Loudon Wainwright III honors Charlie Poole with double album

Loudon Wainwright III will release a two-disc tribute to Charlie Poole this summer that examines the life of the country music pioneer. "High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project," scheduled to hit retailers Aug. 25, features songs from Poole's repertoire plus new tunes written about his life as a bootlegger, banjo picker, amateur baseball player, drinker, rambler, gambler and textile mill worker, according to a press release. Poole, who died at the age of 39, was not a songwriter; his rec...

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