New Street People By Loudon Wainwright, Iii

Social and political commentary has always been a component of Loudon Wainwright's songwriting. The 15 songs that make up SOCIAL STUDIES were written during the course of the decade prior and first aired in shorter solo versions on National ...

In 1972, after two solid albums of smartly written songs that were at once poetically resonant and wiseguy tipsy, Loudon Wainwright released ALBUM III, a collection that opened with what proved to be his biggest hit to its point, "Dead Skunk." ...