It can’t be easy to be a woman named Williams in the country music world, but Lucinda Williams manages just fine, Hank you very much. The Gravel Road Gal is that unique combination of scholar and spitfire who keeps country ballads relevant—as classic as Hank Senior, as spirited as Hank Junior, and as unpredictable as Hank III. Not to mention a wit, lyrical consideration and sex appeal that could give any Williams man a case of the lovesick blues.
If you’ve never had the pleasure, the Charlottesville Pavilion will give you a chance to get right with the goddess on September 26, when Lucinda Williams comes to town. Tickets go on-sale Friday, June 26. (Details here.) Leave your setlist requests and catch a few covers after the photo.
We’re still spinning Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels; thankfully, so is she.
As proof that, sometimes, it takes a woman to do a man’s work properly, I dug up a link to a few excellent covers performed by Lady Luc, from Tom Waits’ "Hang Down Your Head" to AC/DC’s "It’s a Long Way to the Top" to a few Hank Williams tracks. Enjoy.