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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. [8] [9] [10] His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal, Canada, for most of his youth.
One Man Guy" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. [1] [2] It originally appeared on his 1985 studio album I'm Alright, [3] and was included on his 2009 compilation album Essential Recordings: One Man Guy. [4]
Ahead of his 50th birthday in July, Wainwright is returning to the roots passed down to him by his folk legend parents Loudon Wainwright … Rufus Wainwright Goes Folk With Brandi Carlile, David ...
"Dinner at Eight" is the final track on Wainwright's third studio album, Want One (2003), [1] and later appeared on Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright, his 2014 greatest hits album. [2] The ballad describes a confrontation over dinner at a restaurant between Wainwright and his father, Loudon Wainwright III. [3] [4] Wainwright recalled:
Rufus Wainwright has admitted his “most controversial” opinion about pop culture is that “gays have really horrible taste in music”.. The Canadian-American folk-pop artist, 51, is ...
The final track, "A Handful of Dust", is an adaptation of a song written by Wainwright's father. [11] "Hitting You" references an incident with his daughter Martha Wainwright. [12] "A Father and a Son" is directed to his son, Rufus Wainwright. [13] "The Picture" was inspired by a childhood photograph of Wainwright and his sister Teddy. [14] "
Twenty-five years have passed since the release of Rufus Wainwright’s self-titled debut album, a rhapsodic collection of 12 songs celebrating his open homosexuality and given suitably cabaret ...