"Liner Notes is, unsurprisingly, as good as its author's songs,
with moments of sharp humour alternating with real-life pain, and
vivid reflections on love, death, and the whole damn thing. Loudon
Wainwright is a true original: not like anyone else, just as he set
out to be." Salman Rushdie "An excellent book. 8/10." Uncut
Magazine With a career spanning more than four decades, Loudon
Wainwright III has established himself as one of the most enduring
singer-songwriters who emerged from the late sixties. There is
probably no singer songwriter who has so blatantly inserted himself
into his songs, about parents, grandparents, children, siblings,
and wives. As he puts it in "So Many Songs": It's taken so long to
finally see / My songs about you are all about me. The songs can be
laugh out loud funny, but they also can cut to the bone. In his
memoir, Wainwright continues to emphasize the personal: he details
the family history his lyrics have referenced and the fractured
relationships in the Wainwright family throughout generations: the
alcoholism, the infidelities, the competitiveness -- as well as the
closeness, the successes, and the joy. Wainwright reflects on the
experiences that have influenced his songwriting, including
boarding school, the music business, swimming, macrobiotics, sex,
incarceration, and something he calls Sir Walter Raleigh Syndrome.
LINER NOTES is very much about being a son -- a status that
dominates many of Wainwright's songs. But it is also about being a
parent, a brother, and a grandfather. Wainwright's song lyrics are
represented throughout the book, amplifying his prose and showing
the connections between the songs and real life. He also includes
excerpts and selections from his father's brilliant LIFE magazine
columns - and, in so doing, re-establishes him as a major essayist
of his era. A funny and insightful meditation on family,
inspiration, and art, LINER NOTES will thrill fans, readers, and
anyone who appreciates the intersection of music and life.
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