Three-time Grammy Award winning artist Lucinda Williams has announced the December 6 release of Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road. Recorded at The Beatles legendary studio in London, the new collection serves as Vol. 7 of her celebrated Lu’s Jukebox series and is the first new volume in almost four years.
Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road features 12 Beatles songs that include classic hits such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “With A Little Help From My Friends,” and “Something.” Williams and her band also take on beloved deeper tracks such as “I’m So Tired,” “I’ve Got A Feeling,” and “Yer Blues.” Being raised on the blues in the South, the latter is a song Williams was clearly meant to sing. See the full track listing below.
While many great artists have recorded in the hallowed Abbey Road Studios, as it turns out, Williams is the first major artist to actually record Beatles’ songs there — aside from the Fab Four themselves.
As an acclaimed, award-winning singer/songwriter for more than four decades, Williams’ music has been highly influential and covered by a multitude of artists. Williams is also an extraordinary interpreter who, like all great interpreters, has the ability to inhabit a song and make it her own. She does just that throughout this selection of Beatles tracks, as she has done on each Lu’s Jukebox volume.
Lu’s Jukebox originally began during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to help independent music venues when there were no live performances. Scheduled as a six-episode series of mostly full-band, HD video performances in-studio, the series featured themed sets of cover songs curated by Williams and streamed for a fee with proceeds going to designated venues. The series became a fan favorite and each has been released on vinyl, CD and on streaming services. The original six in Lu’s Jukebox are: Vol 1, Runnin’ Down A Dream (A Tribute To Tom Petty); Vol 2, Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals & More; Vol 3, Bob’s Back Pages: A Night Of Bob Dylan Songs; Vol 4, Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night Of 60’s Country Classics; Vol 5, Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas; and Vol 6, It’s Only Rock And Roll: A Tribute To The Rolling Stones. You can find them all at LucindaWilliams.com.
Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road is an inspirational example of an artist who, at 71 years old and following a stroke in 2020, continues to write, perform and find new ways to fuel her creative fire that continues to burn as brightly as ever.
Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road
Track List
Don’t Let Me Down
I’m Looking Through You
Can’t Buy Me Love
Rain
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Let It Be
Yer Blues
I’ve Got A Feeling
I’m So Tired
Something
With A Little Help From My Friends
The Long And Winding Road