Loudon Wainwright III

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

Atwood Music Hall | Madison

Atwood Music Hall
Publisher/HostAtwood Music Hall
Loudon Wainwright III
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Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Seated show
Front Row Reserved: $50 ADV / $55 DOS
General Admission: $35 ADV / $40 DOS
“Town & Country” is set to a rousing arrangement featuring horns and even guitar and organ solos. You can almost feel the city come back to life in the music. With “Town & Country” we can add “sardonic folk” to the pandemic top 40.” – Rolling Stone
“On this latest offering, we find him in a state of deep reflection at age 75, over a set of insightful and incisive gems… another installment of sophisticated savvy.” – Folk Radio
Loudon Wainwright III begins another year of his career in 2025 with the January release of the new album “Loudon Live in London” which was recorded during a 3-night residency at Nell’s Jazz and Blues club in 2024. Then in February, he is a special guest on the UK’s prestigious “Transatlantic Sessions” tour – the highly acclaimed concert series which for the last 30 years has explored and celebrated the rich musical traditions that connect Scotland, Ireland and the U.S.
Born in Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1946, Loudon Wainwright III came to fame when “Dead Skunk” became a Top 20 hit in 1972. He had studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon University but dropped out to partake in the Summer of Love in San Francisco and wrote his first song in 1968 (“Edgar,” about a lobsterman in Rhode Island). Loudon was signed to Atlantic Records by Nesuhi Ertegun, and after that was lured by Clive Davis to Columbia Records, which released “Dead Skunk.” His songs have since been recorded by the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, his son Rufus Wainwright, and Mose Allison among others.
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Atwood Music Hall, 1925 Winnebago St, Madison, WI 53704-5314, United States

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