re genuine, and I love that.

@dbd3267 Жыл бұрын

She always has the best band playing behind her.

@NevadaBoss Жыл бұрын

America's greatest living female recording artist. Hands down. Anyone who knows anything about music would tell you the same thing. One of the last of the 'real deals'--and whether she sells 50K or 5million albums, her songs resonate. To paraphrase her friend Mr Young, "long may she run."

@michelesmith85 Жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes. Lucinda is just awesome.

@porterhane8148 10 ай бұрын

As a 20 year old who grew up with my parents listening to her. She is fantastic I never truly understood her music until I grew up but now that I’m old enough it all makes sense she is nothing short of excellence.

@user-mv2nt7yu2p Жыл бұрын

She's a true original, and I love her SO SO SO MUCH!!. Lucinda Williams is a national treasure️.

@r.d.493 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Rolling Stone magazine called Car Wheels on a Gravel Road an Essential Recording of the 90s.

@janetownley Жыл бұрын

… as it says in this video 😊

@curragh4635 3 ай бұрын

rolling stone magazine is trash

@sunshine3914 Жыл бұрын

She’s always had only the best of band members, so obviously she’s well respected amongst her peers.

@BaconTomatoCheese Жыл бұрын

Lucinda Williams is a national treasure❤☮️🎸🇺🇸

@joemartinez331 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest American songwriters over the last 60 years. I’ve been lucky to have seen her live a few times. I wish her a speedy recovery.

@wsidechris 7 ай бұрын

I have spent countless hours with Lucinda’s music. And much of it is active listening, not just playing it in the background. She’s one in a trillion!

@leestimson12 Жыл бұрын

Car wheels on a gravel road, I jump to hear it every time it comes on.

@rkoonce53 Жыл бұрын

I love her Smithsonian Folkways album Happy Woman Blues. Early Lucinda from her roots.❤

@kimkimball1921 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been a fan of Lucinda since about 1992. There’s no other songwriter or singer or live performer like her.

@peterbaruxis2511 3 ай бұрын

Hanging out with dad's poet friends is a pretty beatnick thing, I think it showed-up in her music. She is amazing.

@robertalegrand7781 Жыл бұрын

I love the way her voice sounds with Bruce Springsteen's! Would love a whole Gram & Emmylou-style album of Lucinda-Bruce duets!

@angelariebli4843 Жыл бұрын

She's a true original, and I love her SO SO SO MUCH!!

@johntuohy1867 Жыл бұрын

Lucindas light shines in the dark. ❤

@aliceflanagan3672 2 ай бұрын

Lucinda is a true gift. If you like music you LOVE this woman.

@jaymiewright526 Жыл бұрын

Heal all the way my dear Lucinda! So grateful for all the gifts you’ve bestowed on us!

@davidmccaffery7977 Жыл бұрын

Strokes are tough, real tough...Day at a time....love Lucinda ❤...great supporting artists,great bands... keep on rocking... national treasure

@BaconTomatoCheese Жыл бұрын

I discovered Lucinda Williams on an Austin City Limits show, which featured Bruce Cockburn, Rosanne Cash, and herself. I’d never heard of Lucinda before - but I became an instant fan. Rosanne said, “if this music thing doesn’t work out for me, I think I’ll just become a Lucinda groupie” - made me laugh

@ronkirk5099 8 ай бұрын

I play her CD's quite often. The music never ages. The daughter of a poet, explains a lot.

@shayeasy Жыл бұрын

an incredibly inspiring songwriter and lyricist

@mililaniman Жыл бұрын

Lucinda is such a talented word smith and singer. She still looks beautiful too.

@ksisson955 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for recognizing her! She's always been tried & true.

@flamencoprof 3 ай бұрын

"Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World (1992) 1992 A student radio program I listen to while working in the garage gets me interested in "Countryish" and female artists. This is heart-wrenching and emotional music." From a biographical list of mine. I am a great admirer of her ability to express her own emotions in a way that strikes a chord with the listener. I like "The Night's Too Long".

@michaellaverty1844 Жыл бұрын

She’s one of a kind

@sammyb1001 8 ай бұрын

Lucinda you wrote a phenomenal book and I was introduced to an amazing lady!!! What a life wow!!!

@mol588 Ай бұрын

Lovin this lady .. from across the pond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎸 🎼

@ChuckSchickx 11 ай бұрын

Her songs definitely speak to me in a deep, powerful , and personal way.

@gracefeutz997 6 ай бұрын

I could not have said this any better!

@nettied7241 Жыл бұрын

One of the all time best. I have listened and I love all of Lucinda’s music.❤❤❤keep rocking grrrrllll

@LilyBecca Ай бұрын

She is my all time favorite. I've seen her live many times simce the 90's and she came into a bar I was at in Nashville once and walked up to our table and said hello to one of my friemds who had played guitar with her. I was so awe struck thaty hero was standing there, I just froze.

@owenwilberforce6138 10 ай бұрын

She is the real Queen of Americana. There may be younger and more well known female artists running around with stadiums full of fans, but none even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Lucinda Williams.

@romstar Жыл бұрын

Sweet beautiful Lucinda 🌹😍 Im so glad 😊❤️ shes doing better and continues to share her gifts 🧧🙏 with us 😭😅😍🙏🙏🥰

@thyslop1737 Жыл бұрын

Lucinda Williams is super talented.

@lindamattioli7943 Жыл бұрын

Love her cartwheels on a gravel road was the best CD. That's when I found Lucinda Williams

@jayt4835 Жыл бұрын

Emmylou & Linda often remind me of one another. Such purity.

@marcbernicker206 Жыл бұрын

Love her performance on Austin City Limits from the nineties

@Hklbrries Жыл бұрын

Lovely. You did Lucinda just, Lee Cowan. 💕

@lastname6584 Жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favorites.

@sirdouglas2010 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful and honest and one of our greatest artists!!! We love you Lu. We hope you recover 100%

@zeldasmith6154 Жыл бұрын

She definitely has guts and drive. She busked in Austin on Guadalupe. She's a good writer.

@markantinore6418 Жыл бұрын

She’s simply spectacular!

@michael4930 Жыл бұрын

My favorite songwriter. Thanks for the inspiration Lucinda.

@richardtaylor8595 11 ай бұрын

I love Lucinda with my heart and soul.

@b.visconti1765 Жыл бұрын

She's the poet songwriter we all have in our hearts..she was able to get it out an on paper.. love her❤

@agapelovebomb7208 3 күн бұрын

Truly gifted. I feel her songs in my bones.

@elvisfan61 Жыл бұрын

I loved this interview. Lucinda seems so humble and I've heard of her, but I don't really know any of her songs, but loved what I heard of Passionate Kisses. Really enjoyed this piece and will be researching Lucinda's music. Those legal pads are used by both artists featured on your show today. By the way, today's episode was one of my favorites. So many interesting stories. Thank you for a great show. It starts my Sunday off just right!

@boise2Talay7886 Жыл бұрын

If you listen to the entire Car Wheels on a Gravel Road album start to finish more than a couple times, it will quickly become one you'll continue to listen to over and over. I bought the CD in 1999 and still listen to it regularly today.

@JackycClark Жыл бұрын

Also listen to Mary Chapin Carpenter who recorded Passionate Kisses . She's a singer/songwriter who is well respected and entertaining .

@juliagetty-gordon2500 Жыл бұрын

😢 I love her music so much ❤️ and her deep , sweet soul✨

@allisontakata5119 4 ай бұрын

Love Lucinda!!! She is all that!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😘

@adelaferreira4575 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a poet !

@kimberleebishop-vanheulen1640 6 күн бұрын

In the car this morning with my19-year-old ADHD/OCD/ASD son, her song Those Three Days came on Pandora and my son said "Who is this? This is good!" So I played a couple songs for him. He's a fan now.

@JuliaCozbyMusic Жыл бұрын

Someone to look up to, such a talent. 💝💝Hope I'm making an album at 70.

@nicholasstephens1349 5 ай бұрын

Saw her live when she was touring with Neil Young"s Greendale's Tour on Aug 6 2003 in the Woodlands TX. She opened for him,. I was 14 Years Old. My dad and I were like "Holy Buckets" She is good. He went out and bought a couple of her albums. Good to see her get the recognition she deserves as the poet she truly is.

@mrchildgrownold3852 9 ай бұрын

John Prine is how I found Lucinda. Thanks John, I miss you

@marknapiewocki8372 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting her in the spotlight where she belongs. Will forever cherish the Ark shows in Ann Arbor. Meeting Stu while doing his own pre show tuning was cool also!!!!

@christinemidora9514 Жыл бұрын

Bless her. Keep on singing.

@timmillan6701 Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Lucinda in the 90s. She was quite enjoyable and I only wonder why it took so long to get this acclaim

@j.c7719 10 ай бұрын

She is absolutely genius at making music.

@debrahelmlinger6256 Жыл бұрын

Found Lucinda over 20 years ago when I listened to Happy Woman Blues, been hooked ever since. Have seen her twice and is on my bucket list to hear her live somewhere in Louisiana 🤗 7:42

@zippitydoodah5693 Жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favorite concert moments was a birthday gift from my wife --- front row center at the Ryman Auditorium to see Lucinda. The number of famous people in the audience was awe inspiring. From music writers, singers, and performers to White House politicians, senators, mayors, etc., to actors, actresses, and directors. It was a heady mi of artists and patrons packing the sold out Ryman. You could look back at the sweet seats and see all of the famous people there for a taste of brilliance. I've seen Lucinda 7 times now. Never a bad show.

@cesaralvarado6218 Жыл бұрын

Bravo, Lucinda! Your second wind will b your best!

@SoundCastle00 Жыл бұрын

Reason to cry and Overtime get me everytime.😊

@JackycClark Жыл бұрын

These are the stories I want . Thank you .

@DebSherr Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of her! She's awesome! I'm looking forward to hearing her songs! Thanks 😊

@lynnturman8157 Жыл бұрын

She's got tons of great songs. You are in for a treat.

@artnouveau7633 Жыл бұрын

Start with car wheels on a gravel road,essence, sweet old world , world without tears

@tommytwotoes3880 Жыл бұрын

Listen to "Lake Charles". A deep song about her friend who committed suicide.

@curiousone6435 Жыл бұрын

We've got so much great music in this country -- I wish we'd bring it back to our schools, support our artists, and have outlets to express ourselves in healthy ways and to be inspired by the thoughts and emotions of others. Lucinda is a class act. I'm thrilled CBS interviewed her and this got 65K views at this moment in time. America did one thing better than anyone else: make the best damn music this earth has ever created. Wish we could get behind how awesome that is. That inspired people more in this world than our military ever did.

@tomstiel7576 Жыл бұрын

sadly the country has changed,,,more important now to shove sexuality at adolescents,,,third graders as a whole cant read,write or do simple math

@johntuohy1867 11 ай бұрын

Right so. No better representative of what the best American can be. Politicians are embarrassing. Like loud fast talkin radio and TV people bombarding us with useless news advertising info- mercials and toxic shopping. Lucinda generates the good.

@Spiritualfamilyreunion Жыл бұрын

Hasn't gotten enough attention for her music and gifts!!!

@diegosemerene Жыл бұрын

She is Legendary

@lynnaridgeway2104 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this interview. I like that she talks how she sings.

@squirrelcovers6340 Жыл бұрын

OMG, I love her music.

@kerrylondon8631 Жыл бұрын

❤Got My Copy Today in Peoria Illinois. Barnes and Noble... Oui Saw this Tv piece Last Week❤Thank You❤

@user-sr4oq4us4c Жыл бұрын

an incredibly inspiring songwriter and lyricist. She always has the best band playing behind her..

@GreenArrowNetwork 5 ай бұрын

Sure, great songwriting. But listen to her voice. Her "instrument" is just so harmonically rich and beautiful. Listen, it's amazing. Love Lucinda.

@juliemolthop8980 Жыл бұрын

She's amazing! Love her so much. Sorry to hear about her health issues 😢

@Joel-ls6fn Жыл бұрын

living Angel. Love you, Lu!

@rgalor1 Жыл бұрын

World without Tears is such an underrated album. Start to finish.

@TrippedGian1 Жыл бұрын

PREACH

@johnkeith2450 10 ай бұрын

What a treasure she is

@stevenbudnick1252 11 ай бұрын

Lucinda is one incredible singer, rocker, blues singer who has exceptional talent as a writer . I have seen her several times over the last 30 years !

@vessymink Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I love you Lu!!!!

@kyleroy1630 Жыл бұрын

I would consider her live at the filmore one of the best albums i have ever heard.

@randyland1000 11 ай бұрын

I've been binging on it all week!

@Bob_Suruncle Жыл бұрын

I used to watch Sunday morning faithfully because of good stories like this one. Now you have to watch 3 or 4 shows to get one good story. Glad this one caught my eye on KZfaq or i would have missed it. To me most of the show now is about left and right issues and not anything interesting.

@Axl1000 11 ай бұрын

Wow she’s surprisingly humble.

@steelguitarunionhall 8 күн бұрын

I first met Lucinda back in Austin in the early 80's. I had a brief affair with her roommate. Very sweet woman, I never saw her without her notebook and she was constantly writing. You'd see her in bars, in the back, writing away while others were performing. She lived off of nothing: the good graces of her friends who let her crash and fed her. She certainly had no money at the time. She continued to live that way for another 20 years until she finally hit it big.

@groovenugget Жыл бұрын

Magnificent 🙏

@charlesclark2963 10 ай бұрын

Love Lucinda Williams. Wish I would've told her when I saw her last but I was too buzzed by the end of her set. Amazes me how many people still don't know who she is but at the same time like it. It's like I belong to a special club. Like living in Montana. You want people to know about it's beauty, you just don't want em' all moving in.

@andrewblackmore9705 Жыл бұрын

Thou bright and shining light...

@Moontunas 8 ай бұрын

One the most talented songwriters to ever do it.

@JulieBullard-zc5gv 8 ай бұрын

I love her

@maryannkochanski5777 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@TheMalcolmCook Жыл бұрын

I worked on the Passionate Kisses video. It was great to see a moment of it here.

@texasmade9090 Жыл бұрын

Ann Wilson loves her !

@carlquance2542 9 ай бұрын

Favorite Lucinda Williams lyrics? East Side of Town. Favorite tune ever? Passionate Kisses.

@bretthardin9239 4 ай бұрын

the lady willie nelson one of The best artist alive

@pseudosun Жыл бұрын

respect! 👍

@littleo353 Жыл бұрын

No mention of "Sweet Old World" ? Quite an omission of an outstanding song.

@AbbyMarmionMusic Жыл бұрын

Lovely…

@aimeerebecca1 4 ай бұрын

Lucinda lent her magic to a song of her friend , Matthew Ryan, titled “Devastation”. Folks, I highly encourage you to look it up here on YT and to listen to more of his music.