The Ghosts of Highway 20

by Lucinda Williams

The Ghosts of Highway 20 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 February 2016
  • Label: Highway 20
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:26:14
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The veteran American songwriter delivers a sprawling, deeply atmospheric double album anchored by virtuosic guitar interplay between Greg Leisz and Bill Frisell. The record explores themes of death, memory, and the sprawling landscapes of the Deep South connected by Interstate 20. It serves as an incredibly unhurried, masterful collection of slow-burning country-rock and mournful blues laments.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, bluesy, storytelling, confessional, dusty, acoustic, female-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Dust (6:19)
  2. House of Earth (5:28)
  3. I Know All About It (5:46)
  4. Place in My Heart (5:13)
  5. Death Came (6:14)
  6. Doors of Heaven (5:33)
  7. Louisiana Story (9:05)
  8. The Ghosts of Highway 20 (7:20)
  9. Bitter Memory (4:07)
  10. Factory (4:01)
  11. Can't Close the Door on Love (5:36)
  12. If My Love Could Kill (5:09)
  13. If There's a Heaven (3:34)
  14. Faith and Grace (12:42)

Credits

  • Bob Goldstone - production manager
  • Jim Flammia - public relations
  • Lindsey Thompson - public relations
  • All Eyes Media - public relations [at]
  • David Sutton - backing vocals, bass, bass, backing vocals
  • Butch Norton - drums, drums, percussion, drums, percussion, backing vocals, drums, backing vocals
  • Bill Frisell - electric guitar [right]
  • Woody Guthrie - words by

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