Lucinda Williams - Happy Woman Blues

Lucinda Williams, whose musical style defies easy categorization, recorded her first album of original songsin 1980, supported by a six-member band. Her songs are a mix of traditional and alternative country, folk,and blues that reflect her Louisiana roots. The Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau gave HappyWoman Blues an A013 and described Williams as a guileless throwback to the days of the acoustic bluesmamas who means what she says and says what she means.The vinyl reissue of Happy Woman Blues, which includes a liner notes booklet with the song lyrics, is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albumsin our collection.