Today brings another in our line of "Influences" postings. GPN used to pull out a "Joey->Joy->Joey" transition from time to time. For those of you who don't know "Joy" is a Lucinda Williams song.
<strong>"Joey-Joy-Joey"</strong>
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/GPTN2006-06-09.akg481.flac16/gptn2006-06-09T07_vbr.mp3]

<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Sj8tmy9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="lucinda honey bee" class="alignleft" />Lucinda Williams, one of Grace's idols, released a new record called "Honey Bee" on Tuesday. To say I like this is, well, it's an understatement. I was just thinking back to the fact that I've been aware of her music for over 16 years from the rural country/bluegrass of "Happy Woman Blues" to her resurgence on "Sweet Old World" to the masterpiece of "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road". Damn, I'm reminded of how wickedly talented she is. And now, she decided to bring the nasty! On songs that should resonate deeply with GPN fans we get the boozy rambler of "Jailhouse Tears" with Elvis Costello alongside a cover of the AC/DC cover "It's A Long Way To The Top". Listen to "Real Love" from Letterman, which lines up nicely with GPN's more pop based rockers like "Meantime" and "Ah, Mary" and "Honey Bee" - which simply makes me think of "If I Was From Paris". Next cover?

"Real Love"
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<strong>"Honey Bee"</strong>
[audio:http://www.thisissomewhere.com/audio/lucinda/HoneyBee.mp3]

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"Joy"
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"Passionate Kisses"
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"Drunken Angel"
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