[peel] Loudon Wainwright fans - BBC 4 TV this week

[Philip Edwards]

Thanks for that Paul.
In spite of my preference of the mainly weird in music.
His "Motel Blues" is probably one of my favourite tracks of all
time. A beautiful and poignant song which served as a soundtrack to some
bouts of mooching around my bedroom after being dumped and a couple of
episodes of unrequieted love in my youth.

Phil
On 27 September 2010 14:10, Paul Webster <paul@...> wrote:

>
>
> Singer-Songwriter evening on BBC 4 coming up.
> While not to everyone's taste - there is quite a lot of LWIII.
>
> Songwriters' Circle On: BBC 4 Friday 1st October 2010 22:00 to 23:00
> Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright.
> Filmed at London's intimate Bush Hall, singer-songwriters Richard Thompson,
> Suzanne Vega and Loudon Wainwright perform
> their classics, chat about their work and collaborate musically. Thompson
> performs songs from his 40-year solo career
> like I Feel So Good and Vincent Black Lightning, Vega reprises songs that
> made her name such as Marlene on the Wall and
> Luka, while Wainwright reaches into his catalogue for songs like Be Careful
> There's a Baby in the House and One Man Guy.
>
> Followed by a repeat of
>
> BBC Four Sessions On: BBC 4 Saturday 2nd October 2010 00:00 to 01:00
> Loudon Wainwright III.
> Series of unique concerts featuring musicians from around the world. Loudon
> Wainwright III plays tracks from his latest
> album Here Come The Choppers alongside such classics as One Man Guy and
> Hard Day on the Planet to an enthusiastic
> audience. Footage shot during his recent British tour is at once hilarious
> and moving, revealing a complex and talented
> character who has spent decades turning everyday personal matters into
> public art.
>
> All preceded by
>
> Singer-Songwriters at the BBC On: BBC 4 Friday 1st October 2010 21:00 to
> 22:00
> Compilation which unlocks the BBC vaults to explore the burgeoning
> singer-songwriter genre that exploded at the dawn of
> the 1970s and became one of the definining styles of that decade. Featuring
> Elton John, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Harry
> Nilsson, Sandy Denny, Steve Goodman, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Judee Sill,
> Jackson Browne, Neil Diamond, Tim Hardin,
> Joan Armatrading and Tom Waits, as well as more commercial hits from the
> likes of Terry Jacks and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
>
> Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from
> http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=17774
> Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
>
> As for much of BBC 4 ... there are repeats of a lot of this over the
> following days (nights).
>
> Paul Webster
> 
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