Meeting Charlie Sexton

Meeting Charlie Sexton

Author: The Bluegrass Situation June 2, 2025 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 together in 1979 when he was just a kid. Charlie shares insights into Lucinda's remarkable songwriting, as well as the emotional struggles musicians face with self doubt. Credits: Distributed by The Bluegrass Situation Produced and mixed by Avery Hellman for Neanderthal Records LLC Music by ISMAY Sundays written by Lucinda Williams Greenville courtesy of Universal, Warner Chappell Artwork by Avery Hellman Music Supervisor Jonathan McHugh Austin Recording -- Recorded at The Hole in the Wall Sound recordist: Rodrigo Nino Producer: Liz McBee Director: Joel Fendelman Co-Director: Rose Bush Special thanks to: Mick Hellman, Chuck Prophet, Don Fierro, Jacqueline Sabec, Rosemary Carroll, Lucinda Williams & Tom Overby references: Charlie Sexton: Too Many Ways to Fall By Jason Crouch https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://docs.gato.txst.edu/56065/19_4_Sexton_Jason-Crouch.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiMsv2Uu7eMAxWRMlkFHVERNCMQFnoECEAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw02BTIq00dCCo9hgxH7IGi6 Ink in the Grooves by Flores Doore Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams https://delawareliberal.net/2021/10/27/song-of-the-day-10-27-lucinda-williams-2-kool-2-be-4-gotten/ https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/J/Juke-Joint https://michaelcorcoran.substack.com/p/clubland-paradise-rome-inn

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: 16

Finding Lucinda
Podcast Episodes
Lucinda's First Guitarist [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:22
Ismay travels to Anderson Fair in Houston, Texas, a famed music venue with a unique history that includes legends like Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith. Ismay tracked down a special character from Lucinda's early career, w…
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…
Lucinda's Father's Archives [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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 s…
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…