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About Loudon. Born in Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1946, Loudon Wainwright III came to fame when “Dead Skunk” became a Top 20 hit in 1972. He had studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon University, but dropped out to partake in the Summer of Love in San Francisco, and wrote his first song in 1968 (“Edgar,” about a lobsterman in Rhode Island).
Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche; brother of Sloan Wainwright; and former husband of the late folksinger Kate McGarrigle. He resides in Canada ...
Lifetime Achievement is the twenty-fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on August 19, 2022, on Proper Records.Co-produced by regular collaborators Dick Connette and Stewart Lerman, the album is Wainwright's first to feature original material since the release of Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) in 2014.
Upcoming Tour Dates. Featured. Jun 11, 2024
Loudon Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter best known for his song "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road", portrayed Captain Calvin Spalding on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H. Loudon is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate ...
Loudon Wainwright III (born 5 September 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright , children of his marriage to the late Kate McGarrigle. In 1970 he acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records, who released his first album.
Nov 27, 2017 · By Andy Friedman. November 27, 2017. Loudon Wainwright III, who is currently on tour, began his career as a singer-songwriter quickly, almost fifty-years ago, with help from a motorcycle accident ...
