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

  1. The Swimming Song
  2. Lullaby
  3. Daughter
  4. Motel Blues
  5. Dead Skunk
  6. Hollywood Hopeful
  7. School Days
  8. Grey In L.A.
  9. The Man Who Couldn't Cry
  10. New Paint
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  1. Down Drinking At The Bar
  2. You Can't Fail Me Now
  3. A.M. World
  4. Come A Long Way
  5. Bell Bottom Pants
  6. Liza
  7. Clockwork Chartreuse
  8. I Am the Way (New York Town)
  9. High Wide & Handsome
  10. One Man Guy
  11. Drinking Song
  12. Red Guitar
  13. Kings And Queens
  14. I'm Alright
  15. Muse Blues
  16. Nocturnal Stumblebutt
  17. Turkish Revelry
  18. Good Ship Venus
  19. Your Mother And I
  20. Dilated to Meet You
  21. East Indian Princess
  22. Say That You Love Me
  23. Be Careful There's a Baby in the House
  24. Needless To Say
  25. Old Friend
  26. A Father And A Son
  27. Valley Morning
  28. Saw Your Name in the Paper
  29. White Winos
  30. So Much To Do
  31. Smokey Joe's Cafe
  32. Westchester County
  33. Button Nose
  34. X or Y
  35. Dump The Dog
  36. Glad to See You've Got Religion
  37. After You've Gone
  38. The Picture
  39. Passion Play
  40. Black Uncle Remus
  41. Hard Day On The Planet
  42. Final Frontier
  43. Nice Jewish Girls
  44. Strange Weirdos
  45. Feel So Good
  46. Hometeam Crowd
  47. Unrequited To The Nth Degree
  48. The Days That We Die
  49. In C
  50. Doin' The Math
  51. Dreaming
  52. Men
  53. Career Moves
  54. Talking New Bob Dylan
  55. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
  56. Whatever Happened To Us
  57. Donations
  58. I'd Rather Be Lonely
  59. Rufus Is A Tit Man
  60. Unhappy Anniversary
  61. Lost Love
  62. Samson and the Warden
  63. Hospital Lady
  64. Trilogy (Circa 1967)
  65. Old Paint
  66. The Acid Song
  67. Times Is Hard
  68. Winter Song
  69. B Side
  70. Cardboard Boxes
  71. Plane, Too
  72. Uptown
  73. The Here & The Now
  74. Me An My Friend The Cat
  75. Me and My Friend the Cat
  76. Cook That Dinner, Dora
  77. Hitting You
  78. Missing You
  79. Between
  80. Surviving Twin
  81. Ypsilanti
  82. 4 X 10
  83. People In Love
  84. Living Alone
  85. I Don't Care
  86. Over The Hill
  87. I Eat Out
  88. Kick In The Head
  89. Sweet Nothings
  90. Four Is a Magic Number

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