John Jurgensen Interviewed Lucinda Williams for The Wall Street Journal on her process for writing & archiving works in progress


By JOHN JURGENSEN Sept. 24, 2014

Lucinda Williams has been writing so many songs, she recently put together a filing system to keep them organized.

The 61-year-old singer stores the songs in a hot pink leather tote she had planned to use as a suitcase. Now the bag is loaded with dozens of file folders alphabetized by working titles. The files are filled with lyrics on computer printouts or jotted on cocktail napkins. Words are circled for emphasis on some; on another, scrawled notes call for “tougher slide guitar” or “more bite.”

Read How Lucinda Williams Turned a Phone Conversation Into a New Track and see a photo slideshow of Lucinda’s handwritten lyrics here at the full article on The Wallstreet Journal dot com..

3 thoughts on “John Jurgensen Interviewed Lucinda Williams for The Wall Street Journal on her process for writing & archiving works in progress”

  2. I can’t say enough about Ms Williams. I love her style, her soul and her passion. She moves between country and blues effortlessly. The songwriting is as good as it gets. I’ll be picking up her new CD straight away. Thank you Lucinda for all of your artistry and great music.

  3. Saw Lucinda play on Sept 21 in Cleveland . Great show! She did a song acoustic version. I cannot find the lyrics anywhere . ” One day far away…. Far beyond the blue…… I’ll be lost when you cross over to the other side ”

    Please help, I have all her CD’ s and cannot find it anywhere . Beautiful song !

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