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Steve,

No, it was from an Austin City Limits show back in 1994-95 I believe; when the show was hosted by Roseanne Cash and included Lucinda Williams and Bruce Cockburn. (It was a tribute to singer-songwriters.) I have it on tape so have watched it too many times. Lucinda performed the songs, "Hot Blood", "Happy Woman Blues", "Something About What Happens When We Talk". Good stuff. They finished it off with Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice..."

I haven't lived in the states since 1996 so have not been able to watch -and update my tape collection- since then.

Jerry,

I haven't heard the song "I Can't Let Go" on any Lucinda Williams CD or tape (I have most of them). Do you have any idea if it came out on a tape/CD or what year? Most of her latest CDs all say the same thing, "All songs written by Lucinda Williams."

"Can't Let Go" is on "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" and was written by Randy Weeks. Great song and she does a great job with it. It's the only song on the album that she didn't write or co-write.

Sorry, left work.
Randy does a better job on that, IMO. He plays every other Sat. at the Cinema Grill in Culver City, CA. His Band is a bunch of pros, and it's a low key very cool night. His guitar player plays a very weird '50's Kay with filtertrons. I believe Randy's site will give the name of his band mates and a few of the folks they have worked with (Dylan, Emmylou, etc.) He is one of the nicest guys around. He used to do that song in his former band, The Lonesome Strangers, who made a splash in this town in the '80's. I was at one of their gigs in the '80's when a couple of Bangles walked in to check them out. Anyway, his Cd's are pretty good.

Another note: this is a DIY'er's success story. Lucinda Williams caught a show of his and asked if she could do that song. She's since sat in with him at his Cinema Bar (not grill) gig. He's got about 6 songs placed in movies. Like I always say sometimes - support the small internet bands/musicians!!!!

R.C Bengston wrote:
"I was listening to a country station today (somewhere between Houston & Dallas) and they played a song that had the line "Roger McGuinn and his 12 string, a sound we've never heard." The station never mentioned the song or the artist after playing it."

That song is sung by David Allan Coe. I've never heard it but I remember my nephew mentioning it once.

Earlier this evening, I watched the Americana Music Awards and Buddy Miller (leading the house band) was using what appeared to be a 330 while backing Steve Earle. I guess it's the same guitar in the link's second picture.

http://www.buddyandjulie.com/gear.html

Jerry & Kevin,

I found my "Car Wheels ..." cassette tape the other day and gave it another listen. It has been a few years since I heard it last. Now I remember the "Can't Let Go" song, written by Randy Weeks. Great song and I love the slide guitar work on it. It would have to be a great song to have been chosen by a great songwriter, who probably isn't short of choice from her own songs.


James, struggling pathetically to get his posts above 100.

I'll repeat - Randy's version is better. Better still if you hear it live and loud (ish)

I found the words to David Allen Coe's "Willie and Waylon and Me"

I heard the Burritos out in California
Could fly higher than the Birds
Roger McGuinnis had a twelve-string guitar
It was like nothing I’d ever heard
And the Eagles flew in from the west coast
Like the Birds, they were trying to be free
While in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
Like Willie and Waylon and me

Hey,
Well, they say Texas music’s in the make
And we’ve making music that is free
Doing’ one-night stands,
Playing with our bands
Willie and Waylon and me
Oh Mad Dog

They sat the Beatles were just the beginning
Of everything music could be
Just like the Stones I was rolling along
Like a ship lost out on the sea
And Joplin would die for the future
And Dylan would write poetry
While in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
Like Willie and Waylon and me

Well, they say Texas music’s in the make
And we’ve making music that is free
Doing’ one-night stands,
Playing with our bands
Willie and Waylon and me
Big Jim

I heard the Burritos out in California
Could fly higher than the Birds
Roger McGuinnis had a twelve-string guitar
It was like nothing I’d ever heard
And the Eagles flew in from the west coast
Like the Birds, they were trying to be free
While in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
Like Willie and Waylon and me

Yes, David Allen Coe from 1976:
Willie, Waylon and me.
"I heard the Burritos out in California
Could fly higher than the Byrds
Roger McGuinn had a twelve-string guitar
It was like nothing I’d ever heard
And the Eagles flew in from the west coast
Like the Byrds, they were trying to be free
While in Texas, the talk turned to outlaws
Like Willie and Waylon and me"