Liner Notes: On Parents, Children, Exes, Excess, Decay & A Few More Of My Favourite Things - Hardcover

Loudon Wainwright III

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 178558846X ISBN 13: 9781785588464

Publisher: Omnibus Press, 2017

Synopsis

In the late 1960s, Loudon Wainwright III established himself as a determinedly independent talent. Then, at the age of 25, in 1972 he wrote a song about a dead skunk and leapt from critic s darling to popular success, since then he s recorded twenty-seven albums, won a Grammy Award and sold-out the London Palladium.

As plain-speaking on the page as in his songs, Wainwright lays everything bare in this hilarious and heartfelt memoir of music and family. His lyrics adorn and inform the text, along with extracts from the brilliant work of his father esteemed Life magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr.

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Review

"Liner Notes is, unsurprisingly, as good as its author's songs, with moments of sharp humor alternating with real-life pain, and vivid reflections on love, death, and the whole damn thing. Loudon Wainwright is a true original: not like anyone else, just as he set out to be." --Salman Rushdie

"I expected a memoir that reflected all I know to be true about Loudon: a raconteur with an acerbic, sometimes mordant wit, unapologetic even when full of regret, funny and acutely, sometimes horrifyingly, honest. I got that and more. He is unafraid and clear-eyed about the events of his life--and utterly engaging." --Rosanne Cash

"This book is as candid, moving, and hilarious as Loudon Wainwright's music." --Judd Apatow

"Loudon Wainwright writes without pulling punches about his life. In other writers, this confessional style can instantly repel, but Loudon succeeds by being scrupulously honest about everything, including himself. This is a moving, funny, and observant memoir--everything we would expect from one of the great musical talents of our time." --Richard Thompson

"Fans of the self-lacerating, painfully funny Wainwright III will find the memoir they want here... [and] will delight in how much more they can learn about a songwriter who has already revealed so much in his material. A very funny and candid memoir." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Loudon Wainwright III is a singer songwriter and actor. He has recorded twenty-seven albums, including his 2010 Grammy Award winning High, Wide, & Handsome. His songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Mose Allison, Rufus Wainwright, Bonnie Raitt, and Earl Scruggs among others. As an actor he has appeared on TV (M*A*S*H, Ally McBeal, Undeclared), in movies (Big Fish, The Aviator, Knocked Up), on Broadway (Pump Boys and Dinettes) and off (Hot Lunch Apostles, Surviving Twin). "Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation." (The New York Times, Stephen Holden).

About this edition

• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 178558846X
• ISBN 13: 9781785588464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288