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City girl: in the seventies Austin was a kind of magical place. I would go down to the Drag, open up my guitar case, and play for tips. Back then you could make a living doing that.(The Music Issues (Lives + Times))

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-APR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: City girl: in the seventies Austin was a kind of magical place. I would go down to the Drag, open up my guitar case, and play for tips. Back then you could make a living doing that.(The Music Issues (Lives + Times))(Lucinda Williams.)(Interview)(Biography)

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MY FATHER IS A WRITER and a college professor, so when I was growing up I was exposed to a lot of things other kids weren't exposed to. Like having James Dickey over to the house. I was only four years old when I met Flannery O'Connor. My dad had gone to her house; he had an appointment to meet with her and he had to take us kids with him. I have a vague recollection of peacocks running around in her yard. She was a very disciplined writer, and she had certain hours in which she wrote. If a guest showed up and she wasn't finished, she would make him wait. And apparently we showed up and she was still working; my dad remembers her peeking through the blinds and pulling them down until she was finished. [paragraph] I was interested in music from an early age. My mother played piano; there was always a piano around the house. So I had the best of both worlds, words and...

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