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Artist | Loudon Wainwright III
Title | Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)
Genre | Folk/Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 48:09
Label | Proper Records Store | 2014
Catalog | PRPCD122 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 224 kbps Size | 81.47 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Brand New Dance 3:35
02. Spaced 3:56
03. In A Hurry 5:16
04. Depression Blues 3:48
05. The Morgue 1:54
06. Harmless 3:35
07. Man & Dog 3:56
08. Harlan County 3:05
09. I Knew Your Mother 2:57
10. Looking At The Calendar 3:15
11. I'll Be Killing You This Christmas 3:34
12. God & Nature 3:28
13. Haven't Got The Blues (Yet) 3:24
14. Last Day Of The Year 2:26
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Loudon Wainwright III grew up in the town of Bedford in wealthy Westchester
County north of New York City, the son of Loudon S. Wainwright, Jr., a
writer and editor at Life magazine and a direct descendant of colonial
governor Peter Stuyvesant. Wainwright became a folk singer/songwriter in
the late '60s, singing humorous and nakedly honest autobiographical songs.
Signed to Atlantic Records, he recorded "Album I" (1970) and "Album II"
(1971), accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, before switching to
Columbia Records, for which he made the folk-rock "Album III" (1972), which
featured the Top 40 novelty hit "Dead Skunk". "Attempted Mustache" (1973)
and the half-live "Unrequited" (1975) did not continue that commercial
success, though Wainwright's humor and engaging stage persona made him a
cult figure and a concert favorite.
Twenty-six albums in, Loudon Wainwright's signature is etched even more
deeply into the American songsmith grain on "Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)".
Voiced in blues, roots, rock, country, folk, and even swing-jazz, his
funny, biting, often tender observations of the four D's - decay, death,
depression, and drinking - are all present, as are his dog Harry's
unwelcome gifts, love in old age, and subjects that, as usual, engage
questionable taste. Working once more with producer and longtime musical
cohort David Mansfield and a wide array of musicians including horn and
wind players, daughter Lucy Wainwright and the ubiquitous Aiofe O'Donovan
also appear on backing vocals. The vintage '50s-style rock & roll of "Brand
New Dance" kicks the set off: 'There's a new dance craze sweeping the
land/First you get outta bed then you attempt to stand...Now here's the
hard part, here's the bad news/You got to bend over and put on your
shoes...'. "Spaced," a klezmer tune about alternate side-street parking,
features a fine clarinet solo by Doug Wieselman and accordion by Andy
Burton. "In a Hurry" is one of those great, empathic Wainwright songs.
Played by a trio with Mansfield and Burton, its speaking subject is a
pauper who addresses a businessman in a train station. He expresses his
sympathy and lets him know he wouldn't trade worlds -- or troubles -- with
him.
Blues makes its presence known in "Depression Blues" (the back cover
photograph of "Freud Lemon Jefferson" illustrates the song's subject; it's
so hilarious it needs to be witnessed). Western Swing frames "The Morgue,"
a black-humored last laugh from a broken heart. Country and folk inhabit
the center of the album on three excellent tunes - "Harmless" (written by
the late songwriter Michael Marra), "Man & Dog," and "Harlan County." "I
Knew Your Mother" is a birthday song - presumably for Lucy, who sings
backup - and is refreshingly honest about his relationship with his late
ex-wife Kate McGarrigle. "I'll Be Killing You This Christmas" is a lithe
swing tune with a deeply critical view of the NRA's propaganda war
following the Newtown shootings. O'Donovan and bajo master Tony Trischka
aid on the bluesy, beautifully written country-gospel in "God & Man." The
set winds down with the droll jazz-blues of the title track - which names
the cover photograph's subject, sad clown Emmett Kelly. Finally, "Last Day
of the Year" is an old-world saloon song. It's poignant in summoning the
autumnal subjects of earlier tracks on HGTB(Y), and suggests that
Wainwright accepts, with grudging respect, the aging process and what it
entails, but he's still looking forward to new beginnings, however
bittersweet.
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