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My Take
Williams is one of the great American songwriters, a poet of dusty highways, hard love, and Southern longing whose voice cracks in exactly the right places. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is a stone-cold masterpiece, an album she famously labored over until every detail rang true, and that perfectionism is all over her catalog. She is fiercely her own artist, refusing to be boxed into country or rock or blues because she contains all of them. Even after a stroke, she has kept writing and performing with undimmed grit. I rank her among the most literate and soulful songwriters this country has produced.
Overview
Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. A celebrated figure in Americana, country, rock, and blues, she is best known for her acclaimed 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. She has won multiple Grammy Awards over her career, the first coming in 1993 when Mary Chapin Carpenter recorded her song 'Passionate Kisses.'
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lucinda Williams
- Name (Japanese)
- ルシンダ・ウィリアムス
- Reading
- るしんだ・うぃりあむす
- Born
- January 26, 1953 (age 73)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter / Composer / Music producer / Arranger / Entrepreneur
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1993 Grammy Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.