Loudon Wainwright III

A fan since the 70s! Not disappointed, great concert! His daughter ,Lucy, and her mother joined in and were also amazing.

I have been a Wainwright fan since 1978, yet had never seen him live until Saturday night. Was not disappointed. Plus now I'm a big Dar Williams fan, too. Great show. Great venue. A great way for my wife and I to celebrate our 23rd anniversary.

Loudon Wainwright at the intimate and acoustically superior Variety Playhouse delivered a superb evening of entertainment. No formal introduction for Loudon, he simply slipped out from behind the curtain waved and grinned at everyone and stepped up to the mike and said hello. Tuning his acoustic guitar and conversing with the audience as if we were all in his living room. Doing tunes that range from melancholy to down right hilarious all with perfect timing, melody and vocal pitch. Older than My Old Man, High Wide and Handsome and Daughter to name a few. Oh yea, Dead Skunk, dedicated to one of the audience members late father was just one of many highlights. In a nutshell, if Loudon comes your way, don't miss him. Oh yes Heather Luttrell was a very good opening act, superb vocalist.

We had a wonderful experience at the concert by these two folkrock legends. Both songwriters/musicians were at the top of their game and gave us very strong performances. Thompson's guitar wizardry, as always, was just stunning! Both stars were very personable, and the "clown prince" of folkrock music, Loudon, blessed us with his offbeat sense of humor between, and often in, his songs.