i spoke to gurf last year, ( he tours with slaid cleeves, a brilliant songwriter from nashville). he never said anything bad about lucinda, and was happy going about with slaid and doing his production thing.
a really nice (dry) guy.
btw, have any of you heard of kathleen edwards? she very lucinda williams sounding. her “back to me ” album is excellent, her first album “failer” could be mistaken as lucinda, she is a fan.
also look out for an unreleased lucinda williams track called “letters” on laura cantrells “humming by the flowered vine”
sorry for going on bit, just thought you would like to know.