Loudon Wainwright III

Thanks to the glory that is Pandora, I have stumbled across Loudon Wainwright, perhaps most famous for being father to Rufus Wainwright, but who is an incredible songwriter in his own right.

I heard the song New Paint and these two lines: “It’s good to take a girl in the not so very good world and walk in the park, until it gets dark.” If any of you are measuring the beats in those lines, it’s clearly not an even count, but I think it’s gorgeous, and that’s all that matters.

Later, thanks again to the glory of the internet, I downloaded every singe Loudon Wainwright album ever. He’s been releasing new music since ‘71, and that comes out to over two dozen albums.

Despite a few embarrassing ventures in the 80s into soft country rock, Wainwright is very much at his best with an acoustic guitar and not a lick o’ supporting equipment. And in case that doesn’t do it for you, he wrote most of the music for the movie Knocked Up, but if that’s what persuades you to give him a try, we probably shouldn’t be friends.

So hey, I don’t know where I’m going with this, but if you’re looking for a new Pandora station, try Wainwright – it’s like a coat of new paint.

Whooaaaa….see what I did there?