STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III - ALBUM III

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . On Sunday we celebrated the 92nd Birthday of comedian Bob Newhart, but that day (09-05-21) also marked the 75th Birthday of North Carolina born folk singer songwriter, humorist, and actor, Loudon Wainwright III . Happy belated Birthday Loudon ! With him in mind, we spotlight his third studio album, appropriately titled, Album III. Album III was released  June 15, 1972 on the Columbia label and produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye. It peaked at #62 in Australia, #102 on the Billboard 200 and featured his best known song, "Dead Skunk" (#16 Hot 100) as it's sole single. This was his first record to feature his full band, White Cloud. 

"Dead Skunk" – 3:05
"Red Guitar" – 1:49
"East Indian Princess" – 2:56
"Muse Blues" – 2:53
"Hometeam Crowd" – 1:49
"B Side" – 2:26
"Needless To Say" – 3:14
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:31
"New Paint" – 3:00
"Trilogy (Circa 1967)" – 3:11
"Drinking Song" – 2:55
"Say That You Love Me" – 2:30

Loudon Wainwright III – guitar, vocals

David Amram – French horn
Charlie Brown III – guitar, electric guitar

Richard Crooks – drums
Richard Davis – bass
Thomas Jefferson Kaye – guitar, arranger, rhythm guitar, producer

Bill Keith – banjo, steel guitar

Kenny Kosek – fiddle, violin
Hugh McCracken – guitar

Don Payne – electric bass
Elliott Randall – electric guitar
Jim Ryan – guitar

David Sanborn – saxophone

"Sailor" Bob Schmidt – harmonica
Tom Watson – electric bass

Eric Weissberg – dobro, guitar
Teddy Wender – piano

Technical

Brooks Arthur – engineer, mixing
Milton Kramer – executive producer
Fred Lombardi – cover photography