Loudon Wainwright III
I'd Rather Lead A Band

A collaboration with Vince Giordano and his band The Nighthawks, and producer and music supervisor Randall Poster, Loudon Wainwright III’s new album, I’d Rather Lead A Band, is a loose, fresh, and “anti-nostalgic” take on a hand-picked selection of 14 classic songs from the 1920s and ‘30s featuring Wainwright as singer and band leader. The expansive record collection of Loudon’s father, the LIFE Magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, helped to inform some selections, as did Loudon’s own musical beginnings as a jug-band singer. Wainwright, Giordano and The Nighthawks recorded the album in just three days at Electric Lady Studios.
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FEATURED TRACK"How I Love You (I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees)"
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TRACK LISTING
- 1. How I Love You (I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees)
- 2. A Ship Without A Sail
- 3. Ain't Misbehavin'
- 4. I'm Going To Give It To Mary With Love
- 5. The Little Things In Life
- 6. So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together
- 7. A Perfect Day
- 8. I Thought About You
- 9. I'd Rather Lead A Band
- 10. My Blue Heaven
- 11. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- 12. Heart And Soul
- 13. You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
- 14. More I Cannot Wish You
Upcoming Tour Dates
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Mar 28Fort Collins, CO, US Loudon Wainwright III at Fort Collins Armory
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Sep 20Dublin, Ireland Loudon Wainwright III, Suzzy Roche, and Lucy Wainwright Roche at Vicar Street
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Sep 22Glasgow, UK Loudon Wainwright III with Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Sep 25Gateshead, UK Loudon Wainwright III with Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche at Sage Gateshead
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Sep 26Manchester, UK Loudon Wainwright III at RNCM Theatre
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Sep 28London, UK Loudon Wainwright III at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
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Sep 29Bristol, UK Loudon Wainwright III at St George's Bristol
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Oct 01Birmingham, UK Loudon Wainwright III at Birmingham Town Hall
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Oct 02Bexhill-On-Sea, UK Loudon Wainwright III, Suzzy Roche, and Lucy Wainwright Roche at De La Warr Pavilion
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Mar 26Denver, CO, US Loudon Wainwright III at Daniels Hall at Swallow HIll
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