Tour Dates Web Page Essence is Williams' follow up to the critically acclaimed Car Wheels on a Gravel Road . Charlie Sexton has more presence on this CD than last. I like the instrumental quality that Sexton brings to Williams' songs.
Songs are longer with more instrumental parts which add to the darkness of the vocals.
Williams is an artist that falls between the cracks as she is a little country, a little folk, and a little rock. What she is is a breath of fresh air, all real - with Lucinda Williams, you get what you hear. This is not formula music, but raw music that will touch your soul. On Inside Out , Trisha has changed producers. She went with Lee Ann Womak's producer, Mark Wright.