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Title:MUSIC V4
Notice:New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:762
Total number of notes:18706

575.0. "Victoria Williams" by ROCK::ANDERSON () Fri Dec 17 1993 13:02

I'm looking for some recommendations on a recording that would be a good  start
for exploring the music of Victoria Williams.  She's a bit of an intriguing
mystery to me right now.  I first heard of her when NPR (or APR)  did a story
on the benefit album, "Sweet  Relief", that other musicians did for her 
because she was diagnosed with MS.  I heard snippets of songs as part of that
story and they sounded interesting.

I then heard her doing a song over the ending credits of a small movie called
"Gas, Food, Lodging" and soon after that she turned up doing a song on "The
World is a Wonderful Place" (the songs of Richard Thompson).

I picked up "Sweet Relief" and like her songwriting but I want to hear more 
of her, singing of her songs.  Can anyone point me to a good starter?  I 
saw only one CD at HMV in Harvard Square yesterday.  I can't remember what 
the name of it was.  Does she have more?

Besides a pointer to a good recording, I'd like to hear more background 
about Victoria too.

Walker
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575.1QRYCHE::STARRRemember your mission!Mon Dec 20 1993 11:0965
Don't know much about Victoria Williams, but I just ran across this on the
USENET, and it might help out a bit...

alan



Article 26468 of rec.music.misc:

Hi folks,

I have listed the songs and the records which Victoria Williams
appears on in chronological order. The question is what have I missed?

/Stefan

Peter Case : Peter Case, 7/86
	Three days night {backing vocals}
	Old blue car {written by Peter Case/Marvin Etzioni/Victoria Williams}
	Satellite beach {written by T-Bone Burnett/Peter Case/Jerry Marotta/
                         Victoria Williams}

Victoria Williams : Happy come home, 6/87

Peter Case : The man with the Blue postmodern fragmented neo-tradionalist 
             Guitar, 88
	Rise and shine {written by Victoria Williams/Peter Case}

Victoria Williams : Happy come home, 88 (film by D.A. Pennebaker)

various : The bridge (a tribute to Neil Young), 89
	Don't let it bring you down 
	{performed as Victoria Williams & The Williams Brothers}

Victoria Williams : Swing the statue!, 4/90

The Williams Brothers : The Williams Brothers, 91
	Give it all up for you
	{written by Andrew, David and Victoria Williams; vocals}

Giant Sand : Ramp, 91
	Romance of falling {flying angel vocal}
	Seldom matters {harmonica, vocals}
	Resolver {banjo}
	Nowhere {banjo}

Giant Sand : Center of the universe, 92
	Center of the universe {backing vocals}

Marvin [Etzioni] : The mandolin man, 92
	Rosemary nobody {harmonica}
	My ultimate home {backing vocals}

various : Sweet relief (A benefit for Victoria Williams), 93
	Crazy Mary {performed by Pearl Jam; guitar + vocals by Victoria}

Joe Henry : Kindness of the world, 93
	Kindness of the world {backing vocals}
	Some champions {backing vocals}

various : Conmemorativo, A tribute to Gram Parsons, 93
	Return of the grievous angel
	{performed as Joey Burns & Victoria Williams}