Lucinda Williams is my homegirl, my kindred spirit, my sister from another mister. Her sad, sweet, rollicking songs have been on replay in my itunes for as long as I realized I adored country music, naysayers be damned. I am so unbearably excited for her 30th anniversary tour, in which she’ll be performing sets from across different periods of her career to celebrate 30 years as a recording artist.
Things kick off September 18th in Minneapolis. In NYC and Chicago Williams will run a ‘Three Night Stand’ in which each opening night will feature songs from 1979-1989, from tha albums Ramblin’, Happy Woman Blues and Lucinda Williams, the second night songs fromn the albums Sweet Old World, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road and Essence, covering 1991-2002. On the final night in each city, Williams will perform music from 2004 -present, in which she recorded World Without Tears, West and her latest album Little Honey. I love William’s recent stuff, but I can’t wait to hear selections from across her career–the early albums always bring me back to belting out ‘Rolling Along’ and ‘Hard Road’ in the car with my sisters. Check out the list of tour dates after the jump! -Devan
