If you were lucky enough to catch the gravelly-voiced Louisiana rocker the last time she played the Wellmont Theater a few years back, you’ve likely become one of Lucinda Williams‘ die-hard fans. Through her 30 some-odd year career, the soulful artist’s music has offered listeners a powerful, graceful and lyrical guide to life’s dark clouds, as well as giving voice to its silver linings. She’ll bring her southern charm to the Wellmont Theatre on Wednesday, July 20, along with singer/songwriter Amos Lee.
Newly happy and settled in her personal life, Williams has just released the upbeat Blessed, which offers a musical presentation of a dozen short stories about affirmation.
“People buy into this myth that once you’re “happy,” you just die as an artist – that’s inane. It’s ridiculous,” Williams said. “People have actually asked me, ‘well, will you still be able to write now that your life is happy?’ That’s a somewhat pedantic point of view, the myth that happiness can’t be part of the backbone of creativity.”
Want to see Williams perform on Wednesday? Baristanet has a pair of tickets to give to the first person to correctly answer the question below. Please don’t enter if you can’t go, and answer as a comment here (no emails).
QUESTION: Williams’ first live performance was at the age of 17. She performed as part of a duo, with a friend who played banjo. What city did she get her stage start in?
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I already have tickets so I won’t spoil it – but her last show at the Wellmont was really great. Good luck!
Mexico City
Wally1, check your email for contest information.
I don’t really know Lucinda Williams’ music, but Amos Lee is amazing.
Mexico City
oops, too late.
Local indie artist, Laura Birdsong, has a brand new CD called Crazy Wisdom engineered by the great Don Sternecker and mastered by the one and only Gene Paul. Laura occasionally performs one cover, Lucinda’s “Essence” and does such a superb version that the lines blur with her originals and this one Lucinda Williams cover. Other than this one Lucinda tune, Laura doesnt do covers. I’m thinking Birdsong should be invited up on stage to perform “Essence” with Lucinda. Wouldn’t that be authentically local as all get out? Laura lived just blocks away from the Wellmont for years until buying a lakehouse not too long ago and most of her bandmates are local Montclair musicians, including a member of the Fabulous Flemtones. Can you Baristas pull a few strings and help make this an authentically local tie-in?
Oh, and P.S. – Lucinda would hit it out of the park if she were to cover Birdsong’s “Come and Go” … give it a listen online at http://www.reverbnation.com/laurabirdsong