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In the past couple of weeks Lu has been busy -I guess we just can’t give her a break 🙂
She did a wonderful duet with the legendary Jimmy Webb on his song Galveston. He is finishing up an album of duets. We just got the finished version and Jimmy was so thrilled with it he is saying it may be the single.
A few days after that she also sang harmony on a song for Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, which is her longtime friend Colin Linden’s side band.
And this past Saturday a film crew came to the house and filmed Lu for a documentary about legendary delta blues singer Honeyboy Edwards. He is 94 years old and is still touring -in fact he is playing Cozy’s Blues club in LA on 1/15 & 16. As you might imagine he has an amazing story-for example he was with Robert Johnson the night he was poisoned in 1938. Anyway, Lu talked about Honeyboy -but she also talked a lot about the blues which is a topic she loves to talk about.
In addition to Lu, the movie will also include Keith Richards, BB King and Billy Gibbons among others.
Here is a link to a clip of the movie— www.honeyboyfilm.comVery cool. I’d love for Lucinda to do an album of blues covers one day.
I’ve discovered a lot of blues musicians though her covers over the years.Absolutely cool! I love exploring the blues as well, and between John Mellencamp, Lu, and Alex Dixon ( Willie Dixon’s grandson), I, too, have discovered a genre I never thought would interest me. Actually, as the story goes, I would have never discovered Lu had it not been for Mellencamp’s blues and Americana cover record in 2003.
She will almost definitely do a blues album someday, it is something she has been wanting to do for a long time–but it will not be this next record.
@TOverby wrote:
She will almost definitely do a blues album someday, it is something she has been wanting to do for a long time
Cool – I’d love that, too. Remind Lu about the “Juke Joint Blues” CD collection I gave her in NYC – I think she’d be able to find a great song or two to cover off of that… 😉
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
She will almost definitely do a blues album someday, it is something she has been wanting to do for a long time–but it will not be this next record.
I will be waiting with bated breath to hear her song choices if and when she decides to go forward with her wish to do a blues record.
@TOverby wrote:
She will almost definitely do a blues album someday, it is something she has been wanting to do for a long time–but it will not be this next record.
A short paragraph a while back from CMT.
Tony Joe White Enlists Lucinda Williams for New CD
July 21, 2004
Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris and Jessi Colter are all featured on Tony Joe White’s new album, due Sept. 28. The Heroines is White’s first U.S. studio album in six years and his first for Sanctuary Records. “I had known these women for a long time,” says White, “and they’ve all been like heroes to me through the years.” White’s daughter Michelle also guests on the album. White is best known for writing “Polk Salad Annie” and the Brook Benton hit “Rainy Night in Georgia.”And here is the song called “Closing in on the Fire”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onZV_DqOiD0
Talk about a great “Blues” cover with Tony Joe and Lu of a Waylon Jennings song.
lwj
@TOverby wrote:
And this past Saturday a film crew came to the house and filmed Lu for a documentary about legendary delta blues singer Honeyboy Edwards. He is 94 years old and is still touring -in fact he is playing Cozy’s Blues club in LA on 1/15 & 16. As you might imagine he has an amazing story-for example he was with Robert Johnson the night he was poisoned in 1938. Anyway, Lu talked about Honeyboy -but she also talked a lot about the blues which is a topic she loves to talk about.
In addition to Lu, the movie will also include Keith Richards, BB King and Billy Gibbons among others.
Here is a link to a clip of the movie— http://www.honeyboyfilm.comTom, in checking out that link, it appears that movie has been out a while (DVDs are available for order, a list of awards is on the main page, and the film synopsis ends with “The film concludes in Chicago, where Edwards, now 87, resides and continues to perform” which would have been about 7 years ago, judging from his current age. Is there a newer movie being made that Lu was interviewed for? I want to be sure & see it, but do not want to spend the $15 on this movie if it is the wrong one…
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
A few days after that she also sang harmony on a song for Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, which is her longtime friend Colin Linden’s side band.
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings is a Canadian roots music band.
The new album of duets is called “Kings and Queens” and features Lucinda, Emmylou Harris and Serena Ryder.
fall 2010 release date.
Lu’s song is “If I can’t have you”
Here is a link.
Blackie’s queens unveiled (Lucinda and Emmylou and Rosanne … oh my!)
· Posted by Paul Cantin on February 11, 2010 at 6:29am
· View Paul Cantin’s blogA couple of days ago, I posted video of overdubbing sessions for Blackie & The Rodeo Kings’ long-planned album of duets, Kings & Queens. The clip showed overdubbing for an Emmylou Harris track, but the full range of who will be appearing on the record has been hush-hush until recently, when the band’s Facebook profile provided details. So according to a photo gallery posted on the website, here’s who sits in with Blackie & Co., and the titles of the songs they’ve contributed.
LUCINDA WILLIAMS sings IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU
AMY HELM sings I’M STILL LOVING YOU
CASSANDRA WILSON sings GOLDEN SORROW
EMMYLOU HARRIS sings STEP AWAY
HOLLY COLE sings BRAVE
ROSANNE CASH sings I’VE GOT YOU COVERED
MARY MARGRET O’HARA sings HEART A MINE
SAM PHILLIPS sings LOVE LAY ME DOWN
SERENA RYDER sings BLACK SHEEP
PAM TILLIS sings MY TOWN IS GONE@TOverby wrote:
In the past couple of weeks Lu has been busy -I guess we just can’t give her a break 🙂
And this past Saturday a film crew came to the house and filmed Lu for a documentary about legendary delta blues singer Honeyboy Edwards. He is 94 years old and is still touring -in fact he is playing Cozy’s Blues club in LA on 1/15 & 16. As you might imagine he has an amazing story-for example he was with Robert Johnson the night he was poisoned in 1938. Anyway, Lu talked about Honeyboy -but she also talked a lot about the blues which is a topic she loves to talk about.
In addition to Lu, the movie will also include Keith Richards, BB King and Billy Gibbons among others.
Here is a link to a clip of the movie— http://www.honeyboyfilm.comProducerRobPerkins — June 01, 2010 — “One of the few original Mississippi Delta Blues musicians still living today, David Honeyboy Edwards is a man who not only sings of hard times, he lived them. First hand accounts of sharecropping, jumping freight trains and playing juke joints by Edwards and his generation are soon to be lost, leaving such stories to history books and archival films. Originally intended to preserve this rare view of Americana, the film Honeyboy does that and much more.”
Directed by Scott Taradash and Produced by Rob Perkins, this film also features Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, BB King, Robert Cray and Lucinda Williams.
Have a listen to “Honeyboy and the history of the blues trailer”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvs8pAHTH8Just found this but the YouTube has been removed by the user.
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YouTube – Lucinda Williams Interview for Honeyboy Blues Documentary
1 Jun 2010 … Lucinda Williams talks about his introduction to the Blues in this interview for … Directed by Scott Taradash and Produced by Rob Perkins, …
youtube.com/watch?v=vsV2NZEsbjM
END QUOTE:Perhaps TOverby can shed a little light on this one.( as to how the interview got on the web / off the web )
lwj@TOverby wrote:
A few days after that she also sang harmony on a song for Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, which is her longtime friend Colin Linden’s side band.
Just up on you Tube.
A sneak preview of Lu singing harmony “If I Can’t Have You” from the new album Kings and Queenshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzUxiTi0vY
lwj
@LWjetta wrote:
Just up on you Tube.
A sneak preview of Lu singing harmony “If I Can’t Have You” from the new album Kings and Queenshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzUxiTi0vY
lwj
Aw man, you get the “timely new stuff” award for this one, LWJ. “Just up on YouTube”, indeed! Posted today!!!
Sounds great & something I am definitely looking forward to hearing in its entirety (although we will probably have a new Lu album in hand before this is released in 2011!)…
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
She did a wonderful duet with the legendary Jimmy Webb on his song Galveston. He is finishing up an album of duets. We just got the finished version and Jimmy was so thrilled with it he is saying it may be the single.
Have a listen to Jimmy and Lu from the new album “Just Across the River”
http://www.jimmywebb.com/preview/audio_player_files/me.html
lwj
p.s. to tntracy
For all the new guest appearances coming out in 2010, it’s a good thing that MS Excel is almost limitless in its capacity for updating your spreadsheet.@Lafayette wrote:
Absolutely cool! I love exploring the blues as well, and between John Mellencamp, Lu, and Alex Dixon ( Willie Dixon’s grandson), I, too, have discovered a genre I never thought would interest me. Actually, as the story goes, I would have never discovered Lu had it not been for Mellencamp’s blues and Americana cover record in 2003.
OK Now we can connect the ……..as to Lafayette’s name on the Friendly Forum.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013AWI92/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk9
lwj
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