[NEohioPAL] Loudon Wainwright III & Lucy Roche

[The Kent Stage]

ONE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING...
   
  Loudon Wainwright III with very, very Special Guest: Lucy Roche @ The Kent Stage
   
    Loudon Wainwright III
  Thursday, November 29 -- 8:00 PM
   
  Loudon Wainwright's career began in the late 1960s. He had played the guitar while in school, but would later sell it for yoga lessons while living in San Francisco. Later, in Rhode Island, Wainwright's grandmother got him a job working in a boatyard. He was inspired by an old lobster fisherman named Edgar to borrow a friend's guitar and write his first song (entitled "Edgar"). Soon after, Wainwright bought a guitar and in about a year, he had written near twenty songs. He decided to go to Boston and New York and began playing live shows in folk clubs. He was eventually "discovered" by Milton Kramer who became his manager. He acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records who released his first album in 1970.
   
  Wainwright is known for the 1972 novelty song hit "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)" and for playing Captain Spalding (the "singing surgeon") on three episodes of the American television show M*A*S*H in its third season (1974-1975 including episode Rainbow Bridge), but his musical reputation is much deeper. Using a witty, self-mocking style, Wainwright has recorded over twenty albums on eleven different labels. Two of his albums have been nominated for Grammy awards.
   
  Wainwright has also appeared in a number of films, including parts in The Aviator, Big Fish, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and the television series Undeclared. Wainwright came to the attention of many people in Britain for the first time when he appeared as the resident singer with comedian Jasper Carrott in his UK show, Carrott Confidential, in the late 1980s, and he has remained popular in the UK ever since.
   
  Wainwright has claimed that, like many of his contemporaries, he was inspired musically by seeing Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1962. He was one of many young folksingers tagged as the "new Dylan" in the early 1970s, a fact that he later ruefully satirized in his song "Talking New Bob Dylan" from 1992's History album.
  In September of 2006, Wainwright and musician Joe Henry began composing the music to the Judd Apatow film, Knocked Up, which was released on June 1, 2007.
   
  Lucy Wainwright Roche
   
Loudon's daughter will be his opening act. Lucy's mom, Suzy Roche, is a member of the singing group The Roches. Lucy has just released her first recording “8 Songs”, a pure, solo, acoustic mix of original material and some surprising covers.
  Advance discount tickets: $25.00
Day of Show: $30.00
   
   
  UPCOMING EVENTS
  Over The Rhine: Nov 30
  Woodchopper’s Ball: Dec. 1
  Annie: Dec 7, 8, 9
  Christmas Carol: Dec 14 & 15
  NYE party with The Numbers Band, Twist-Offs and The Bizzaros: Dec 31
  Bill Evan’s Soulgrass featuring Sam Bush: Jan 26
  Richard Thompson’s 1000 Years of Music: Feb 4
  Up From The River: Feb 8 & 9
  The Blind Boys of Alabama: Feb 13 
  David Cousins Mar. 15
  Richie Havens Mar. 30
  The Infamous Stringdusters: Apr. 4
  Spencer Davis Group w/t Joey Molland of Badfinger Apr 12
   
  The Kent Stage is located at 175 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio.  There is FREE parking behind the theater and on all city streets.  Advance tickets are available at Woodsy's Music and Spin-More Records in Kent, at www.kentstage.org or at 330-677-5005.  Tickets will also be available at the door.  Doors open one hour before concert.  If you have any questions please email us at info at kentstage.org or call 330-677-5005.  For more information: www.kentstage.org.
  
   


       
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