Wainwright Iii Loudon - I'd Rather Lead A Band

Facts Vinyl LP pressing. Produced by Randall Poster and Stewart Lerman, I'd Rather Lead a Band finds Grammy Award-winning songwriter Loudon Wainwright III partnering up with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks for their take on some of the American songbook's finest classics. This album showcases a fresh side of LW3 with big band sounds and timeless songs from Irving Berlin, Cliff Friend, Lew Brown and other Tin Pan Alley contemporaries. I'd Rather Lead a Band is a collection of modern takes on timeless compositions from the American songbook spanning from the 1910s through 1950.