Lucinda Williams to play five albums, five nights

Lucinda Williams is joining the album-show craze (see: Sonic Youth, Slint, Rogers Waters, Ben Kweller) by getting album show crazier, performing five different records on five consecutive tour stops in September and early October. Each show will include full second sets of tunes – most from her newest release, West.

It’s a heck of a lot of material for one three-time Grammy winner and her three-piece band to recall, but surely they are up to the task. OR ARE THEY?!? Yes, they almost certainly are.

The dates for the album shows (click the links below for other tour info):

September:
5 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Ray World Without Tears (2003)
6 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Ray Sweet Old World (1990)
8 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Ray Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
9 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El Ray Essence (2001)
10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ El ray Lucinda Williams (1998)
29 – New York, N.Y. @ Irving Plaza World Without Tears
30 – New York, N.Y. @ Irving Plaza Sweet Old World

October:
2 – New York, N.Y. @ Manhattan Town Hall Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
3 - New York, N.Y. @ Manhattan Town Hall Essence
4 - New York, N.Y. @ Manhattan Town Hall