Loudon Wainwright - Hank and Fred

[@AntoineMaloney]

One of Wainwright's most beautifully crafted lyrics; easy to tear up, still, listening to this. A pure distillation of emotion and history.

[@Stringman1950]

Now that’s how you write a song. Thanks lwiii.

[@wolfmanred1]

Some of life's coincidences are kind of amazing, but its even more amazing to have someone like Loudon write a song about it. Good job, Loudo.

[@williamzander4732]

Lived there and drove trucks and entering the city with that song and all of that area really put a piece of American in you and the fall of a great place and the last part of the song is incredible.

[@VTtom62]

Bob Edwards made me cry that day as well...

[@waterfordrs22]

Superb

[@henryedwards6408]

Another mini masterpiece from LWlll.

[@fredfat1606]

heartbreaking

[@MissCharlieYT]

This.

[@HiThereImFootloose]

That’s a great fuckin song but I’m confused why hank Williams is involved 🤷‍♀️

[@elliottkrumnow7563]

Same, it’s probably just coincidence that he visited hank’s grave the same day and felt like making the song honest.

[@seanbrown8831]

I believe the story goes that Loudon was filming the movie Big Fish in Montgomery, Alabama, and on a day off he and Steve Buscemi went to visit Hank Williams's grave when they heard the news Mr. Rogers died