Americana Crossing
LILLY HIATT ISN’T one to take advantage of her musical pedigree, although she certainly could. But while growing up outside of Nashville, she was more interested in the alt-rock of Weezer, Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers than the brand of Americana her father, John Hiatt, helped pioneer.
“What made me want to pick up a guitar was listening to Weezer’s [self-titled] Blue album,” Hiatt says over coffee on a rainy East Nashville morning. “That did it for me, to where I was like, ‘I’ve got to learn how to play so I can write songs like this.’”
On her new, and fourth, solo album, (New West), Hiatt still sounds more like a child of the ’90s than the daughter of a troubadour. Aside
