Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband,... Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix categorizes Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin as a stand-up comedy special. Which just goes to show how much our definition of stand-up has expanded in 2018.

Loudon Wainwright III is letting me in on the realities of life at 75. “Just the other night I was moaning and groaning about my orthopaedic problems, my bad back and my hip which is probably going to ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Sam Briger, sitting in for Terry Gross. Loudon Wainwright is best known for his confessional songs about family dysfunction and satirical songs about politics and other issues.

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Loudon Wainwright III has done much in his storied career — played to packed houses, released over 20 albums, won a Grammy, dipped his toe into acting, and helmed a distinguished family of artists.

Loudon Wainwright III grew up in the town of Bedford in wealthy Westchester County north of New York City, the son of Loudon S. Wainwright, Jr., a writer and editor at Life magazine and a direct ...

Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III released his self-titled debut album in 1970 and had the only hit single of his career in 1972 with “Dead Skunk,” which hit No. 16, but while he hasn’t had any ...

Before he sired Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III was best known as a prolific folk singer with a sense of humor (in 1972’s “Motel Blues” he implored, “I’ll write a song for you, I’ll ...

Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel ...

Loudon Wainwright III lives up to his rep as the kind of guy who basks in Los Angeles' sporadic grayness. Asked how he's doing, he responds perkily, "Pretty good today. So far, nothing bad has ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Sam Briger, sitting in for Terry Gross. Loudon Wainwright is best known for his confessional songs about family dysfunction and satirical songs about politics and other issues.