EDWARDSVILLE - An Evening with Loudon Wainwright III will be performing on April 28 at 8 p.m. at the Wildey Theatre.
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2010 GRAMMY Winner (Best Traditional Folk Album) for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (Two previous GRAMMY nominations: I'm Alright, 1985 and More Love Songs, 1986).
Best Album of 2009: High Wide & Handsome per NPR's Ken Tucker (Fresh Air & Entertainment Weekly magazine).?
High Wide & Handsome named among the year's best per Village Voice, No Depression, FolkWax and fRoots.
"Mr. Wainwright has proved to be far and away the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who... brought confessional poetry into popular song... Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation." - New York Times, Stephen Holden
Songs covered by Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Earl Scruggs, Mose Allison, Big Star, Freakwater, Norma Waterson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright.
Film acting credits include: Judd Apatow's Knocked Up (for which he also recorded the soundtrack) and The 40 Year Old Virgin; Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration; Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown; Martin Scorsese's The Aviator; Tim Burton's Big Fish; 28 Days alongside Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen and Steve Buscemi; Jacknife alongside Robert De Niro and Ed Harris; Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife.
Television acting credits include: Parks and Recreation (w/ Amy Poehler); Undeclared (w/ Seth Rogen & writer/producer Judd Apatow); Grounded for Life; Ally McBeal; The T.V. Show (w/ Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Billy Crystal) where he played keyboard with the early Spinal Tap, which made it's first appearance on this program; a recurring role on M*A*S*H and a role as the original musician/sidekick on The David Letterman Show.
Additional bio and photos can be found at the artist’s website: http://www.lw3.com
Performance: An Evening with LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III at the Wildey Theatre is Thursday April 28, 2016. Reserved tickets are $32.50. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Wildey Theatre Box Office at 618-307-1750 or on the internet at www.wildeytheatre.com The Wildey Theatre is located at 252 N. Main Street, Edwardsville IL 62025.
For press information, interview requests and photography contact AL CANAL at 618-307-1750 (office) or alcanal@cityofedwardsville.com
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