Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III est un chanteur de musique folk et un acteur américain né le 5 septembre 1946, époux de Kate McGarrigle, père de Rufus Wainwright et de Martha Wainwright, tous trois musiciens également.

Loudon Wainwright III

Biographie

Naissance	5 septembre 1946 (78 ans) Chapel Hill
Nom de naissance	Loudon Snowden Wainwright III
Nationalité	américaine
Formation	St. Andrew's School (en)
Activités	Chanteur, guitariste, artiste d'enregistrement, acteur, auteur-compositeur-interprète, auteur comique
Période d'activité	Depuis 1967
Père	Loudon Wainwright, Jr. (en)
Mère	Martha Harriet Taylor (d)
Fratrie	Sloan Wainwright (en)
Conjoints	Kate McGarrigle Suzzy Roche
Enfants	Rufus Wainwright Martha Wainwright Lucy Wainwright Roche (en)

Autres informations

Instruments	Guitare, ukulélé, banjo, piano, instrument de percussion
Labels	Arista Records, Rykodisc, Red House Records (en), Proper (en), Radar Records, Sanctuary Records, Rounder Records, Silvertone (en), Legacy Recordings, Demon Music Group (en), Atlantic Records, Hannibal Records (en), Charisma Records, Concord Records, Columbia Records, Verve Records
Genres artistiques	Musique traditionnelle, folk, rock, blues, comédie (en)
Site web	(en) www.lw3.com
Discographie	Discographie de Loudon Wainwright III (en)

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Biographie

Il décide de faire de la musique après avoir écouté le « All Shook Up » d’Elvis Presley et apprend la guitare après avoir vu Bob Dylan au festival de Newport en 1963.

Discographie

Albums studio

• Loudon Wainwright III (1970)
• Album II (1971)
• Album III (1972)
• Attempted Mustache (1973)
• Unrequited (1975)
• T Shirt (1976)
• Final Exam (1978)
• Fame and Wealth (1983)
• I'm Alright (1985)
• More Love Songs (1986)
• Therapy (1989)
• History (1992)
• Grown Man (1995)
• Little Ship (1997)
• Social Studies (1999)
• Last Man on Earth (2001)
• Here Come the Choppers (2005)
• Strange Weirdos (2007)
• Recovery (2008)
• High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2009)
• 10 Songs for the New Depression (2010)
• Older Than My Old Man Now (2012)
• Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) (2014)

Live albums

• A Live One (1979)
• Career Moves (1993)
• So Damn Happy (2003)

Compilations

• One Man Guy: The Best of Loudon Wainwright III 1982–1986 (1994)
• BBC Sessions (1998)
• 40 Odd Years (2011)

Singles

• "Dead Skunk" / "Needless to Say" (1973) (U.S. Pop #16)
• "Down Drinking at the Bar" / "I Am the Way" (1974)
• "Five Years Old" / "Rambunctious" (1983, Demon)
• "Five years old" / "The Grammy song" (1983, Rounder)
• "Cardboard Boxes" / "Colours" (1985, Demon)
• "Unhappy Anniversary" / "The Acid Song" (1986, Demon)
• "Thank You, Girl" (John Hiatt) / "My Girl" (avec John Hiatt) (1987)
• "Your Mother and I" / "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" (avec John Hiatt) (1987)
• "T.S.D.H.A.V." / "Nice Guys" (1989, Silvertone)
• "Jesse Don't Like It" (live) / "T.S.D.H.A.V." (live) (1990, Hannibal)
• "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Terry Callier) / "The Little Drummer Boy" (John Scofield & Loudon Wainwright) Verve records, 1999
• "Y2K" (Rykodisc, 1999)
• "Nanny" (Evangeline, 2005)

Disques promotionnels

• "Bell bottom pants"-mono / "Bell bottom pants"-stereo, 1973, Columbia 45 T
• "The Swimming song"-stereo / "The Swimming song"-mono", 1973 Columbia 45 T
• "Bicentennial"-mono / "Bicentennial"-stereo, 1976 Arista 45 T
• "This year" -one sided disc, 1988 Silvertone 45 T
• "Y2K" 6 track radio edits of the song "Y2K" Rykodisc
• "History promo #1" Talking new Bob Dylan, Hitting you, People in love, Virgin, 1992
• "History promo #2" The Doctor, When I'm at your house, So many songs, Men, Virgin, 1992
• "History promo #3" People in love, Virgin, 1992
• "Career moves" promo, Suddenly it's Christmas, Virgin, 1993
• "Grown man" promo, 1994, IWIWAL (I wish I was a lesbian, Cobwebs, Grown man, Virgin, 1995
• "Little ship" promo, Mr. Ambivalent, Virgin, 1997
• "So Damn Happy" promo No. 1, Something for nothing", Sanctuary, 2003
• "So damn happy" promo No. 2, The Picture, The Shit song (Radio edit) You never phone, Sanctuary records, 2003
• "Daughter" from Strange weirdos, Concord records, 2007

Contributions

• The New Age of Atlantic – "Motel Blues" (1972)
• Earl Scruggs Review Anniversary Special, Volume One – "Swimming Song", "Gospel Ship" (1975)
• Nyon Folk Festival – "The Waitress Song" (1979)
• Feed the Folk – "Outsidey" (1985)
• The Slugger's Wife Soundtrack – "Hey, Hey, My My" (avec Rebecca De Mornay) (1985)
• From Hell to Obscurity – "Colours", "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" (avec John Hiatt), "My Girl" (avec John Hiatt) (1989)
• Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10 – "Dead Skunk" (1990, Rhino)
• 70s Greatest Rock, Vol. 10: Hitchin' a Ride – "Dead Skunk" (1991, Priority)
• Dr. Demento Presents..., Vol. 4: The 1970s – "Dead Skunk"
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered – "Virgin 21" (1994, Virgin, UK)
• Life in the Folk Lane II – "Hard Day on the Planet" (1994, Diablo/Demon)
• Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson – "A Heart Needs a Home" (avec Shawn Colvin) (1995, Capitol)
• Troubadours of Folk, Vol. 4: The '70s – "Old Friend" (1995, Rhino)
• Golfs Greatest Hits – "Golfin' Blues" (1996, Teed Off Records, distributed by BMG)
• The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume 1 – "Bill of Goods" (1996, Blue Plate Music)
• Mellow Rock Hits of the '70s: Sundown – "Glad to See You've Got Religion" (1997, Rhino)
• Soft Rock Classics – "Glad to See You've Got Religion" (1998, Rhino)
• KBCO Studio C, Volume 4 – "Cardboard Boxes" (KBCO)
• Family Album – "The Picture" (1998, Gadfly)
• Best of the Cambridge Folk Festival, 1977–1997 – Medley: "The Swimming Song/Pretty Little Martha/Dump the Dog" (1998)
• Welcome to High Sierra – "Primrose Hill" (1998, High Sierra)
• Bleecker Street – "Pack Up Your Sorrows" (avec Iris DeMent) (1999, Astor Place)
• Live at the World Café - Volume 9 (1999) – "Sunday Times"
• Seka – Sister, Volume 2 – "Pretty Good Day" (2000, Twah!)
• Si Dolce – "I am the Way", "The Last Day", "Road Ode", "Five Years Old" (2000)
• 28 Days Soundtrack – "Heaven and Mud", "Drinking Song", "White Winos", "Dreaming" (2000, Uni Records/Varèse Sarabande)
• Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950–1970) – "School Days" (2001, Rhino)
• Love Songs For New York: Wish You Were Here – "No Sure Way" (2002, Megaforce)
• 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin – Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "No Sure Way"
• The Aviator: Music From The Motion Picture – "After You've Gone" (2004) [Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love – "Daughter" (2005, Rendezvous Records)
• Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys – "Turkish Revelry", "Good Ship Venus" (2006, ANTI-)
• Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music From The HBO Original Series
• Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music From The HBO Original Series

Filmographie partielle

Au cinéma

• 2012 : Sleepwalk with Me de Mike Birbiglia : Uncle Max

Liens externes

• Notices d'autorité :

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