Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album)

Ramblin' on My Mind is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released in 1979, by Folkways Records.

Ramblin' on My Mind
Studio album by
Released1979
StudioMalaco Studios, Jackson, Mississippi
Genre
Length43:17
LabelFolkways
ProducerTom Royals
Lucinda Williams chronology
Ramblin' on My Mind
(1979)
Happy Woman Blues
(1980)
Alternative cover
1991 reissue album cover

Produced by Tom Royals,[1] and recorded in Mississippi in the late 1970s, the album features a collection of traditional folk and country standards arranged and performed by Williams, with accompaniment by John Grimaudo on his six-string guitar.[2] When the album was re-issued on CD in 1991 by Smithsonian Folkways, the title was shortened to Ramblin' and featured an alternate album cover.[3]

Background and reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [4]

Smithsonian Folkways says her "Southern blues roots are unmistakable on her debut record [...] showcasing the artistry that would make her an icon."[2]

Trouser Press called it "a warm, lively album of covers" that "shows off Williams’ affecting vocals and her roots — from the bayou to the church choir to the Opry".[5]

Track listing edit

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

Side one

  1. "Ramblin' on My Mind" (Robert Johnson) – 2:30
  2. "Me and My Chauffeur" (Clifton Chenier, Memphis Minnie) – 3:12
  3. "Motherless Children" (Traditional) – 3:31
  4. "Malted Milk Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 2:29
  5. "Disgusted" (Melvin Jackson) – 2:28
  6. "Jug Band Music" (Memphis Jug Band) – 2:22
  7. "Stop Breakin' Down" (Robert Johnson) – 3:20

Side two

  1. "Drop Down Daddy" (Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon; originally "Drop Down Mama") – 3:23
  2. "Little Darling Pal of Mine" (A.P. Carter) – 2:59
  3. "Make Me Down a Pallet on Your Floor" (Traditional) – 3:50
  4. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams) – 3:05
  5. "Great Speckled Bird" (Roy Acuff, A.P. Carter, Reverend Guy Smith, Traditional) – 2:55
  6. "You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion" (Traditional) – 2:55
  7. "Satisfied Mind" (Joe Hayes, Jack Rhodes) – 4:06

Personnel edit

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, 12-string guitar
  • John Grimaudo – 6-string acoustic guitar
Technical
  • Gerald "Wolf" Stephenson - engineer
  • Carol Hardy – cover

References edit

  1. ^ "Ramblin' - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Ramblin' on My Mind – Lucinda Williams". Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Wolff, Kurt. Ramblin' on My Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 770.
  5. ^ "Lucinda Williams". Trouser Press. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Ramblin' on My Mind (booklet). Lucinda Williams. Folkways. 1979.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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