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Lucinda Williams

Wed., Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., $49.50, with Charlie Louvin, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, 215-572-7650, www.keswicktheatre.com.


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Published: Sep 18, 2007

singer-songwriter

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What do you do when the one you want looks into your eyes and tells you he wants to be with you, and then abruptly changes his mind and vanishes? Do you: (a) Call him and talk it out like adults; (b) Let it eat you up inside while you wait for him to come around; or (c) Hunt him down with a knife? Lucinda Williams, bless her, chose (d) Make a record about it. "Wrap My Head Around That," West's key track, lays out the hurt, humiliation and miscommunication in a nine-minute semi-rap and repeats its accusations like an inner monologue on endless loop. Williams takes a couple of detours around relationship hell, but West's entirely steeped in grief. Denial comes first ("Are You Alright?") and acceptance last ("West"), with waves of anger ("Come On"), bargaining ("Unsuffer Me") and depression ("Everything Has Changed") in between. All told, it's probably the best response to rejection. After all, you can castrate a man only once, but "Unsuffer Me" cuts deeper on every listen. The weight of Williams' rasp against the Wurlitzer, strings and distorted guitars — if he doesn't respond to that, maybe your man's just lying in a ditch somewhere.

Wed., Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., $49.50, with Charlie Louvin, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside, 215-572-7650, www.keswicktheatre.com.