Loudon Wainwright IIIAttempted Mustache

Wainwright's 1973 album, the follow-up to his novelty hit 'Dead Skunk.' Produced by Bob Johnston (Bob Dylan's Highway 61, Leonard Cohen's Songs from a Room) at Ray Stevens Sound Lab in Nashville. 'The Swimming Song' became a deceptively simple summer standard. 'The Man Who Couldn't Cry' is a darkly comic tall tale Johnny Cash later covered. Kate McGarrigle plays banjo. Sardonic, confessional folk that's honest, funny, and emotionally naked.