Loudon Wainwright III

Artist:  Loudon Wainwright III
Birth Name:  Loudon Snowden Wainwright III
Born:  September 5, 1946.  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USSA
Genre:  Folk, Rock, Blues, Contemporary Folk
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Ukulele, Percussion

Loudon Wainwright III is an American Folk Singer, Songwriter.  He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche.  He is a Grammy Award-Winning American Songwriter.  His songs have been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, his son Rufus Wainwright, and Mose Allison.

Title:   Years In The Making  (2018)
Genre:  Folk, Rock, Blues, Contemporary Folk
Label:  StorySound Records
Rating:  ****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

Folk:

 1.  Rosin The Bow  (0:38)
 2.  You Ain't Going Nowhere  (2:27)
 3.  East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee  (1:41)
 4.  Everybody I Know  (1:10)
 5.  Philadelphia Lawyer  (4:13)
 6.  Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms  (4:15)
 7.  Love Gifts (Live)  (2:41)
 8.  Stewball  (3:44)
 9.  Floods Of Tears  (2:26)

Rocking Out:

10.  Station Break  (0:27)
11. Have You Ever Been To Pittsburgh? (Live)  (1:11)
12. 2 Song Set (Live)  (3:54)
13. Cardboard Boxes (Live)  (3:14)
14. Smokey Joe's Cafe (Live)  (3:25)
15. You Hurt Me Mantra  (3:28)
16. Rambunctious  (2:35)
17. Wanna Be On MTV  (2:20)

Kids:

18. Birthday Poem/Happy Birthday/Animal Song  (1:33)
19. Your Mother & I (Live)  (3:33)
20. Button Nose  (2:41)
21. The Ballad Of Famous & Harper  (2:39)
22. Teenager's Lament  (3:03)
23. Things  (4:21)

Disc 2:

Love Hurts:

 1.  Unrequited To the Nth Degree  (3:16)
 2.  Ulcer  (3:32)
 3.  You Can't Fail Me Now  (2:58)
 4.  No (Live)  (3:32)
 5.  Rowena  (2:53)
 6.  Cheatin'  (2:13)

Miscellany:

 7.  IDTTYWLM (Live)  (5:24)
 8.  Down Where The Drunkards Roll (Live)  (4:32)
 9.  Pow  (2:04)
10. Meet The Wainwrights (Live)  (4:32)

Hollywood:

11. Liza Minnelli Interview  (0:45)
12. Hollywood Hopeful  (2:44)
13. Valley Morning (Live)  (3:24)
14. Trailer  (3:30)

The Big Picture:

15. God's Got A Shit List  (2:31)
16. Thank You, Mr. Hubble (Live)  (2:15)
17. It Ain't Gaza  (3:07)
18. Out Of This World (Live)  (6:05)
19. Birthday Boy  (1:32)

Personnel:

Disc 1:

Loudon Wainwright III:  Vocals on Tracks:, Guitar on Tracks:  2, 5-9, 11-16, 19, 21-23, Ukulele on Track 20
Kate McGarrigle:  Backing Vocals, Violin on Track 2, Vocals on Track 10
Steve Goodman:  Vocals, Guitar on Track 3
George Gerdes:  Backing Vocals, Harmonica on Track 5,Vocals on Track 10
Chaim Tannenbaum:  Lead Vocals on Track 6, Banjo on Tracks:  6, 13, Backing Vocals on Track 13
David Mansfield:  Backing Vocals, Dobro on Track 6, Mandolin on Track 13
Tim Luntzel:  Bass on Track 6
Ron Getman:  Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar on Tracks: 12, 14
Glen "Sperm" Mitchell:  Backing Vocals, Hammond Organ on Tracks: 12, 14
Stephen Tubin:  Piano on Tracks: 12, 14
John Crowder:  Backing Vocals, Electric Bass on Tracks: 12, 14
Richard Crooks:  Drums on Tracks: 12, 14, 15
Thomas Jefferson Kaye:  Acoustic Guitar on Track 15
Charlie Brown III:  Lead Electric Guitar on Track 15
Teddy Wender:  Piano on Track 15
Don Payne:  Electric Bass on Track 15
Jeffrey Layton:  Everything Else on Track 17
Rufus Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 18
Martha Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 18
Lucy Wainwright Roche:  Vocals on Track 18
Bill Frisell:  Electric Guitar on Track 19
Greg Leisz:  Pedal Steel on Track 19
Tony Scherr:  Electric Bass on Track 19
Lexie Kelly Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 21

Disc 2:

Loudon Wainwright III:  Vocals on Tracks:  1-19, Guitar on Tracks:  1-18,  Hambone on Track 19
Kate McGarrigle:  Backing Vocals, Piano on Track 1
Bill Frisell:  Guitar on Tracks: 5,18
Greg Leisz:  Lap Steel on Track 5, Steel Guitar on Track 8, Mandolin on Track 13, Pedal Steel on Track 18
David Piltch:  Bass on Tracks:  5, 13
Mike Wellans:  Harmonica on Track 6
Michael Katz:  Electric Guitar on Track 6
David Mansfield:  Guitar on Track 9,Violin on Track 10
Greg Cohen:  Bass on Track 9
Lucy Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 10
Suzzy Roche:  Vocals on Track 10
Martha Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 10
Rufus Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 10
Sloan Wainwright:  Vocals on Track 10
Stphen Hurphy:  Guitar on Track 10
Jordan Brooke Hamlin:  Bass on Track 10
Patrick Warren:  Piano on Track 13
Jay Bellerose:  Drums on Track 13
Van Dyke Parks:  Piano on Track 18
Tony Scherr:  Backing Vocals, Electric Bass on Track 18
Kenny Wollesen:  Drums on Track 18

Years In The Making is the comprehends 45 years offbeaten tracks, over two hours of rare and unissued , live recordings, radio appearances, home demos and more by Loudon Wainwright III, released on September 14, 2018 by StorySound Records, with an elegant 60-page booklet, featuring Suzzy Roche, Bill Frisell, Van Duke Parks and all of his children, Rufus, Martha, Lucy and Lexie.