Troubador Tuesday -- Lucinda Williams

UPDATE: The Memphis show was worth the dough! Click here to see the upcoming dates and places for the rest of the tour.

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Lucinda Williams is the most soulful, raw, and revealing songwriter of recent years. Here's her 2003 Hot Adult Top 40 (#36) hit, "Righteously" (Want the original record audio?):


You have to be truly hot to write words like that. Truly hot is more than being young and displaying the trendiest styles. Lucinda's continuing capacity for sensuality should be an inspiration for all women. As my next exhibit, I submit the title tune off her 2001 album, "Essence" (Want the original record audio?):


I recently watched an encore showing of a September 18, 2007, appearance by Lucinda on Austin City Limits and heard "Unsuffer Me" for the first time. If you're not struck dumb by that song, you haven't lived enough or hurt enough to appreciate it. If you have, you'll cry. What luck, the video PBS has up is "Unsuffer Me"! Press the button on the page I linked to, or just try this link.