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Loudon Wainwright III
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Loudon Wainwright III on KCRW
Press Play with Madeleine Brand • Javier Bardem’s transformation into Pablo Escobar • Loudon Wainwright on a lifetime of music
Loudon Wainwright III has been making music for nearly 50 years. He just released a 2-CD box set that’s an autobiography in musical form. It’s called “Years in the Making.” It comes with a 60-page book of artwork and more: pictures of his birth certificate, a nice note from Johnny Cash, and his first divorce papers.
Morning Becomes Eclectic • Loudon Wainwright III
Raconteur, actor and singer Loudon Wainwright III returns this time with a band to Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.
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