Lucinda Williams - Live From Austin Tx '2005

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Pineola
02. Metal firecracker
03. Car wheels on a gravel road
04. Right in time
05. Drunken angel
06. Greenville
07. Still I long for your kiss
08. Lake Charles
09. Changed the locks
10. Disgusted
11. Jackson
12. Sweet old world
13. Passionate kisses
14. Something about what happens when we talk
15. Joy
16. Can't let go

A thrilling and often beautiful concert sitting unseen in a vault for a number
of years, Lucinda Williams: Live from Austin, TX is the Louisiana-born
singer-songwriter's complete, pre-edited performance from a 1998 appearance on
Austin City Limits. With its 16 well-chosen songs, largely culled from
Williams's most rewarding material since the 1980s, Live is indispensable for
longtime fans and a great introduction to her unique artistry for the
uninitiated. Williams's deceptively plain-spoken, sometimes conversational
lyrics about losses and passages and elusive touchstones of happiness are
marvels of instant resonance, transcending minimalist imagery and fragmentary
refrains. Surrounded by a small, guitar army and sometimes hypnotic rhythm
section, Williams fills out "Metal Firecracker" with a vintage folk-rock sound,
raises the extraordinary "Drunken Angel" and "Greenville" to new heights, and
delivers-with a voice as lovely as a bell--a stirring performance on "Sweet Old
World." Lest we forget her appreciation of the Doors, "Joy" brings the show to a
head with its gritty, shamanic blues and evocative promises ("I'm gonna go to
West Memphis and find my joy") that make one want to jump with excitement.

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