(As published in the Times of Acadiana ... )
Loudon Wainwright III![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-eZAVToSGivnHdzmhis26QJ-TpuB57R1HzLq_K_v74-O59pzeyeg7QqrixfL2O9XW9lqL2Ys81Ko2dJ_rdJrXnhCppjfkBfXum1FoF9rmXgjJ_-BDNISAtsr0VoDvuyLr4x8ceOz6ntS/s200/Loudon+Wainwright+-+So+Damn+Happy.bmp)
So Damn Happy
(Sanctuary)
The quibbles: without “I Wish I Was a Lesbian” this live-in-California set falls short of functioning as an ideal summary of Wainwright’s last decade. And including “Westchester County” for the second live album in a row is as redundant as the semi-big-name cameos (Van Dyke Parks, Richard Thompson) are beside the point. The album has a life of its own, though, like almost every other Wainwright album of the last thirty years: only hurting when it laughs, only laughing when it hurts, laughing till it cries, and facing up to more truth than humankind can bear. Rating: Three-and-a-half career moves out of five.
Loudon Wainwright III
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-eZAVToSGivnHdzmhis26QJ-TpuB57R1HzLq_K_v74-O59pzeyeg7QqrixfL2O9XW9lqL2Ys81Ko2dJ_rdJrXnhCppjfkBfXum1FoF9rmXgjJ_-BDNISAtsr0VoDvuyLr4x8ceOz6ntS/s200/Loudon+Wainwright+-+So+Damn+Happy.bmp)
So Damn Happy
(Sanctuary)
The quibbles: without “I Wish I Was a Lesbian” this live-in-California set falls short of functioning as an ideal summary of Wainwright’s last decade. And including “Westchester County” for the second live album in a row is as redundant as the semi-big-name cameos (Van Dyke Parks, Richard Thompson) are beside the point. The album has a life of its own, though, like almost every other Wainwright album of the last thirty years: only hurting when it laughs, only laughing when it hurts, laughing till it cries, and facing up to more truth than humankind can bear. Rating: Three-and-a-half career moves out of five.
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