Williams honor "Car Wheels" with tour
William will perform the album in its entirety, followed by a second set of songs from her career. The tour will primarily take place in the northeast starting on Nov. 2 in Collingswood, N.J. and will include stops in Boston, New York, Toronto and Chicago.
Following its release, "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" was named Best Album of 1998. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Williams will be joined on the tour by her long-time backing band Buick 6, featuring Butch Norton on drums, David Sutton on bass and Stuart Mathis on guitar.
Most dates will go on sale Thursday, Aug 23 at 7 p.m. local time.
Tour dates are:
Nov. 2 - Collingswood, NJ - The Scottish Rite
Nov. 3 - Northampton, MA - The Calvin Theatre
Nov. 5-6 - Boston, MA - The Paradise
Nov. 7 - New York, NY - The Beacon Theatre
Nov. 9 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
Nov. 10 - Norwalk, CT - Wall Street Theater
Nov. 11 - Lebanon, NH - Lebanon Opera House
Nov. 13 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
Nov. 14 - Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Nov. 16 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
Nov.17 - Berwyn, IL - FitzGerald's *
* Benefit shows for Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
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CD reviews for Lucinda Williams
"You can't rule me," Lucinda Williams declares on the song of the same name, the defiant lead-off song on her blistering new album "Good Souls Better Angels," her most archly determined effort yet. That says a lot, given the fact that Williams has practically defined the very notion of an insurgent artist since the very beginning. Her swagger and sway often brings to mind a drunken sailor who staggers unsteadily down the street, spitting piss and vinegar at random passerbys. ...
As impressive as her last album "Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone" was, this much is true about Lucinda Williams: the next album will be as stellar or even more. That's not to say any of her releases are subpar, but the quality (and now consistency) of her output makes her a precious gem. And this record, an album inspired and influenced by I-20, a winding piece of pavement that cuts throughout her home state of Louisiana, is the usual extraordinary affair you'd expect. ...
There's little left to be said when it comes the link between quality songs and Lucinda Williams. From her early days to her commercial breakthrough with 1998's "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road," Williams has always created her own heartfelt nuggets that can be equally haunting and rocking. And this newest release is perhaps her most ambitious effort to date, a 2-disc, 20-track album, starting with the barren "Compassion" that recalls some precious combination of Linda ...
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