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Jun 2018
45m 42s

Loudon Wainwright III on Tokyo Story

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Loudon Wainwright III is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, as well as a part-time actor. Loudon was kind enough to sit with Chuck backstage before a performance to talk about music, movies, family, life and what is was like in San Francisco in the Summer of '68. Listen in as they crush on the deeply meditative Japanese film from 1953, Tokyo Story. 

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