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{{quote|"Just when you think thought there were no more truths to be unearthed in the human heart, along comes Lucinda Williams, who plows up a whole new field."|'''Emmylou Harris'''}}
Lucinda Williams is a critically acclaimed Grammy-winning singer-songwriter best known for her earnest, powerful lyrics and distinctive [[Love It or Hate It|Vegemite]] voice. She is likely the most popular [[Country Music|alt-country]] performer today, with the possible exception of [[
Born in 1953 to poet Miller Williams, Lucinda is of no relation to the [[Hank Williams]] country [[Hank Williams, Jr.|dynasty]]. Williams began writing at 6, was playing guitar by 12, and played her first live show at 17. She released her first album, ''Ramblin''', in 1979; it was composed entirely of covers and barely made an impact either critically or commercially. Two years later, a wholly Lucinda-penned follow-up called ''Happy Woman Blues'' garnered slightly more attention and considerably more praise.
After spending eight years building a larger following, Williams released a self-titled third album in 1988. The album was her most popular work yet and attracted attention from artists such as Tom Petty and Emmylou Harris. Her growing popularity made 1992's ''Sweet Old World'' hit the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and she finally gained considerable mainstream attention by winning the 1994 Best Country Song [[Grammy Award]] for Mary Chapin Carpenter's poppified [[Covered Up|cover]] of "Passionate Kisses." Her complete breakthrough arrived in 1998; six years of meticulous work resulted in the album ''Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'', which received massive critical acclaim and became her first gold-certified album, thanks in no small part to the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the soundtrack to ''[[The Horse Whisperer]]''.
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=== Provides examples of: ===
* [[A Date
* [[Break Up Song]]: "Changed The Locks" has the narrator changing her locks... then her phone number... then diverting the railway traffic... then [[Serial Escalation|changing the name of her hometown]] to never have to look at her ex again.
** "Come On" - written by a [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|54-year-old]], incidentally - is 5 minutes of Lucinda ranting at an ex for being unable to... um... provide the expected service.
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* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: "Greenville"; Emmylou Harris is the soprano to Lucinda's gravel
* [[Spoken Word in Music]]: She's done a few "talking blues" style tracks; e.g. "Sweet Side" and "American Dream"
* [[Three Chords and
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