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Loudon Wainwright III
Born: Sep 5, 1946 in Chapel Hill, NC
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Genre: Country, Folk, Pop/Rock
Biography: Loudon Wainwright III grew up in the town of Bedford in wealthy Westchester County north of New York City, the son of Loudon S. Wainwright Jr., a writer and editor at Life magazine and a direct descendant of colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant. Wainwright became a folk singer/songwriter in the late '60s, ...Read full biography
History
History
Released: 1992
Label: EMI
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The best album of Loudon Wainwright III's career, History features a mix of the humorous and the serious, the autobiographical and the observational, the rockin' and the balladic, all wrapped up in some ...Read full review
More Love Songs
More Love Songs
Released: 1986
Label: Diablo (UK)
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With guitarist Richard Thompson once again in the producer's chair, Wainwright offered up this fine batch of tunes that cover everything from global disharmony ("Hard Day on the Planet") to a bad drug ...Read full review
More Loudon Wainwright III albums: Main Albums (26), Compilations (12), Singles & EPs (2)
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