Loudon Wainwright

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Loudon Wainwright III is a singer and songwriter. He began his folk career in the late 60s, and released his self-titled debut in 1970. He's occasionally referred to as a novelty singer, but his broad musical catalog has proven that to be untrue. Loudon has recorded 26 studio albums, six compilations, and four live albums. His album High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project brought him his first Grammy in 2010 for Best Traditional Folk Album. He recently turned 75 and commemorated this milestone with his newest album called Lifetime Achievement. He stops by to chat about the album and plays some music.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:08.3	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:25.7	Lavendwayne writes the third just turns 75 years old.
0:29.0	He's a singer and a songwriter.
0:32.0	He did have a hit record in the early 1970s, Dead Sconk in the middle of the road.
1:01.0	He had a few other minor hits like Motel Blues, Lullaby and one of my all-time favorites,
1:12.0	The Swimming Song.
1:42.0	He's been called a novelty singer at times in his career.
1:47.0	At other times he's been called the next Bob Dylan.
1:50.0	Now I guess they call him an elder statesman of folk music.
1:55.0	And honestly, I don't know how he felt or would feel about any of those.
2:01.0	The best Lavendwayne writes songs and he has written a lot of great songs.
2:07.0	The best Lavendwayne writes songs are unrestrained and honest, sometimes brutally so.
2:13.0	Often they're funny, sometimes they're sad, sometimes he howls them at the top of his lungs, sometimes they're whisper quiet.
2:21.0	As I said, Lavend just turned 75.
2:24.0	It's a milestone he commemorated with an album called Lifetime Achievement.
2:29.0	Lavendwayne writes still has it.
2:31.0	I'm going to interview him, but there's a bonus. He brought his guitar. He's going to sing a few songs for us.
2:37.0	Oh, and also before we get into the interview, we normally bleep swear words and obscenities on the podcast.
2:45.0	For Loudens Performance, we're making an exception, so there will be a couple of unbleep swears.
2:51.0	Let's start with a recording from the album Lifetime Achievement.
2:55.0	The song is called Back in Your Town.
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