Rolling Stone named Lucy Dacus one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and she cheerfully calls her playing clanging along. This episode explores how a Richmond songwriter went from editing school photos to Grammy-winning member of boygenius by refusing to do things the conventional way.

We look at her unconventional writing process, the physical roots of her signature sound, and the trauma and values that shape her fierce boundaries.

• Dropping out of film school to avoid student debt and writing songs while walking around Richmond
• A college homework project becoming No Burden and sparking a 20-label bidding war
• Open tunings born from knuckle pain that created her droning, atmospheric chord voicings
• The near-fatal car crash and betrayal that led her to never drive again
• boygenius Grammy wins, th ...