Loudon Wainwright III fils de Loudon Wainwright II père de Martha et Rufus Wainwright, ex mari de Kate McGarrigle, au moins 25 albums sur presque autant de labels, acteur tv/cinema M*a*s*h, The Aviator etc.. vu sur Broadway dans Kip and Sylvia, grand amateur de CousCous malgré n'ayant pas pu en deguster à Paris depuis 1999. Au debut des années 70 aupres de Springsteen, Elliot Murphy, Steve Forbert et al il fut consideré comme un des nouveaux Bob Dylan - 55 ans plus tard il est toujours l'unique ancien Loudon Wainwright.

Loudon Wainwright III was born in Chapel Hill, NC in 1946 . His father was Loudon Wainwright Jr., a columnist and senior editor for LIFE Magazine and his mother was a housewife/yoga teacher, Martha Taylor.
He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon University, but dropped out to partake in the Summer of Love in San Francisco.
Loudon wrote his first song in 1968, "Edgar", about a Watch Hill RI lobsterman,
and was soon signed to Atlantic Records by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Several years later, Clive Davis lured him to Columbia Records, where 1972's "Album III" yielded the top 20 hit
"Dead Skunk". His recording career spans a total of 25 albums, including 2009's Grammy-winning "High Wide & Handsome", a musical tribute to Charlie Poole (1893-1931), the legendary yet obscure NC singer and banjo player. (Awarded 'Album of the Year' status by Entertainment Weekly editor and NPR contributor Ken Tucker.)

Wainwright has collaborated with songwriter /producer Joe Henry on the music for Judd Apatow's hit movie "Knocked Up", written music for the British theatrical adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen novel "Lucky You", and composed topical songs for NPR's "Morning Edition "and "All Things Considered" and ABC's "Nightline". Loudon Wainwright songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Rufus Wainwright,and Mose Allison, among others.

Loudon's acting career includes an early recurring role as Capt. Calvin Spalding, the singing surgeon, in TV's M.A.S.H. and a stint in "Pump Boys & Dinettes" on Broadway, and more recent work in films directed by Hal Ashby, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Guest, and Judd Apatow. He also appeared as a regular in Apatow's critically acclaimed TV series "Undeclared".

"A master at mixing wry humor and despair, goes fathoms deeper and darker than most singer-songwriters ever dare." - MOJO

_"…This live album is, to these ears, almost up there with his first from 1979…." - _
Sylvie Simmons, MOJO Magazine

_"A great live capture of a Troubadour on top of his game." _ - American UK

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*in truth at least the 4th

"Holt perfectly sums up the state we are in, delivering tightly-crafted brutal satire with Orwellian flourishes"
Evening Standard

"Can Holt’s comedy career survive the advent of a Labour government? On this evidence, you’d fancy her chances."
The Guardian

"A character comedy treat"
Time Out

"An hour of daft 'political discourse' delivered with all the vivacity and charisma of a labrador puppy"
Broadway Baby

The Arts Desk

"These characters are so well-observed that I feel they can turn their hand to anything"
I Talk Telly

"The Thick of It levels of writing and performance applied to a very 2022 flavour of political bullshit."
The Times

?"A wonderful showcase for the woman that the pandemic turned into a sensation with her hilarious but also chilling realistic takes on a dissembling rising Tory star."
The New European

Deux figures iconiques du rock US en la personne de Peter CASE (The Nerves / The Plimsouls) plusieurs fois nominé aux Grammy Awards et Sid GRIFFIN (The Long Ryders /The Coal Porters). Un concert évènement qui ravira les fans de leurs groupes respectifs mais plus simplement les amateurs de folk, de blues, de bluegrass, d’Americana et de musique authentique.

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https://petercase.com/
https://www.sidgriffin.com/