Lucinda's Father's Archives

Lucinda's Father's Archives

Author: The Bluegrass Situation May 19, 2025 Duration: 50:27
Ismay arrives in Austin, Texas to dig through the Collections Deposit Library at the University of Texas in order to understand the life of Lucinda Williams' father, Miller. A poet and teacher, Miller Williams overcame setbacks to become a prominent writer. Ismay discovers his personal writings, letters, and photographs, highlighting his mentorship and the artistic community that shaped Lucinda's career. Credits: Distributed by The Bluegrass Situation Produced and mixed by Avery Hellman for Neanderthal Records LLC Music by ISMAY Artwork by Avery Hellman Austin Recording -- Recorded at The Collections Deposit Library at UT Austin, with records from The Harry Ransom Center Sound recordist: Rodrigo Nino Producer: Liz McBee Director: Joel Fendelman Co-Director: Rose Bush The Caterpillar and Of History and Hope appear courtesy of Rebecca Jordan Williams Special thanks to: Mick Hellman, Chuck Prophet, Jonathan McHugh, Jacqueline Sabec, Lucinda Williams & Tom Overby references: Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams Living on the Surface, New and Selected Poems by Miller Williams The Ways We Touch, Poems by Miller Williams Making a Poem: Some Thoughts about Poetry and the People Who Write It https://oxfordamerican.org/web-only/the-kinship-is-real https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/miller-williams https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/southern-tenant-farmers-union-35/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/26671158 https://poets.org/poet/miller-williams https://muse.jhu.edu/article/740832 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPIgETlWaas https://poets.org/inaugural-poems-history https://news.uark.edu/articles/26213/miller-williams-remembered-as-poet-educator-co-founder-of-university-of-arkansas-press https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/news-articles/things-you-possibly-didnt-know-about-lucinda-williams https://www.swtimes.com/story/opinion/2016/11/16/a-poetically-proud-published-poet/24533470007/ Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods

There’s a particular magic in the music of Lucinda Williams-raw, honest, and deeply rooted in place. Finding Lucinda, produced by The Bluegrass Situation, isn’t a typical biography. Instead, it’s a parallel journey. We follow singer-songwriter ISMAY, who leaves a family ranch in Northern California feeling full of self-doubt, and drives toward the source: the landscapes of Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee that shaped Lucinda’s iconic sound. This podcast becomes a moving conversation between a fan’s search for meaning and an artist’s hard-won legacy. As ISMAY travels, listeners are right there in the passenger seat for intimate talks with Lucinda’s early collaborators, dusty archive discoveries, and quiet moments in the very studios and dive bars where that timeless music first took shape. It’s about more than fandom; it’s about finding your own voice by tracing the path of another. Through field recordings, personal reflection, and uncovered stories, each episode feels like peeling back a layer of American music history while on a deeply personal road trip. You’ll hear the hum of the highway, the crackle of old tapes, and the connections that make a musical hero feel vividly, inspiringly human.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 15

Finding Lucinda
Podcast Episodes
Early & Unexpected Musical Influences [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:20
Ismay uncovers a fascinating seldom heard recording of Lucinda from a radio show in 1981, leading them down a path to discover the musical influences in Lucinda's early Life. Meeting with members of the Grammy Award Winn…
Meeting Charlie Sexton [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:36
Ismay visits cornerstone music venue The Hole in the Wall in Austin to interview Charlie Sexton, producer and songwriter who's best known as a guitarist for Bob Dylan. They discuss Charlie and Lucinda's first gig togethe…
Introducing Finding Lucinda [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:52
After living and working on the family ranch for almost a decade, Ismay is looking for change. For several years Ismay has been playing in a Lucinda Williams tribute band, and writing their own music. An opportunity to r…
Finding Lucinda Trailer S1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00
Finding Lucinda follows a young singer-songwriter on a road trip of self discovery to trace the roots of their musical hero Lucinda Williams. Amidst self-doubt and uncertainty, ISMAY sets out from the family ranch in Nor…