Loudon Wainwright III
About the artist
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. A graduate of St. Andrew's School, Wainwright is best known for a 1972 novelty song hit Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
Top songs
- The Swimming Song
- Lullaby
- Daughter
- Motel Blues
- Dead Skunk
- Hollywood Hopeful
- School Days
- Grey In L.A.
- The Man Who Couldn't Cry
- New Paint
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- Down Drinking At The Bar
- You Can't Fail Me Now
- A.M. World
- Come A Long Way
- Bell Bottom Pants
- Liza
- Clockwork Chartreuse
- I Am the Way (New York Town)
- High Wide & Handsome
- One Man Guy
- Drinking Song
- Red Guitar
- Kings And Queens
- I'm Alright
- Muse Blues
- Nocturnal Stumblebutt
- Turkish Revelry
- Good Ship Venus
- Your Mother And I
- Dilated to Meet You
- East Indian Princess
- Say That You Love Me
- Be Careful There's a Baby in the House
- Needless To Say
- Old Friend
- A Father And A Son
- Valley Morning
- Saw Your Name in the Paper
- White Winos
- So Much To Do
- Smokey Joe's Cafe
- Westchester County
- Button Nose
- X or Y
- Dump The Dog
- Glad to See You've Got Religion
- After You've Gone
- The Picture
- Passion Play
- Black Uncle Remus
- Hard Day On The Planet
- Final Frontier
- Nice Jewish Girls
- Strange Weirdos
- Feel So Good
- Hometeam Crowd
- Unrequited To The Nth Degree
- The Days That We Die
- In C
- Doin' The Math
- Dreaming
- Men
- Career Moves
- Talking New Bob Dylan
- Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
- Whatever Happened To Us
- Donations
- I'd Rather Be Lonely
- Rufus Is A Tit Man
- Unhappy Anniversary
- Lost Love
- Samson and the Warden
- Hospital Lady
- Trilogy (Circa 1967)
- Old Paint
- The Acid Song
- Times Is Hard
- Winter Song
- B Side
- Cardboard Boxes
- Plane, Too
- Uptown
- The Here & The Now
- Me An My Friend The Cat
- Me and My Friend the Cat
- Cook That Dinner, Dora
- Hitting You
- Missing You
- Between
- Surviving Twin
- Ypsilanti
- 4 X 10
- People In Love
- Living Alone
- I Don't Care
- Over The Hill
- I Eat Out
- Kick In The Head
- Sweet Nothings
- Four Is a Magic Number
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