Happy Woman Blues

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Keeps getting better

A couple of years ago, I reviewed this and gave it three stars. Since then, I've come to realize how good this disc really is; it gets better all the time. This was Lucinda's second release, and it's more country/folk than her later stuff. As raw as this is, the songwriting is superb. She has become known as one of the best artists around, and here you see,(and hear) that she had this gift right from the start. A classic.

Written by Bt "Cat."

First-takes - Warts and All.

Happy Women Blues was my first exposure to the authentic and classic musicianship of Lucinda Williams. What I first suspected was a recording from perhaps the nineteen-fifties, was in fact produced during 1980. Happy Women Blues is a trip back in time to campfire sessions, small town gatherings and country fairs. This collection of folk, country and hillbilly music is heavy on slide and pedal steel guitar, fiddle and viola. Perhaps a disappointment to some, the CD is light on modern recording te…

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