Erin Vierra August 20th, 2018 - 4:07 PM
Lucinda Williams is a country, folk singer-songwriter who has been on the music scene since the late 1980s. Over the course of this summer, Willims has been busy touring alongside Steve Earle & The Dukes, and Dwight Yoakam. This month marks the end of that tour. She recently re-recorded her 1992 album, Sweet Old World, adding additional four new songs to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Now, she is celebrating another album milestone.
Williams’ fifth studio album, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, which was released in 1998, is turning 20 years old this year. To celebrate the album’s anniversary, Williams is planning on taking the critically acclaimed album on the road for an intimate 12-date, 10-city tour according to Brooklyn Vegan. During the upcoming tour, Williams is planning on doing two music sets, one with her performing Car Wheel in full and another set is her performing songs from her entire musical discography. Her longtime band, Buick 6, which features Butch Norton on the drums, David Sutton on the bass, and Stuart Mathis on the guitar, will join Williams throughout the dates.
The scheduled tour will begin in Collingsworth, New Jersey on November 2nd and continue on over the course of November. She will be making stops in cities such as Boston, Connecticut, Chicago, Toronto as well as a performance at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on November 7th. Tickets for these shows will be available to purchase this Thursday, August 23rd at 7 PM local time. For fans who wish to attend any of these upcoming shows, can view her entire itinerary by scrolling down.
As part of her Car Wheels On A Gravel Road tour, Williams will play a few benefit shows to help the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. They provide hunger-relief programming and services across Cook County, which includes portions of Chicago. Their mission, according to their official website, is to work together as a community to reduce hunger locally through; direct hunger relief services, hunger awareness education, and advocacy to influence anti-hunger policy. Those shows will be on November 16th through the 17th.
Williams posted on her social media page today announcing the special tour.
Lucinda Williams — Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 2018 Tour Dates:
11/2 – Collingswood, NJ – The Scottish Rite
11/3 – Northampton, MA – The Calvin Theatre
11/5-11/6 – Boston, MA – The Paradise
11/7 – New York, NY – The Beacon Theatre
11/9 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
11/10 – Norwalk, CT – Wall Street Theater
11/11 – Lebanon, NH – Lebanon Opera House
11/13 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
11/14 – Toronto, ON – The Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/16 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall *
11/17 – Berwyn, IL – FitzGerald’s *
* Benefit shows for Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
Photo credit: Sharon Alagna
