Lucinda Williams

 

Artist:   Lucinda Williams
Born:  January 26, 1953.  Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.
Genre:   Folk Rock, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Heartland Rock, Blues, Americana
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Lucinda Williams is an American Folk Rock, Country Rock Blues Singer and Songwriter.  Her first album in a traditional Country and Blues Style in 1978 and 1980 and she got her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.  Her greatest success came in 1998 with Car Wheels On a Gravel Road and she was also named America's Best Songwriter by Time Magazine in 2002.

Title:  Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (2023)

Genre:   Folk Rock, Country Rock, Alternative Country, Heartland Rock, Blues, Americana

Label:  Mercury Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Right In Time (4:35)

 2.  Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (4:44)

 3.  2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (4:42)

 4.  Drunken Angel (3:20)

 5.  Concrete And Barbed Wire (3:08)

 6.  Lake Charles (5:27)

Side B:

 1.  Can't Let Go (3:28)

 2.  I Lost It (3:31)

 3.  Metal Firecracker (3:30)

 4.  Greenville (3:23)

 5.  Still I Long For Your Kiss (4:08)

 6.  Joy (4:01)

 7.  Jackson (3:42)

Personnel:

Lucinda Williams:  Vocals on All Tracks, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  A1, 5,  Dobro Guitar on Track B1

Gurt Morlix:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A1-3, B3, 6, 12-String Electric Guitar on Track A4, Electric Slide Guitar on Track B1, Harmony Vocal on Track B3, Acoustic Slide Guitar on Track B7

John Ciambotti:  Bass on Tracks:  A1-6, B1-6, Upright Bass on Track B7

Donald Lindley:  Drums, Percussion on All Tracks

Buddy Miller:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  A1, B4, 5, Mando Guitar on Tracks:  A2, B4, Harmony Vocal on Track A2, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A6, B2

Ray Kennedy:  12-String Electric Guitar on Track A1

Greg Leisz:  12 String Electric Guitar on Track A1, Mandolin on Track A5

Roy Bittan:  Organ on Tracks:  A1, 3, 4, Accordion on Tracks:  A3, 5, 6, B2, 4, 5, 7

Jim Lauderdale:  Harmony Vocal on Tracks:  A1, 4, 6, B2, 4, 5, 7

harlie Sexton: Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A3, B2, 4, Dobro Guitar on Track A6

Steve Earle:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  A4, 5, B2, 3, 7, Harmonica on Track A4, Harmony Vocal on Track A5, Resonator Guitar on Track B6

Johnny Lee Schell:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A4, B1, 5, 6, Electric Slide Guitar on Tracks:  A5, B1, Dobro Guitar on Track B7

Bo Ramsey:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  B1, 6, Slide Guitar on Track B1

Michael Smotherman:  B-3 Organ on Track B3

Richael "Hombre" Price:  Dobro Guitar on Track B4

Emmylou Harris:  Harmony Vocal on Track B4

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road is the fifth studio album by Lucinda Williams, originally released on June 30, 1998 by Mercury Records, remastered and reissued on December 1, 2023 by Mercury Records.