Why read Liner Notes?

Book cover of Liner Notes: On Parents, Children, Exes, Excess, Decay & a Few More of My Favourite Things

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“This book is as candid, moving, and hilarious as Loudon Wainwright’s music.”
—Judd Apatow

"Wainwright is an engaging and witty memoirist."
—Wall Street Journal

Loudon Wainwright III, the son of esteemed Life magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr., is the patriarch of one of America’s great musical families. He is the…

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Timothy J. Shannon

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I took a deep dive into Wainwright’s music after seeing him in concert in February 2023. An old folkie, he writes with humor and emotional depth about family, love, and all sorts of human relationships. I decided to read his autobiography, and it did not disappoint.

Like his songs, it is confessional but with a consistently twisted sense of humor, and it exhibits a rare emotional depth for a music autobiography. It also offers occasional peeks into how the music business operates and how someone like Wainwright, who has not had a hit record in 50 years, manages to earn…

From Timothy's 3 favorite reads in 2023.