Located at 431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave
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Loudon Wainwright III
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Jim Bianco
September 24,2008
Concert starts @ 8PM
Doors open @ 6 PM
Tickets $25.00
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Full dinner menu available / General Admission Seated Show / All Ages / First come, first seated / $10 min per person at tables
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On September 15, Loudon Wainwright III will perform a unique concert highlighting tracks from his new double-album, 'High Wide and
Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project' (Aug 18 / 2nd Story Sound Records). Loudon will be joined by the wonderful singers Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Maggie Roche, Terre Roche, Suzzy Roche, and Dave Roche. The band includes Paul Asaro (piano), Greg Cohen (bass), Erik Friedlander (cello), Rob Moose (violin, mandolin, guitar), Chaim Tannenbaum (banjo, harmonica), and
producer Dick Connette (harmonium). The concert will mark the only live performance of the album material with the musicians who recorded it. It's an extraordinarily special occasion, as Loudon has never before mounted a show that featured his family and friends so extensively.
On 'High Wide and Handsome,' Wainwright, together with producer and collaborator Dick Connette, explores the life and times of country music pioneer Charlie Poole. Combining original music inspired by Poole and interpretations of old-time tunes from the venerated raconteur's canon, Wainwright vividly brings the legendary North Carolina Ramblers' bandleader and notorious bootlegger back to life. As renowned music critic Greil Marcus puts it in the liner notes, "Poole might have been waiting all these years for someone to talk back to him so completely in his own language."
As Loudon, himself, puts it, "The themes of Poole’s music also happen to be some of my favorites when it comes to writing my own
songs - mother, booze, general nonsensicality, and death to name a few. Plus, the story of Poole's life, the chaos and fun of rambling
around playing music and the ensuing and inevitable fall out with wives, kids, to say nothing of the damaging effect upon one’s
physical health – these are subjects I’ve tackled in song and, of course, in my own life .The Road is a toll road and you pay the
price. But let’s not get too morbid. There’s real joy, feeling, and warmth in Charlie Poole’s music. He knocks me out." Loudon Wainwright III homepage
Loudon Wainwright III myspace
The Charlie Pool Project
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