Audio CD review:
Loudon Wainwright III - History

Loudon Wainwright III - History

Band: Loudon Wainwright III Title: History Rating: Release Date: 17 November, 1992 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: People In Love 2: Men 3: The Picture 4: When I'm At Your House 5: The Doctor 6: Hitting You 7: I'd Rather Be Lonely 8: Between 9: Talking New Bob Dylan 10: So Many Songs 11: 4 X 10 12: A Father And A Son 13: Sometimes I Forget 14: A Handful Of Dust

Editoral Review Exposing the foibles of modern life beneath the finely-tuned microscope of his funny, scathing, confessional folk songs, this "Westchester County Delta blues" man has notched a long string of concise, devastating miniatures built from his own feckless pilgrimage. Loudon Wainwright is arguably the John Updike of post-Dylan singer-songwriters, or at least the Richard Ford. His puckish humor once made it easy to dismiss him as a classy clown (consider the early freak hit, "Dead Skunk"), but in middle age Wainwright's work has taken on unique power, culminating in this alternately funny and harrowing odyssey through his own past and present. Whether scanning the brave insanity of romance ("People in Love") or digging deeply into his own family history (which dominates the program), this is music with heart and bite, capable of making you smile or shiver at his naked meditations on parenthood, romance, and the long shadow of the past. --Sam Sutherland .. You can see a complete list of all Loudon Wainwright III discography, or go back to the Loudon Wainwright III tabs