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He's shy, he's unfit for army service and his name is L Wainwright III

Rosalind Russell, Disc and Music Echo, 15 May 1971

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT is the archetype all-American boy. He looks like Trampas from The Virginian complete with fair fair and freckles. He even played baseball when he was a kid and now he's older he doesn't revolt against his country. He's pretty happy at the moment and perhaps that's because he wasn't drafted — he was found to be unfit for army service.

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