Renowned for his witty lyricism, eccentric facial expressions and irreverent
attitude, Loudon Wainwright III has been one of the most prolific and enduringly
popular singer-songwriters of modern times. Long before his children Rufus and
Martha Wainwright were becoming stars in their own right, Loudon's fearless and
often very funny take on death, drinking, family and his own predilection for
unsuitable women, litter a richly entertaining CV which rarely deviated from the
one-man/one-guitar/one-songwriter format.
The son of a journalist, he grew up in Westchester, New York and ...