Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams – Amos Lee
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Amos Lee has been one of my favorite singer/songwriters since I saw him open for Bob Dylan back in 2007. After Lee released his 2022 album Dreamland, one of my favorites that year, he revisited his songwriting hero Lucinda Williams – the musician he describes as “unapologetically sincere” and “a spiritual guide for me.” Lee now pays homage to Williams with a full album of eleven covers from her songbook – Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams. Lee became a fan of Williams as a teenager in Philadelphia, discovering her music on the radio. They would meet in person years later and collaborated on “Clear Blue Eyes,” a song from Lee’s 2011 album Mission Bell.

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