“Dust” by Lucinda Williams from The Ghosts of Highway 20:
1. Track Review:
MoJo has an exclusive interview with Lucinda Williams including “her thoughts on Bob Dylan, her new record, getting married onstage and more” (MoJo). Click HERE to purchase the issue online. Paul Stokes quoted Williams who said: “’Dust’ comes from a poem that my father wrote… That’s a pretty big part of the song. I’m very proud of it” (MoJo). Williams also noted that laying beat to the poetic verse was not a one-step process. She said, “You have to come up with an arrangement using those lyrics so you create a refrain” (MoJo).
To fit the music, Williams altered a few of the words — namely the word “dry” to “dust” — which became the song title. Barbara Hoffman noted Lucinda’s lyrics underwent scrutiny from her father who was a professor and poet. Hoffman said, “Miller Williams died [New Year’s Day 2015], but Lucinda started mourning him several years ago, when Alzheimer’s set in, and he told her he couldn’t write poetry anymore” (NYpost). Granting music to Miller’s poems are a way for Lucinda to further carry on her father’s literary work.
2. “Dust” by Miller Williams from The Ways We Touch: Poems 1st Edition:
Click HERE to purchase Williams’ poetry book.
Dust
There is a sadness so deep
the sun seems black
and you don’t have to try to keep
the tears back
because you couldn’t cry
if you wanted to.
Even your thoughts are dry.
All you can do
is stare at the ceiling
and wish the world would mend
and try to recall some better feeling
to no good end.
3. Album Release:
The Ghosts of Highway 20 released 5 February 2016 and is available for purchase on iTunes for $11.99 or $1.29 per track. Click HERE to purchase.
4. Tour Dates:
Lucinda Williams is currently on Tour for 2016. Click HERE to view her schedule and purchase tix via her website.
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