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TnTracy
I don’t see this one on your spreadsheet
Album by Michael Fracasso called “Love/Trust” from 1993
Description says Lu does background vocals on one track. Which one?
Also she wrote the liner notes.http://cgi.ebay.com/MICHAEL-FRACASSO-love-trust-SIGNED-CD-LUCINDA-WILLIAMS_W0QQitemZ280214692005QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_CDs?hash=item413e18e0a5
lwj@LWjetta wrote:
TnTracy
I don’t see this one on your spreadsheet
Album by Michael Fracasso called “Love/Trust” from 1993
Description says Lu does background vocals on one track. Which one?Yeah, that one is not on the spreadsheet precisely because I could not figure out which track. Also, listening to some snippets I found somewhere didn’t help. My guess is that, since the credit is “background vocals” instead of “vocals” (something you’d see on a duet), it may be hard, if not impossible, to pick Lu’s voice out.
I did some more research, however, and discovered Lu is also credited on Mr. Fracasso’s greatest hits compilation, Retrospective. Cross referencing the tracks from that album with Love / Trust, I came up with the following list: “Thing About You”, “Door #1”, “Brazos River Blues”, “Wise Blood”, “Girl in New Mexico” & “Outside the Rain”. So, I suppose the track Lu sings background vocals on is on this list…
I also found out a couple of other interesting connections between Lu & Mr. Fracasso. One, he has a song “Never Enough” which he wrote as a tribute to Lu (I find the title very appropriate! 😉 ). Also, according to this description of Retrospective, Lu “calls herself ‘one of his biggest fans'”…
Tom
tntracy wrote:To track my efforts at acquiring copies of songs Lu has recorded for compilation albums, as well as other “guest appearances” (harmony vocals, duets, etc. with other artists), I developed an MSExcel spreadsheet listing all “known” (as in, that I know of thanks to allmusic.com, wikipedia.org & imdb.com) songs w/ a column to indicate whether I have a copy of the song or not and, if so, what format I have it in (so, for example, if I only have a marginal-quality 128 kbps MP3 version of a song, I can be on the lookout for a higher quality copy). I thought others here may be interested in having a copy of this spreadsheet, hence this post.Tom, you have probably seen this data base as well, but you never know.
http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/lucinda-williams/510231
lwj
@LWjetta wrote:
Tom, you have probably seen this data base as well, but you never know.
http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/lucinda-williams/510231
lwj
No, actually, I haven’t. Thanks!
Tom
@LWjetta wrote:
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http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/lucinda-williams/510231Thanks for that link. Very informative. I noticed on there that Lucinda sang background vocals for a Terry Allen record. He is the one who wrote Bloodlines —-the song that Lu does a beautiful job of singing in the movie The Baby Dance. It’s been many years now but I do wish there was a soundtrack available. Well, that one song anyway.
@Drunken Angel wrote:
Thanks for that link. Very informative. I noticed on there that Lucinda sang background vocals for a Terry Allen record. He is the one who wrote Bloodlines —-the song that Lu does a beautiful job of singing in the movie The Baby Dance. It’s been many years now but I do wish there was a soundtrack available. Well, that one song anyway.
Drunken Angel-You are in luck”if” you get the Showtime channel on the Flix program.
Check this out. Airing today, Mar.14 and Mar. 17
http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product.do?episodeid=102915&seriesid=0&seasonid=0
lwj@Drunken Angel wrote:
Bloodlines —-the song that Lu does a beautiful job of singing in the movie The Baby Dance. It’s been many years now but I do wish there was a soundtrack available. Well, that one song anyway.
Drunken Angel you are in luck.
Here is (Part 9) of the movie “The Baby Dance”
The video is 6:17 in length and our gal Lucinda sings “Bloodlines” starting at 3:50
It is truly a beautiful but haunting song with the accordian playing.
Here we go for your Friday listening pleasure.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbXPbYo3A9E&feature=related
lwjThanks for posting that video, LW!
Beautiful but haunting is exactly right. The arrangement and Lucinda’s voice on that song are just perfection. I have that movie on VHS tape and put that portion onto audio cassette. There is a reprise of Bloodlines that plays during the ending credits. Lucinda is humming a cappella followed by a lone dobro.
I appreciate you tracking this down, giving Lu fans the chance to hear it, LW.
Well done.
I tuned in today to my favorite NPR station. CLICK. First song I hear is a duet and on first listen my thoughts were it’s Lu! Before the song ended I knew it was her (and her unforgettable, unique, and endearing twang.) I was not familiar with the song and embarrassed to say not familiar with the artist either, when named, until I googled him. Then I recognized one of his penned classics, “Polk Salad Annie.”
I don’t see this duet on your guest appearances list on initial scan, however, I could have overlooked.
“Closing In On The Fire” Tony Joe White / Lucinda Williams
The mojo is happening in this tune.
Sample:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002XEDB2/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
@Lafayette wrote:
I don’t see this duet on your guest appearances list on initial scan, however, I could have overlooked.
“Closing In On The Fire” Tony Joe White / Lucinda Williams
It should be there – I just checked my copy & I have it…
Thanks for thinking of me, though! 😀
Tom
tntracy;
Another one possibly to add to your spreadsheet.
Song is called “There’s Something There” written by Bob Woodruff and accompanied by Lucinda.
This was a sound track from the 2005 movie called “Her Minor Thing”The song was published 01/01/2003 by Red Velvet Records but I can’t find it.
Anyway have a listen to the song from Bob Woodruff’s My Space page.
Just scroll down on the playlist. beautiful song.http://www.myspace.com/bobwoodruff
lwjOne more perhaps for your spreadsheet.
From 2007 Gene Butler’s Concrete Country.
Lucinda on background vocals on 2 songs.
Cold,Cold,Cold Woman and God’s Fallen Star.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/genebutlerband
lwjOK, I’ve been slack on keeping this spreadsheet, as well as the list in Lu’s Wikipedia article, up to date. Time to rectify that.
I have the following on my list to add to my spreadsheet (FYI, some of these are already on the list in Lu’s Wikipedia article):
2007 – Gene Butler Band – “Cold, Cold, Cold Woman” – Concrete Country
2007 – Gene Butler Band – “God’s Fallen Star” – Concrete Country
2010 – Various Artists – “Kiss Like Your Kiss (w/ Elvis Costello)” – True Blood – Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 2
2010 – Various Artists – “The Ballad of Lucy Jordan” – Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
2010 – Jimmy Webb – “Galveston” – Just Across The River
2010 – Various Artists – “Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missin’ Tonight)” – Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
2010 – Ray Davies – “Long Way From Home” – See My Friends
2011 – Amos Lee – “Clear Blue Eyes” – Mission Bell (Release Date: Jan. 25, 2011)
2011 – Over the Rhine – “Undamned” – The Long Surrender (Release Date: Feb. 8, 2011)There is also the forthcoming Michael Monroe guest appearance, but I could not find the name of the song Lu sings on – just the name of the album – Sensory Overdrive. It is due out March 16th. Until I get the name of the song, I will leave this one off of my spreadsheet…
OK, I am sure I am missing something on this list. I glanced through this thread, as well as the thread list in the “Lucinda Records” forum, and this is what I came up with. What else should I add? (Bear in mind, I am including only commercially released songs on albums. If it was on a soundtrack of a movie, but never released on an audio CD / album, I am not including it. This is a spreadsheet I started for my own use in buying all songs Lu has made an appearance on &, if I cannot buy it, I am not putting it on my list)…
Thanks,
Tom
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