Ten Rare Covers from Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams has included some great covers on her albums (most recently with the AC/DC cover on Little Honey), but she has also sprinkled many covers here and there on various benefit and soundtrack compilations. Here are ten of the best hard to find covers by Lucinda Williams that I've found out there in the ether. Enjoy.

Lucinda Williams - Postively 4th Street (Bob Dylan cover) - 1993

Lucinda Williams - You Don't Have Very Far To Go (Merle Haggard cover) - 1993

Lucinda Williams - Main Roads (Victoria Williams cover) - 1993

Lucinda Williams - Here in California (Kate Wolf cover) - 1998

Lucinda Williams - Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams cover) - 2001

Lucinda Williams - Nothin' (Townes Van Zandt cover) - 2001

Lucinda Williams - Lately (Greg Brown cover) - 2002

Lucinda Williams - Hang Down Your Head (Tom Waits cover) - 2003

Lucinda Williams - Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings cover) - 2008

Lucinda Williams - Marching the Hate Machines (The Flaming Lips & Thievery Corporation cover) - 2008

This last cover is excellent and part of a digital only EP that Lucinda released in October of 2008 called Lu in '08. It also features covers of Dylan's "Masters of War," Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth," and a new song, "Bone of Contention." There is a link to download it below.

Thanks for checking this out. Look for a post on five of Lucinda's best duets in the next few weeks.

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Tom Waits' first album, Closing Time

I never really got into Tom Waits. I appreciated that he was a storytelling genius. I often listened to other artist's covering his music, but outside of a handful of songs, I never really gave his catalog much of a chance.

That all changed for me on Valentine's Day of this year, when I was driving around that afternoon listening to Philly's best radio station, WXPN, and the song "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" came on. It just floored me. I thought it was one of the best songs I had ever heard and I had to hear more of Waits' earlier music. I'm hoping that there are a few of you out there who like me, never heard this incredible song and give it a listen right now.



Tom Waits - "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You"

So I went back to the beginning to where this song is from, and that is Tom Waits' debut album from 1973, Closing Time. In it, Waits' voice is in much different shape that it is now and he sings beautifully on a dozen songs that vary in style but flow together perfectly. A timeless, inspiring, and incredibly moving record, this one will stay with me forever.

Here are two more favorites from Closing Time.

Tom Waits - Ol' 55.
Tom Waits - Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)

Since then, I've been slowly working my way up through his catalog and I've spent a little too much time watching the full length concerts through the years at the best fan site I've ever seen, Tom Waits TV, here.

I am now finally, officially, a Tom Waits obsessed freak, so I'm sure you'll be seeing him around these parts quite often. Thanks for stopping by.

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