Loudon’s long and illustrious career is highlighted by more than two dozen album releases, Movie and TV credits, and now his new autobiography, Liner Notes (2017 Penguin/Random House). In 2010 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project. His 2012 recording, Older Than My Old Man Now, was named one of NPR’s Top 10 Albums of the Year. September 2018, Loudon releases his 27th career album to-date, Years In The Making, a retrospective double CD with more than 45 tracks – live performances, demos, outtakes,
Loudon Wainwright III
Intro
Loudon’s long and illustrious career is highlighted by more than two dozen album releases, Movie and TV credits, and now his new autobiography, Liner Notes (2017 Penguin/Random House). In 2010 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project. His 2012 recording, Older Than My Old Man Now, was named one of NPR’s Top 10 Albums of the Year. September 2018, Loudon releases his 27th career album to-date, Years In The Making, a retrospective double CD with more than 45 tracks – live performances, demos, outtakes, unreleased songs spanning 50 years.
Wainwright is perhaps best known for the novelty song “Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)”, and for playing Captain Calvin Spalding, the “singing surgeon”, on the American television show, M*A*S*H.
His songs have been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, and Mose Allison. He has collaborated with songwriter/producer Joe Henry, on the music for Judd Apatow’s hit movie Knocked Up. Loudon penned music for the British theatrical adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen novel Lucky You. He composed topical songs for NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered and ABC’s Nightline, and recorded several songs for the soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
As an actor, Wainwright has appeared in films directed by Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Christopher Guest, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, and Judd Apatow.
Surviving Twin
Loudon’s most recent project is his one-man play entitled “Surviving Twin.” A solo piece many years in the making, is what the singer-songwriter calls a “posthumous collaboration” with his writer father. Part concert, part dramatic reading, part family slide-show. It is a hybrid theatrical form consisting mainly of songs written by Loudon III, along with readings of magazine columns written by his late father, and photographs spanning four generations of the Wainwright clan. The show was developed with the help of director Joseph Haj, at UNC’s Playmakers Rep. The special premieres to Netflix November 2018 from executive producer Judd Apatow and director Christopher Guest.
Video
Music video, "Floods of Tears" directed by Nancy Howell & Mark Lerner (2018)
Netflix trailer, "Surviving Twin" produced and directed by Judd Apatow and Christopher Guest (2018)
Live performance, "Surviving Twin" from eTown (2017)
Live performance, "I Knew Your Mother" from Later... w Jools Holland (2016 BBC Two)
Music video, "Man & Dog" directed by Myles Kane (2014)
Live performance, ""Haven't Got the Blues Yet" from Fretboard Journal (2013)
Studio performance, "Older Than My Old Man" from Soundcheck (2011 WNYC)
Audio
"POW (Prince of Wales)" previously unreleased, from Years In The Making (2018 Story Sound Records)
FORMATS
Standard Performance
Solo acoustic performance featuring Loudon Wainwright III on guitar and vocals (“An Evening with Loudon Wainwright III”).
> An Evening w/
> Festival Headliner
Other Options
> “All In A Family” : special multi-bill package featuring Loudon with guests Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche (by special arrangement)
> “Surviving Twin” : one-man play written and performed by Loudon Wainwright III
ITINERARY
PROMO ASSETS
Documents
Bio (rev 8/2018) | PDF | DOC
Press Release: Years in the Making (2018 Signature Sounds Records) | LINK
Press Release: Liner Notes – autobiography publisher’s notice (rev 4/2017) | PDF
Press/Reviews | PDF
Images
Media
MP3 Audio:
Haven’t Got The Blues [Yet] (© 2014 429 Records)
> “Man & Dog” | ZIP
> “Harmless” | ZIP
Older Than My Old Man Now (© 2012 429 Records)
> “In C” | ZIP
> “Dateline” | ZIP
> “My Meds” | ZIP
Surviving Twin:
Promo Assets specific to Loudon’s one-man play “Surviving Twin” | LINK
Label
429 Records Inc.(310)451-0451
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Featured Media
Reviews
The New York Times
"Mr. Wainwright has proved to be far and away the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who... brought confessional poetry into popular song... Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation." Read Review
CD Review: Rolling Stone
"Folkie great shares wry humor and hard-won wisdom...[he] modernizes blues and Americana." Read Review
The Times (London)
"Surviving Twin is extraordinary and wildly original, a hybrid of songs, spoken-word, solo theatre, and home movie footage." Read Review
New Release on Story Sound Records
(TITLE: Years In The Making; RELEASE DATE: 14-Sept-2018 StorySound Records) – Loudon Wainwright III’s Years In The Making comprehends 45 years of offbeaten tracks – over two hours of rare and unissued Loudoniana. It’s a 2-CD audiobiography, with orphaned album cuts, live recordings, radio appearances, home demos, and more. ” Read More | Listen | Album-Release Tour