Lucinda Williams - Down Past the Bottom

Lucinda Williams - Down Past the Bottom

Recorded by: Colin Linden
Genre: Rock
Written by: Greg Garing

"Lucinda Williams is a three time Grammy Award winner who confronts America’s socio political chaos head on. Williams' commercial breakthrough came in 1998 with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, an album presenting a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country and Americana into a distinctive style."

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