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Lucinda Williams
Lafayette
Album: The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
Genres: Alt-Country
A sweet and nostalgic Cajun two-step from Lucinda's early years. You can practically smell the crawfish a-boilin'!

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	With its wistful fiddle cadences and spritely two-step strumming, "Lafayette" is both sunnier and more unabashedly romantic than Lucinda Williams' recent output. Originally released on 1980's Happy Woman Blues LP, the song is a charming celebration of Lafayette, Louisiana, complete with reference to Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco music. While the song isn't Zydeco per se, Lucinda's appealingly woozy melody should strike a chord with anyone who's ever let the bontemps roulez down in bayou country. "I might just dance until 3," brags Lucinda, and it doesn't sound like a half-bad idea at all.

	*Dan Epstein*
	Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.

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Fans of her Car Wheels album will dig this tune. A great way to check out her old stuff. See why Bill Murray would only host SNL if she was the musical guest.
Trippie

great
john

The simply cool, and original "Lafayette" is a classic blues melody sure to make anyone enjoy their whatever thry feel like doing
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