Thursday music corner: American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III was born in North Carolina in 1946, and since his self-titled debut album in 1970 he has released a large body of work: seven studio albums in the 1970s, four in the 1980s, four in the 1990s, five in the 2000s, four in the 2010s, and two so far in the current decade. In 2007 he worked with musician Joe Henry to create the score for Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, and in 2010 he won a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy for his album High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, and was previously married to folk singer Kate McGarrigle.
The poignant divorce ballad Your Mother and I appeared on the Richard Thompson-produced 1986 album More Love Songs, which was recorded in England, during a period when Wainwright lived there, and attained greater public recognition by appearing regularly on Jasper Carrott's TV show.
Loudon Wainwright III - Your Mother and I (1986)
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