Loudons lifetime achievements Winnipeg Free Press [Video]

Loudon Wainwright III is not afraid to look mortality in the eyes.

On the song How Old Is 75? from his latest album, 2022’s Lifetime Achievement, the singer-songwriter examines his future demise, practically daring death to come for him in five years, while also pondering the death of his parents.

“I think about mortality all the time,” Wainwright says over the phone from New York City. “I have for most of, a lot of, my life. The first line on my first song (School Days) on my first record is, ‘In Delaware when I was younger.’

“I don’t know if fixation is the right word, but it’s a topic that interests me: the passing of time. It’s dealt with on this record, but also on a number of my other records.”

Lifetime Achievementfinds Wainwright, 76, in somewhat of a philosophical and sentimental mood. He covers themes — love, divorce and family — familiar to fans of his 50-plus-year career, …