Lucinda Williams Biography

Lucinda Williams grew up listening to classic country. She was born in Louisiana but her family relocated several times during her childhood to spots across the South as well as Mexico City and Santiago Chile. At 16 she discovered the writing of Southern novelist Flannery O'Connor whom she cites as a major influence on her songwriting. Williams attended college for a short time but dropped out in 1971 to devote herself to music. Williams signed to the Folkways label in 1978 and released her first two albums without fanfare. Between 1980 and 1988 she worked a series of odd jobs moving in mid-decade from Austin Texas to L.A. where she took voice lessons to learn how to sound like Joan Baez and married and divorced Greg Sowders of the Long Ryders. Much of the biting material on her self-titled album for the Rough Trade label dealt with her marriage. The poignancy and catchiness of Lucinda Williams marked a key turning point in Williams' career.

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