Happy Woman Blues

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studio album
First released:
1990

Overview Edit

Happy Woman Blues is an album by Lucinda Williams, her second professional release. It was released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). While her debut album consisted entirely of cover recordings, all the Happy Woman Blues were written by Wiliams herself.

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This particular version Edit

Catalog number:
SF CD 40003
Release dates:
  • 1990 in United States
  • Jul 13 1992

Genres

Alternative Country, Alternative Folk, Americana, Folk-Rock, Singer-Songwriter. Vote on Genres

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5 stars 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."
3 stars 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…
Written by dev1

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Happy Woman Blues 11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
catalog number: 40003
release dates: Jul 13 1992
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