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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.
Aug 19, 2022 · August 19, 20221:17 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Ken Tucker. 6-Minute Listen. Playlist. The singer-songwriter is known for his intensely autobiographical writing. When Wainwright turned 75...
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).
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.
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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 to...
Read more about the Juddapalooza concert at L.A.'s Largo which included Spinal Tap's Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest, along with Beck and featuring generous helpings of Loudon's new album, 'Lifetime Achievement.' Variety.com
May 28, 2021 · May 28, 20211:35 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Terry Gross. 13-Minute Listen. Playlist. Wainwright and Giordano collaborated on the period music for the series Boardwalk Empire and the film The...
