Happy Woman Blues

by Lucinda Williams

Happy Woman Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Folkways
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Lucinda Williams' 'Happy Woman Blues' was her first album of original songs and established the plainspoken emotional directness of her writing. The record sits between country, folk, and blues traditions, anticipating the Americana identity she would later help define.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, progressive, folk, acoustic, female-vocals, bluesy, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Lafayette
  2. I Lost It
  3. Maria
  4. Happy Woman Blues
  5. King Of Hearts
  6. Rolling Along
  7. One-Night Stand
  8. Howlin' At Midnight
  9. Hard Road
  10. Louisiana Man
  11. Sharp Cutting Wings (Song To A Poet)

Credits

  • Lucinda Williams - primary artist, words by, music by
  • Steve Robb - lacquer cut by

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