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LUCINDA WILLIAMS

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Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an United States|American rock music|rock, folk music|folk, and country music singer and songwriter. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time (magazine)|TIME'' magazine in 2002.

Early life

Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams and an amateur pianist. Her father worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and different parts of the American South, before settling at the University of Arkansas. His daughter started writing when she was 6 years old and showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12. Williams first live performance was in Mexico City at 17, as part a duo with her friend, a banjo player named Clark Jones.

Career
Early years
By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in Austin, Texas|Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas, concentrating on a folk-rock-country blend. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, Mississippi, in 1978 to record her first album, for Smithsonian/Folkways Records. Titled ''Ramblin, it was a collection of country and blues covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.

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