Loudon Wainwright III: Attempted Moustache (Columbia)
Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 3 January 1974
MOST PEOPLE seem to think Loudon Wainwright III is some kind of a folksinger, about halfway between Bob Dylan and Martin Mull in the general scheme of things. Actually, he's a lot closer to Jack Benny at least as far as folksingers are concerned.
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