Loudon Wainwright III, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks

The McCallum Theatre writes:

In 2020, veteran singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III teamed up with Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks and recorded “I’d Rather Lead A Band,” a perfectly-paced supper-club set of songs by Irving Berlin, Fats Waller, Frank Loesser, and others. Their album was featured on Terry Gross’ NPR show “Fresh Air” and made it to a number of Top Ten lists. Wainwright performed with Giordano on Martin Scorsese’s 2004 movie “The Aviator” and on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” and both recently worked on Scorsese’ ...