Lucinda Williams
Essence
Lost Highway
088 170 197-2
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1. Lonely Girls 4:01
drums: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
electric guitar: Bo Ramsey
hand drum, rhythm guitar & one note harmony: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
violin/viola: David Mansfield
harmony vocals: Jim Lauderdale
2. Steal Your Love 3:14
drums: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
electric guitar: Bo Ramsey
electric octave guitar, rhythm guitar, live loop guitar and additional drums: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
harmony vocals: Jim Lauderdale
3. I Envy The Wind 3:12
drums & percussion: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
resolectric guitar: Bo Ramsey
rhythm guitar & live loop guitar: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
violin/viola: David Mansfield
4. Blue 3:52
acoustic bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
electric guitar: Bo Ramsey
electric rhythm guitar and acoustic papoose: Charlie Sexton
violin/viola: David Mansfield
5. Out Of Touch 5:25
drums & percussion: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
electric guitar: Bo Ramsey
electric guitar, electric experience guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar & simple piano: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
harmony & background vocals: Charlie Sexton
6. Are You Down 5:24
drums: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
lead guitar & resolectric guitar: Bo Ramsey
percussion, rhythm guitar & moaning live loop: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
7. Essence 5:50
drums: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
guitar: Lucinda Williams
electric guitar: Bo Ramsey
tremolo guitar: Ryan Adams
rhythm & live loop guitar, electric experience guitar, additional drums, fuzz bass & acoustic guitars: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
violin/viola: David Mansfield
harmony vocals: Gary Louris
8. Reason To Cry 3:39
drums & percussion: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
lead guitar: Bo Ramsey
rhythm guitar: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
9. Get Right With God 4:16
drums: Jim Keltner
resonator guitar: Lucinda Williams
slide guitar: Bo Ramsey
tremolo slide & rhythm guitars: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
harmony vocals: Jim Lauderdale & Joy Lynn White
10. Bus To Baton Rouge 5:50
drums: Jim Keltner
bass: Tony Garnier
acoustic guitar: Lucinda Williams
lead guitar: Bo Ramsey
rhythm and live loop guitar: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
harmony vocals: Jim Lauderdale & Joy Lynn White
11. Broken Butterflies 5:41
drums & percussion: Jim Keltner
acoustic bass: Tony Garnier
resolectric guitar: Bo Ramsey
rhythm & live loop guitar: Charlie Sexton
Hammond B3 organ: Reese Wynans
violin & viola: David Mansfield
harmony vocals: Joy Lynn White
Produced by Charlie Sexton and Lucinda Williams
Basic tracks produced by Bo Ramsey
Co-produced by Tom Tucker
All songs written by Lucinda Williams
(C) 2001 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Lucy Jaws Music, admin by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Recorded and mixed by Tom Tucker at Mastermix Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Assisted by Joe Lepinski and James (Fluff) Harley
Digitial editing by Joe Lepinski
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Lucinda Williams uses D'Addario Strings
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Charlie thanks Karen and Marlo, GHS Strings, Larry Dalton at Fishman, Alan Durham for tech support, Music Makers in Austin, and Lucinda for the music.
Bo thanks Lucinda, Tom Tucker, Sr. and staff, Frank Callari, Brian Harrison, Eric Heywood, Trip Aldredge, Dub Cornett, David Allen, Jim Demain, and my friends and family for their support.
Tom thanks Bo Ramsey, Charlie Sexton, Luke Lewis, Frank Callari, my family - Sue, Tommy & Jackie, and finally to Lucinda - it's been an honor, you're the greatest!
Tony Garnier thanks Lakland, Flip Scipio and Trisha
Lucinda thanks Frank Callari, Luke Lewis, Lauren Murphy, Jim Caparro, Lyor Cohen, John Esposito and everyone at Lost Highway, Mercury, and Island Def Jam Records, Charlie Sexton, Karen Sexton, Bo Ramsey, Tom Tucker, Joe Lepinski, Tommy Tucker, and all the Mastermix folks; Jim Keltner, Cynthia Keltner, Tony Garnier, Trisha Milligan, Reese Wynans, David Mansfield, Gary Louris, Ryan Adams, Jim Lauderdale, and Joy Lynn White, Kerri Leich and Sarah Ellis, Karen Naff, Jim Kemp, and Alan Messer, my band and crew, all my family between Arkansas and Lousiana; and a special thank you to Richard Price for helping me get right with God.
Peace and love and gracias para todo, Lucinda
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Jim Keltner appears courtesy of Cynthia
A&R and Artist Development: Frank Callari
Production Coordinator: Mike Griffith
Booking Information: Frank Riley
Monterey Peninsula Artists 831 375 4889
General Information: Frank Callari, 615 524 7800
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Photography/packaging design by Alan Messer
Hair and Makeup: Sheila Davis
Cover & Pages 2, 15, 16 courtesy of Alan Messer
(C) 2001. Used by permission
El Romantic/Amor image by Doug Jasso, Kansas City, Missouri and hand colored by Joe King Carrasco
www.joeking.com Used by permission
Get Right With God folk sign photograph by Bill Ferris, 1976
(first published on a postcard by Center For Southern Folklore, Memphis, Tennessee). Used by permission.
Bo Ramsey appears courtesy of Trailer Records
Jim Lauderdale appears courtesy of Dualtone Nashville
Gary Louris appears courtesy of American Recordings
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website: www.lucindawilliams.com
www.losthighwayrecords.com
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also available:
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