Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album)

This article is about the album by Lucinda Williams. For the song by Robert Johnson, see Ramblin' on My Mind.

Ramblin' on My Mind is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released in 1979, by Folkways Records.

Ramblin' on My Mind
Studio album by Lucinda Williams
Released	1979
Studio	Malaco Studios, Jackson, Mississippi
Genre	Blues folk country
Length	43:17
Label	Folkways
Producer	Tom Royals
Lucinda Williams chronology
Ramblin' on My Mind (1979) Happy Woman Blues (1980)
Alternative cover
1991 reissue album cover

Produced by Tom Royals,^[1] and recorded in Mississippi in the late 1970s, the album features a collection of traditional folk and country standards arranged and performed by Williams, with accompaniment by John Grimaudo on his six-string guitar.^[2] When the album was re-issued on CD in 1991 by Smithsonian Folkways, the title was shortened to Ramblin' and featured an alternate album cover.^[3]

Background and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Smithsonian Folkways says her "Southern blues roots are unmistakable on her debut record [...] showcasing the artistry that would make her an icon."^[2]

Trouser Press called it "a warm, lively album of covers" that "shows off Williams’ affecting vocals and her roots — from the bayou to the church choir to the Opry".^[5]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ramblin' on My Mind"	Robert Johnson	2:30
2.	"Me and My Chauffeur"	Clifton Chenier Memphis Minnie	3:12
3.	"Motherless Children"	Traditional	3:31
4.	"Malted Milk Blues"	Robert Johnson	2:29
5.	"Disgusted"	Melvin Jackson	2:28
6.	"Jug Band Music"	Memphis Jug Band	2:22
7.	"Stop Breakin' Down"	Robert Johnson	3:20

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Drop Down Daddy"	Sleepy John Estes Hammie Nixon (originally "Drop Down Mama")	3:23
2.	"Little Darling Pal of Mine"	A.P. Carter	2:59
3.	"Make Me Down a Pallet on Your Floor"	Traditional	3:50
4.	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"	Hank Williams	3:05
5.	"Great Speckled Bird"	Roy Acuff A.P. Carter Reverend Guy Smith Traditional	2:55
6.	"You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion"	Traditional	2:55
7.	"Satisfied Mind"	Joe Hayes Jack Rhodes	4:06
Total length:			43:17

Personnel

• Lucinda Williams – vocals, 12-string guitar
• John Grimaudo – 6-string acoustic guitar

Technical

• Gerald "Wolf" Stephenson - engineer
• Carol Hardy – cover