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Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an United States|American singer/songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. She is noted for her descriptive songwriting talent, which she has used to immerse the listener of her songs into a vivid feeling of small-town, rural Southern upbringing and life. Her best-known songs include "Crazy Mary", and "Century Plant". Finding inspiration in nature, ("Weeds", "Century Plant," "Why Look at the Moon"), everyday objects ("Shoes," "Frying Pan") and the unseen, as in "Holy Spirit". Wonder, delight and awe are the primary moods of her music.
Biography
In 1986 she worked with then husband Peter Case on his debut album, following this a year later with her own debut, ''Happy Come Home'', produced by Anton Fier, with an accompanying 28 minute documentary by D. A. Pennebaker.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifexqr5ldfe~T1 All Music Guide biography.] Accessed June 21, 2008.</ref> In 1990 she released ''Swing the Statue''. She also often appeared onstage and on record with the band Giant Sand. In 1993 she acted in Gus Van Sant's ''Even Cowgirls Get The Blues'',<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834... read all
