''Grown Man'' is an album by the American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on October 2, 1995, on Virgin Records. The release is generally considered less stark and somewhat more humorous that its predecessor, '' History''. ''Grown Man'' contains a song addressed to his daughter,

Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums. Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III a ...

, titled "Father/Daughter Dialogue", on which they duet.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated #"The Birthday Present" #"Grown Man" #"That Hospital" #"Housework" #"Cobwebs" #"A Year" #"Father/Daughter Dialogue" #"1994" #"I.W.I.W.A.L.(I Wish I Was a Lesbian)" #"Just A John" #"I Suppose" #"Dreaming" #"The End Has Begun" #"Human Cannonball" #"Treasure Untold" (

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...

, Ellsworth T. Cozzens)

Personnel

*Loudon Wainwright III - guitar, vocals *Dom Cortese -

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

*Richard Crooks - drums *Steve Gaboury - organ, accordion *John Kaye - percussion *Randy Landau - bass * Jeffrey Lesser - percussion, Jew's harp, vocals *

David Mansfield David Mansfield (born September 13, 1956) is an American musician and composer. Mansfield was raised in Leonia, New Jersey. His father, Newton Mansfield was a first violinist in the New York Philharmonic. David played guitar, pedal steel guitar ...

- bouzouki,

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

, guitar,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, pedal steel, electric & slide guitar *Chaim Tannenbaum -

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

, vocals *

- vocals on "Father/Daughter Dialogue" * Mike Kappus - executive producer

Release history

*CD: Virgin CDV2789

References

{{Authority control Loudon Wainwright III albums 1995 albums Virgin Records albums