Three-time Grammy Award winning artist and Americana UK readers’ and writers’ favourite Lucinda Williams has announced the release on 6th December 2024 of “Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road”. Recorded at the 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.
The album features 12 Beatles songs including ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ and ‘Something’. Williams and her band also take on deeper tracks such as ‘I’m So Tired’, ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ and ‘Yer Blues’. While many great artists have recorded in the 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.
Lu’s Jukebox originally began during the pandemic in 2020 as a way to help independent music 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 favourite and each has been released on vinyl and CD and as well as being made accessible via streaming services.
The original six volumes in Lu’s Jukebox are:
1 – “Runnin’ Down A Dream (A Tribute To Tom Petty)”
2 – “Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals & More”
3 – “Bob’s Back Pages: A Night Of Bob Dylan Songs”
4 – “Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night Of 60’s Country Classics”
5 – “Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas”
6 – “It’s Only Rock And Roll: A Tribute To The Rolling Stones”.
You can find all of them and a link to pre-order volume 7 here.
“Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” is a pretty 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. You can listen to Williams’ entrancing version of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ below.
The full track list for “Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” is:
1. Don’t Let Me Down
2. I’m Looking Through You
3. Can’t Buy Me Love
4. Rain
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
6. Let It Be
7. Yer Blues
8. I’ve Got A Feeling
9. I’m So Tired
10. Something
11. With A Little Help From My Friends
12. The Long And Winding Road
