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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations.
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Actor: Big Fish. Loudon Snowden Wainwright III was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine. LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s.
Actor: Big Fish. Loudon Snowden Wainwright III was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine. LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s.
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).
Jul 17, 2020 · Loudon Wainwright III Is Still the Poet Laureate of Family Dysfunction. Rufus and Martha's dad weighs in on revisiting the songs that turned on his parents, losing friends like John Prine...
Dec 31, 2020 · Loudon Wainwright III And Vince Giordano Play From The Great American Songbook. December 31, 20201:31 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Terry Gross. 44-Minute Listen. Playlist....
Aug 19, 2022 · Loudon Wainwright III: ‘The good news is, think of all the cool people that have died!’ On new album ‘Lifetime Achievement’, the 75-year-old troubadour weighs his accomplishments.
Oct 6, 2020 · August 30, 2005 • Loudon Wainwright III first rose to fame in the late 1960s as a witty and honest songwriter. In recent years, he has also become known as Rufus Wainwright's father — and...
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