title: T Shirt (album)
text: # T Shirt (album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Christgau's Record Guide | B+ |
  
  T Shirt is a 1976 album by Loudon Wainwright III. Unlike his earlier records, this (and the subsequent Final Exam) saw Wainwright adopt a full blown rock band (Slowtrain) - though there are acoustic songs on T Shirt, including a talking blues. According to Wainwright on the 2006 CD liner notes, it received a scathing review from Rolling Stone which depressed him so much he stayed in bed for five days. By the early 1990s, he disowned the album in a radio interview broadcast in Australia. However, by the time of the CD remaster (which included Final Exam) he admitted to a much more sympathetic view of the album(s), which he referred to as his 'puppies'.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated
  
  * "Bicentennial"
  * "Summer's Almost Over"
  * "Hollywood Hopeful" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Loudon Wainwright III)
  * "Reciprocity"
  * "At Both Ends"
  * "Wine with Dinner"
  * "Hey Packy" (George Gerdes)
  * "California Prison Blues"
  * "Talking Big Apple '75"
  * "Prince Hal's Dirge"
  * "Just Like President Thieu"
  * "Wine with Dinner (Night Cap)"
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Loudon Wainwright III - guitar, banjo, bells, vocals
  * Richard Davis - bass
  * Hank Jones - keyboards
  * David Sanborn - saxophone
  * Marvin Stamm - cornet, trumpet
  * Jimmy Maelen - congas
  * Elliott Randall - electric guitar
  * David Taylor - bass trombone
  * Eric Weissberg - banjo
  * Charles Brown III - electric guitar
  * Jeanie Arnold - vocals
  * Jon Cobert - piano
  * Joe Cocuzzo - drums
  * Kenny Kosek - violin
  * Richard Crooks - drums, spoons
  * John Crowder - bass
  * Ron Getman - steel guitar
  * Don Hammond - alto recorder
  * Jimmy Iovine - backing vocals
  * Peter La Barbera - vibraphone
  * John Lissauer - clarinet, arrangements
  * George Marge - recorder
  * Irwin "Marky" Markowitz - cornet, trumpet
  * Charlie Messing - guitar, vocals
  * Gwynne Michaels - backing vocals
  * Glen Mitchell - clavinet, electric piano, organ
  * Paul Prestopino, Maggie & Terre Roche - vocals
  * Christie Thompson - backing vocals
  * Stephen Tubin - organ, piano, synthesizer
  * Joanne Vent - backing vocals
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Jimmy Iovine - engineer, mixing
  * Benno Friedman - cover photography
  
  ## Release history
  
  * LP: Arista AL4063 (U.S.)
  * LP: Arista RTY127 (UK)
  * CD: Arcadia ACAD 8142 (2 CD with Final Exam (U.S. 2007)
  