| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road is the latest | | | | |
| release from Rock Artist Lucinda Williams, | | | | Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Release Notes: |
| and I can only think of one word to describe | | | | |
| this CD… AWESOME! | | | | Lucinda Williams originally released Car |
| | | | Wheels On A Gravel Road on June 30, 1998 on |
| It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from | | | | the Mercury label. |
| an artist that I can truthfully say does not | | | | |
| have a bad track in the bunch. I'm more than | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| happy to announce that's exactly what I must | | | | |
| say about this one. There simply isn't a bad | | | | 1. Right In Time 2. Car Wheels On A Gravel |
| one in the bunch. No fillers here at all. | | | | Road 3. 2 Cool 2 Be 4-Gotten 4. Drunken Angel |
| | | | 5. Concrete And Barbed Wire 6. Lake Charles |
| Car Wheels On A Gravel Road has a nicely | | | | 7. Can't Let Go 8. I Lost It 9. Metal |
| varied, mix of 13 tracks that are very well | | | | Firecracker 10. Greenville 11. Still I Long |
| written songs by this clearly outstanding | | | | For Your Kiss 12. Joy 13. Jackson |
| artist. Most of the songs display a lot of | | | | |
| the kind emotion that makes for a really | | | | Personnel: Lucinda Williams (vocals, acoustic |
| great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can | | | | guitar, dobro); Buddy Miller (acoustic & |
| only imagine are her own personal | | | | electric guitars, mando guitar, background |
| experiences. At different points touching on | | | | vocals); Steve Earle (acoustic & resonator |
| the most real emotions like love, heartbreak, | | | | guitars, harmonica, background vocals); Gurf |
| pain, failed relationships and unattainable | | | | Morlix (6 & 12 string electric guitars, |
| romance. They're all here. | | | | electric & acoustic slide guitars, background |
| | | | vocals); Charlie Sexton (electric & slide |
| If you're even mildly into Rock music you'll | | | | guitars, dobro); Johnny Lee Schell (electric |
| enjoy this CD. Overall Car Wheels On A Gravel | | | | & slide guitars, dobro); Bo Ramsey (electric |
| Road is an outstanding release. I give it my | | | | & slide guitars); Ray Kennedy, Greg Leisz (12 |
| double thumbs up. You will not be | | | | string electric guitar, mandolin); Richard |
| disappointed with one single track. | | | | "Hombre" Price (dobro); Roy Bittan |
| | | | (accordion, Hammond B-3 organ, organ); |
| While the entire CD is really very good the | | | | Michael Smotherman (Hammond B-3 organ); John |
| truly standout tunes are track 2 - Car Wheels | | | | Ciambotti (acoustic & electric basses); |
| On A Gravel Road, track 5 - Concrete And | | | | Donald Lindley (drums, percussion); Jim |
| Barbed Wire, and track 11 - Still I Long For | | | | Lauderdale, Emmylou Harris (background |
| Your Kiss. | | | | vocals). |
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| My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore | | | | Principally recorded at Room And Board |
| [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - | | | | Studio, Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Right In Time. What a nice track! | | | | |