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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American
United States

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 songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, folk singer
Folk Singer

Folk Singer is an album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays Steel-string guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar....
, humorist, and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Grammy-nominated, Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded five albums of original music, several extended play, and numerous tracks included on Compilation album and film soundtracks....
 and Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk music-Rock music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk/blues musician Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle....
, and the former husband of folk singer Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle, Order of Canada is a Canada folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
.

wright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the oldest state-supported university in the U.S....
, the son of Martha Taylor, a yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
 teacher, and Loudon Wainwright, Jr., a columnist and editor for Life magazine. Wainwright grew up in Bedford
Bedford (town), New York

Bedford is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 18,133 at the 2000 census....
, New York
New York

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, in Westchester County.






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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, folk singer
Folk Singer

Folk Singer is an album by Muddy Waters. Waters plays Steel-string guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar....
, humorist, and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Grammy-nominated, Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded five albums of original music, several extended play, and numerous tracks included on Compilation album and film soundtracks....
 and Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk music-Rock music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk/blues musician Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle....
, and the former husband of folk singer Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle, Order of Canada is a Canada folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
.

Biography


Early life

Wainwright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the oldest state-supported university in the U.S....
, the son of Martha Taylor, a yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
 teacher, and Loudon Wainwright, Jr., a columnist and editor for Life magazine. Wainwright grew up in Bedford
Bedford (town), New York

Bedford is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 18,133 at the 2000 census....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, in Westchester County. Among his sisters is Sloan Wainwright
Sloan Wainwright

Sloan Wainwright is an artist and member of the American independent music scene. Wainwright is best known for her intensely personal lyrics, innovative approach to song and relationship with brother Loudon Wainwright III....
, also a singer. He graduated from St. Andrew's School in Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
. He is a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant served as the last Netherlands Director-General of New Amsterdam of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664....
, the last Director-General of New Netherland
Director-General of New Netherland

This is a list of Directors, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch Republic province of New Netherland in North America....
 (present-day New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
).

Career

Wainwright's career began in the late 1960s. He had played the guitar while in school, but would later sell it for yoga
Yoga

Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in both Buddhism and Hinduism....
 lessons while living in San Francisco. Later, in Rhode Island
Rhode Island

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
, Wainwright's grandmother got him a job working in a boatyard. An old lobster fisherman named Edgar inspired him to borrow a friend's guitar and write his first song, "Edgar". Wainwright soon bought his own guitar and in about a year wrote nearly twenty songs. He went to Boston and New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 to play in folk clubs and was eventually "discovered" by Milton Kramer who became his manager. He acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
, who released his first album in 1970.

Wainwright is known for the 1972 novelty song
Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its Comedy. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs....
 hit, "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
Dead Skunk

"Dead Skunk" is a 1973 novelty song by Loudon Wainwright III.The song is musically a simple folk song based on acoustic guitar, but accompanied by drums and strings....
", and for playing Captain Calvin Spalding (the "singing surgeon") on the American television show, M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
. His appearances spanned three episodes in its third season (1974-1975), including the episode "Rainbow Bridge". However, his musical reputation is much deeper. Using a witty, self-mocking style, Wainwright has recorded over twenty albums on eleven different labels. Two of his albums have been nominated for Grammy awards: I'm Alright
I'm Alright (album)

I'm Alright is a 1985 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was his third release on Rounder Records, recorded in London. It was produced by Richard Thompson , who also played electric lead guitar on several songs....
 (1985) and More Love Songs
More Love Songs

More Love Songs is a 1986 album by Loudon Wainwright III released on Rounder Records....
 (1986).

Wainwright has also appeared in a number of films, including small parts in The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, Big Fish
Big Fish

Big Fish is a 2003 fantasy film drama film, directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. It is loosely based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace , and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard and Danny...
, Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown (film)

Elizabethtown is a 2005 in film United States film written and directed by Cameron Crowe starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Orlando Bloom plays a shoe designer visiting his father's hometown in Kentucky in the days following the father's death, and Kirsten Dunst plays a flight attendant....
, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up
Knocked Up

Knocked Up is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...
 and the television series, Undeclared
Undeclared

Undeclared is an United States television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company during the 2001–2002 season. The half-hour comedy-drama/sitcom was Judd Apatow's follow-up to the TV cult classic Freaks and Geeks, which also lasted for one season....
. Wainwright came to the attention of many people in Britain for the first time when he appeared as the resident singer with comedian Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott

Jasper Carrott Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom comedian , actor and TV presenter....
 in his UK show, Carrott Confidential, in the late 1980s, and he has remained popular in the UK ever since.

Wainwright has claimed that, like many of his contemporaries, he was inspired musically by seeing Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is an Music of the United States annual folk music-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959....
 in 1962. He was one of many young folksingers tagged as the "new Dylan" in the early 1970s, a fact that he later ruefully satirized in his song, "Talking New Bob Dylan", from History
History (Loudon Wainwright III album)

History is a 1992 album by Loudon Wainwright III.The album was released after the death of his father, and features songs which range from ironic comedy, to serious social commentry, to deeply personal compositions....
 (1992).

In September 2006, Wainwright and musician Joe Henry
Joe Henry

Joe Henry is an United States singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Critically aclaimed for his body of work, Henry has gained a steady cult following throughout his career....
 began composing the music to the Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow

'Judd Apatow' is an Emmy Award winning film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for producing a distinct series of critically and commercially successful comedy films, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy , The 40-Year-Old Virgin , Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby , Knocked Up, Su...
 film, Knocked Up
Knocked Up

Knocked Up is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...
, which was released on June 1, 2007. In addition to composing the soundtrack, Wainwright appeared in the film in a supporting role as the protagonists' obstetrician. He has also composed music for the new theatre production of Carl Hiassen's Lucky You
Lucky You (theatre adaptation)

Lucky You, is a theatre adaptation of the bestselling novel by Carl Hiaasen which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008.The play was adapted by Denis Calandra and Francis Matthews, directed by Francis Matthews, produced by Katharine Dor? and Jon Plowman, with music composed by Loudon Wainwright III....
, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008.

Personal life

Wainwright's son, Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Grammy-nominated, Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded five albums of original music, several extended play, and numerous tracks included on Compilation album and film soundtracks....
, and daughter, Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk music-Rock music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk/blues musician Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle....
, by his onetime marriage to Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle, Order of Canada is a Canada folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
 are both singer/songwriters as well. Rufus was the subject of two of Loudon's more famous songs, the breastfeeding ode "Rufus is a Tit Man" and the retrospective "A Father and a Son", while Martha entered the world to "Pretty Little Martha", turned five to the post-divorce child-rearing anthem "Five Years Old" and entered her teenage years with the brutally clinical "Hitting You". Rufus, in turn, has covered his father's "One Man Guy" and wrote "Dinner at Eight" about a family dispute, while Martha has covered her father's "Pretty Good Day" and wryly states that her song, "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole is an extended play by Martha Wainwright, with five tracks. It was released independently in 2004. The title track disparages what she perceives to be the poor parenting skills of her father, Loudon Wainwright III....
", is about her father. On the other hand, Martha and Loudon collaborated on the song "You Never Phone" on his 2003 album, So Damn Happy
So Damn Happy

So Damn Happy is the third live album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded at Largo in West Hollywood, California and released in 2003....
.

Loudon also has a daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche
Lucy Wainwright Roche

Lucy Wainwright Roche is an United States singer and songwriter....
, by the singer Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche

Suzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre....
, and a third daughter, Lexie Kelly. Loudon remarried in 2005.

Discography


Studio albums
  • Loudon Wainwright III
    Loudon Wainwright III (album)

    Loudon Wainwright III is the debut album of Loudon Wainwright III. It was released on vinyl in 1970 on Atlantic Records. Like his sophomore effort album II, the album is a solo acoustic effort ....
     (1970)
  • Album II
    Album II

    Album II, as its title indicates, is the second album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was released in 1971 on Atlantic Records....
     (1971)
  • Album III
    Album III

    Album III, as its title indicates, is the third full album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was originally released in 1972 on Columbia Records....
     (1972)
  • Attempted Mustache
    Attempted Mustache

    Attempted Mustache is the fourth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Bob Johnston and was released in 1973 on Columbia Records....
     (1973)
  • Unrequited
    Unrequited (album)

    Unrequited is the fifth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was his last album on the Columbia Records label, released in 1975. Tracks 1-7 were recorded in a studio, while tracks 8-14 were recorded live at the Bottom Line in New York City....
     (1975)
  • T Shirt
    T Shirt (album)

    T Shirt is a 1976 album by Loudon Wainwright III. Unlike his earlier records, this saw Wainwright adopt a full blown rock band - though there are acoustic songs on T-Shirt, including a talking blues....
     (1976)
  • Final Exam
    Final Exam (album)

    Final Exam is a 1978 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was re-released on Telarc in 2006 at the time of his european tour as a double-disk album, coupled with his 1976 album T Shirt ....
     (1978)
  • Fame and Wealth
    Fame and Wealth

    Fame and Wealth is a 1983 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was originally released on Rounder Records.After a five year hiatus since Final Exam, it eschewed the rock sound of his later 70's albums in favour of a stripped-down, wirier folk sound which would typify his recorded output from then on....
     (1983)
  • I'm Alright
    I'm Alright (album)

    I'm Alright is a 1985 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was his third release on Rounder Records, recorded in London. It was produced by Richard Thompson , who also played electric lead guitar on several songs....
     (1985)
  • More Love Songs
    More Love Songs

    More Love Songs is a 1986 album by Loudon Wainwright III released on Rounder Records....
     (1986)
  • Therapy
    Therapy (album)

    Therapy is a 1989 album by Loudon Wainwright III....
     (1989)
  • History
    History (Loudon Wainwright III album)

    History is a 1992 album by Loudon Wainwright III.The album was released after the death of his father, and features songs which range from ironic comedy, to serious social commentry, to deeply personal compositions....
     (1992)
  • Grown Man
    Grown Man

    Grown Man is a 1995 album by Loudon Wainwright III.Track listingAll tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated...
     (1995)
  • Little Ship
    Little Ship (album)

    Little Ship is a 1997 album by Loudon Wainwright III....
     (1997)
  • Social Studies
    Social Studies (album)

    Social Studies is a 1999 in music album by Loudon Wainwright III. It represents a compilation of various topical and satire songs. The tracks produced primarily for National Public Radio and based upon then-current issues and events, such as the Tonya Harding#The Kerrigan attack, O....
     (1999)
  • Last Man on Earth
    Last Man on Earth (album)

    Last Man on Earth is a 2001 album by Loudon Wainwright III. Recorded in the wake of his mother's death, the album thematically addresses feelings of grief and loneliness following from this event....
     (2001)
  • Here Come the Choppers
    Here Come the Choppers

    Here Come the Choppers is a 2005 album by Loudon Wainwright III. The cover illustration is by Steve Vance....
     (2005)
  • Strange Weirdos
    Strange Weirdos

    Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up is the official soundtrack album to the 2007 Judd Apatow film Knocked Up....
     (2007)
  • Recovery
    Recovery (Loudon Wainwright album)

    Recovery is the twenty-third album by Loudon Wainwright III. The album was released on August 19, 2008. The songs are "recovers" from his first, second and third albums, Loudon Wainwright III , Album II and Album III ....
     (2008)


Live albums
  • A Live One
    A Live One (Loudon Wainwright III album)

    A Live One is a live album by Loudon Wainwright III. The live performances included on the album were recorded on a tour of the British Isles in 1976 and at McCabe's in Los Angeles in 1978....
     (1979)
  • Career Moves
    Career Moves

    Career Moves is a 1993 live album by Loudon Wainwright III - his first since 1980's A Live One, which itself compiled mid 70's live recordings....
     (1993)
  • The BBC Sessions
    BBC Sessions (Loudon Wainwright III)

    BBC Sessions is a 1998 release by Loudon Wainwright III....
     (1998)
  • So Damn Happy
    So Damn Happy

    So Damn Happy is the third live album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded at Largo in West Hollywood, California and released in 2003....
     (2003)


Compilations
  • Fame and Wealth / I'm Alright (1991) - this combines both albums on one CD, but minus one track from each
  • One Man Guy: The Best of Loudon Wainwright III 1982-1986 (1994)


Singles
  • "Dead Skunk" / "Needless to Say" (1973)
  • "Down Drinking at the Bar" / "I am the Way" (1974)
  • "Five Years Old" / "Rambunctious" (1983, Demon)
  • "Cardboard Boxes" / "Colours" (1985, Demon)
  • "Unhappy Anniversary" / "The Acid Song" (1986, Demon)
  • "Thank You, Girl" (John Hiatt) / "My Girl" (with John Hiatt) (1987)
  • "Your Mother and I" / "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" (with John Hiatt) (1987)
  • "T.S.D.H.A.V." / "Nice Guys" (1989, Silvertone)
  • "Jesse Don't Like It" (live) / "T.S.D.H.A.V." (live) (1990, Hannibal)


Contributions
  • The New Age of Atlantic
    The New Age of Atlantic

    The New Age of Atlantic, released in 1972, was the third in a series of rock music Sampler released by the Atlantic records label in the UK. The collection is notable for its inclusion of two tracks, those by Led Zeppelin and Yes , unavailable elsewhere at the time....
     - "Motel Blues" (1972)
  • Earl Scruggs Review Anniversary Special, Volume One - "Swimming Song", "Gospel Ship" (1975)
  • Nyon Folk Festival - "The Waitress Song" (1979)
  • Feed the Folk - "Outsidey" (1985)
  • The Slugger's Wife Soundtrack - "Hey, Hey, My My" (with Rebecca De Mornay
    Rebecca De Mornay

    Rebecca De Mornay is an United States film and television Actors/Female. Her breakout film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business....
    ) (1985)
  • From Hell to Obscurity - "Colours", "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" (with John Hiatt
    John Hiatt

    John Hiatt is an United States rock and roll guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave music, blues and country music....
    ), "My Girl" (with John Hiatt) (1989)
  • Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 10 - "Dead Skunk" (1990, Rhino
    Rhino Entertainment

    Rhino Entertainment Company is an United States specialty record label and production company, owned by Warner Music Group....
    )
  • 70s Greatest Rock, Vol. 10: Hitchin' a Ride - "Dead Skunk" (1991, Priority
    Priority Records

    Priority Records is an United States based record label, owned and operated by EMI, and has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop music....
    )
  • Dr. Demento Presents..., Vol. 4: The 1970s - "Dead Skunk"
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered - "Virgin 21" (1994, Virgin
    Virgin Records

    Virgin Records is a United Kingdom record label founded by England entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972 in music. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....
    , UK)
  • Life in the Folk Lane II - "Hard Day on the Planet" (1994, Diablo/Demon)
  • Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson - "A Heart Needs a Home" (with Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin

    Shawn Colvin is a Grammy Award-winning United States singing, songwriter and musician....
    ) (1995, Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    )
  • Troubadours of Folk, Vol. 4: The '70s - "Old Friend" (1995, Rhino)
  • Golfs Greatest Hits - "Golfin' Blues" (1996, Teed Off Records, distributed by BMG)
  • The Best of Mountain Stage, Volume 1 - "Bill of Goods" (1996, Blue Plate Music)
  • Mellow Rock Hits of the '70s: Sundown - "Glad to See You've Got Religion" (1997, Rhino)
  • Soft Rock Classics - "Glad to See You've Got Religion" (1998, Rhino)
  • KBCO Studio C, Volume 4 - "Cardboard Boxes" (KBCO
    KBCO

    KBCO is an adult album alternative radio station licensed to Boulder, Colorado that serves the Denver, Colorado-Boulder, Colorado area. The station's format is an eclectic variety of blues, reggae, folk music, pop music, and rock music from the late-1960s to the present, which they call "world class rock"....
    )
  • Family Album - "The Picture" (1998, Gadfly)
  • Best of the Cambridge Folk Festival, 1977-1997 - Medley: "The Swimming Song/Pretty Little Martha/Dump the Dog" (1998)
  • Welcome to High Sierra - "Primrose Hill" (1998, High Sierra)
  • Bleecker Street - "Pack Up Your Sorrows" (with Iris DeMent
    Iris DeMent

    Iris DeMent is an United States singer and songwriter. DeMent's musical style encompasses the genres Country music and folk music....
    ) (1999, Astor Place)
  • Live at the World Café - Volume 9
    Live at the World Café - Volume 9

    Live at the World Caf? - Volume 9 is the ninth edition in an ongoing series of compilation albums showcasing artists that appear on the radio program, "World Cafe"....
     (1999) - "Sunday Times"
  • Seka - Sister, Volume 2 - "Pretty Good Day" (2000, Twah!)
  • Si Dolce - "I am the Way", "The Last Day", "Road Ode", "Five Years Old" (2000)
  • 28 Days
    28 Days (film)

    28 Days is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter drug rehabilitation for a alcoholism....
     Soundtrack - "Heaven and Mud", "Drinking Song", "White Winos", "Dreaming" (2000, Uni
    Uni Records

    Uni Records was a record label owned by Music Corporation of America. The brand, which long featured a distinct UNi logo, was established in 1966 in music by MCA executive Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan....
    /Varèse Sarabande
    Varèse Sarabande

    Var?se Sarabande is a record label which specializes in film scores and cast recording. It aims to reissue of rare or unavailable albums as well as newer releases by artists no longer under a contract....
    )
  • Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950-1970) - "School Days" (2001, Rhino)
  • Love Songs For New York: Wish You Were Here - "No Sure Way" (2002, Megaforce
    Megaforce Records

    Megaforce Records has been the record label for bands in the heavy metal music genres and also rock genres, including Metallica, Anthrax , Testament , Stormtroopers of Death, King's X, Warren Haynes, The Disco Biscuits, and have signed with Ministry , Bad Brains, Rose Hill Drive, Less Than Jake, Mushroomhead, and The Black Crowes....
    )
  • 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) - "No Sure Way"
  • The Aviator: Music From The Motion Picture - "After You've Gone" (2004) [Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
  • Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love - "Daughter" (2005, Rendezvous
    Rendezvous Records

    Rendezvous Records was a record label established in 1958 in Los Angeles, California. Its biggest successes were with "Bumble Boogie" and "Nut Rocker", recorded by members of its house band going under the name B....
    )
  • Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
    Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys

    Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties performed by a wide array of artists, ranging from Sting to Bryan Ferry, representing a variety of genres....
     - "Turkish Revelry", "Good Ship Venus" (2006, ANTI-
    ANTI-

    ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 in music as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus is mostly on punk rock, ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from hip hop , reggae , comedy , country music to indie rock , among other genres....
    )


Filmography

  • M*A*S*H
    M*A*S*H (TV series)

    M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
     (1975) (TV) .... Capt. Calvin Spaulding, the singing surgeon
  • The T.V. Show (1979) (TV) .... Dead Man on Telethon/Spinal Tap
    Spinal tap

    Spinal tap can refer to:*Spinal tap, colloquial term for a lumbar puncture*Spinal Tap, a fictional hard rock band*This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary portraying the same band...
     Keyboardist
  • The Slugger's Wife (1985) .... Gary
  • Jacknife
    Jacknife

    Jacknife is a 1989 in film United States film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro and Ed Harris. The film focuses on a small, serious story, with emphasis on characterization and the complex tension between people in a close relationship....
     (1989) .... Ferretti
  • 28 Days
    28 Days (film)

    28 Days is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter drug rehabilitation for a alcoholism....
     (2000) .... Guitar guy
  • Undeclared
    Undeclared

    Undeclared is an United States television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company during the 2001–2002 season. The half-hour comedy-drama/sitcom was Judd Apatow's follow-up to the TV cult classic Freaks and Geeks, which also lasted for one season....
     (2001) TV Series .... Hal Karp
  • Big Fish
    Big Fish

    Big Fish is a 2003 fantasy film drama film, directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. It is loosely based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace , and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard and Danny...
     (2003) .... Beamen
  • The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (2004) .... Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin
    The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 in film comedy film screenwriter and film director by Judd Apatow and co-written by the film's lead star, Steve Carell, though the film itself features a great deal of Improvisational comedy dialogue....
     (2005) .... Priest
  • Elizabethtown
    Elizabethtown (film)

    Elizabethtown is a 2005 in film United States film written and directed by Cameron Crowe starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Orlando Bloom plays a shoe designer visiting his father's hometown in Kentucky in the days following the father's death, and Kirsten Dunst plays a flight attendant....
     (2005) .... Uncle Dale
  • For Your Consideration
    For Your Consideration (film)

    For Your Consideration is a 2006 comedy film directed by Christopher Guest. It was co-written by Guest and Eugene Levy, both also starring in the film....
     (2006) .... Nominee Ben Connelly
  • Knocked Up
    Knocked Up

    Knocked Up is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...
     (2007) .... Dr. Everett Howard (also composed music)
  • G-Force
    G-Force (film)

    G-Force is an announced film to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. Written by Marianne Wibberley & Cormac Wibberley, the film will be directorial debut of Hoyt Yeatman, whose earlier work includes in the area of visual effects....
     (2009) .... Grandpa Goodman


External links

  • given for the Ohio University
    Ohio University

    Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
     Spring Literary Festival
  • by Richard Jinman. Published by The Guardian on 2005-04-15.