Loudon Wainwright III is best known for doing a few things: being a wry, witty songwriter; being the patriarch of a talented musical family; even for being an actor (he shows up in moves like Big Fish ...

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 ...

Producer and music supervisor Randall Poster has partnered with Loudon Wainwright III and big band leader/Prohibition-era scholar Vince Giordano for “I’d Rather Lead a Band,” a new project based ...

It appears the genesis for I’d Rather Lead a Band was the participants’ shared work on the music for Boardwalk Empire, set in 1920s Atlantic City. The songs – which, says Wainwright, “reflect on my ...

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.

What does the gig at the Kate promise? One hopes he'll feature songs from "Lead a Band" to supplement his vast catalog of folk-flavored hits. There are no wrong answers. Loudon Wainwright III, 7:30 ...

Our second installation today of songs of Thanksgiving. This one, “Thanksgiving,” written by Loudon Wainwright III, is not really a happy Thanksgiving song. Not at all. And not a surprise coming from ...

On the aptly titled "I'd Rather Lead a Band," Loudon Wainwright III embraces a role even more retro than the one he has carved out as an old-fashioned troubadour, putting his guitar aside to join the ...

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 ...

Producer and music supervisor Randall Poster has partnered with Loudon Wainwright III and big band leader/Prohibition-era scholar Vince Giordano for “I’d Rather Lead a Band,” a new project based ...