You're listening to Nakedly Examined Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters.

My name is Mark Linsonmeyer.

My guest today is Loudon Wainwright

the third, a songwriter and actor. He's been active since the late 60s. He's released about 30

albums, several of them live albums. I think I first heard of him through his association

with Judd Apatow's comedy movies, like Knocked Up and he was a cast member and undeclared.

You're right now hearing The Swimming Song from its fourth album, Attempted Mustache from

1973.

We'll be discussing how old is 75 from his most recent album, 222's Lifetime Achievement,

then a live track, Road Ode from 1993's career moves, and then we'll look all the way back to his second

album called Album 2 from 1972. The song is, Be Careful, there's a baby in the house.

Finally, we'll listen to a song from the 2001 album Last Man on Earth called Missing You.

I also refer a lot to his autobiography from 2017 liner notes on parents and

children exes and excess death and decay and a few of my other favorite things. For more

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experience. Let's get going.

I will play it a little bit of the swimming song from attempted mustache, 1973, to draft people in.

Not your biggest hit, but apparently, according to your audiobook, your biggest hit,

The Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road, maybe a sore spot, maybe not the thing to

emphasize.

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