Didn't really know much about Lucinda Williams before this song came out althought a few of my friends were really into her records. I just never got to hear them. And then I bought the latest copy of Uncut magazine and played the Free CD and Metal Firecracker was on it and it was just such a good song I kept coming back to it. Uncut, a bit earlier, had this CD on it which was a compilation of newish country songs and I was really liking what I heard. So I kinda went through a bit of a country stage. Just on the side mind you. And it was lead by the fact I was enamoured by Lucinda Williams voice. Truly one of the great vocalists. The album it came from was great too along with all the other stuff of hers I tracked down. I even found myself writing some country lite songs. Then again as with a lot of the songs I write, being based on simple chord structures, easily lend themselves to a country makeover.
And as for those magazine CD cover disks. I'm a subscriber to Uncut, Mojo and The Word. Each of those mags has free Cds. 36 compilations a year. They're piling up and I've never been one to throw out music. I follow up on the tracks I like but I think I'm building a mountain of sampler CDs.
Now and again they do put out a themed CD which turn out to be be ripper comps however. Sounds Of The New West was an ear opener for me. And Lucinda wasn't even on it.
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