|
AKA:
Loudon Wainwright
Louden Wainwright
Britney Gets Serious
A new Britney opens up to OK! Magazine.
TV's Lovely Ladies
Check out the women that keep us tuning in.
In the early 1970s, spirited singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III was named one of the New Dylans, a moniker he never lived up to in terms of commercial success, though his many albums won him a number of devoted fans. The father of popular contemporary singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and the son of famed Life Magazine editor Loudon Wainwright, Jr., Wainwright shared his father's way with words, penning lyric-driven songs both topical and deeply personal, marked by his biting wit and incisive point of view. In 1972 he had a novelty hit with the silly "Dead Skunk", a track off of his
-(Less)
+(12 More)
-(Less)
1967
Dropped out of Carnegie Mellon and headed to San Francisco
1969
Signed to Atlantic Records
1970
Released debut album
1972
Had a hit with his song "Dead Skunk"
1974
Appeared on episodes of the CBS series "M*A*S*H" as a singing surgeon
|
|