The Boot described Williams's version of "Can't Let Go" as "a Texas roadhouse barn-burner, with charred licks and vocals that convey equal parts anguish and defiance." The lyrics document "the bittersweet experience of hanging onto a failed (or failing) romance". Ĭountry music website The Boot listed the song as number 2 of the best Lucinda Williams songs, underneath the 1989 hit " Passionate Kisses". Roy Bittan performed additional engineering, including overdubbing, adding extra sounds. Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy produced the song under the name Twangtrust, with Williams receiving co-producer credit. As it was rising in the Alternative Airplay chart, she performed the song on Saturday Night Live on February 20, 1999. She included the song on her acclaimed album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, and released it as a single in late 1998. Lucinda Williams heard the song performed by Randy Weeks, and asked him if she could work it into her own style.
"Can't Let Go" was released as the lead single from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart. In 2021, English singer Robert Plant and American singer/fiddler Alison Krauss covered the song on their album Raise the Roof. Weeks released his own version of the song in 2000, on his album Madeline. Williams earned a Grammy nomination for the song in the category Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Williams released "Can't Let Go" as a single from her album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, and the song entered the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart in December 1998, peaking at number 14 in March 1999, staying on the chart for 13 weeks. " Can't Let Go" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Randy Weeks, made famous by Lucinda Williams in 1998–1999. Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy, Lucinda Williams From the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
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