Audio Mixer: Alex Venguer.
Liner Note Author: Loudon Wainwright III.
Recording information: 2nd Story Sound, NYC, NY (01/2010-10/2011); Temple Records Studio, Temple, Scotland (01/2010-10/2011); The Sound Company, London, UK (01/2010-10/2011); Ultratone Studio, Studio City, CA (01/2010-10/2011); Water Music, Hoboken, NJ (01/2010-10/2011).
Photographers: Ross Halfin; Jeff Fasano; Aiyana Elliott; Loudon Wainwright III; Martha Wainwright.
Arrangers: Dick Connette; Loudon Wainwright III.
Loudon Wainwright III's Older Than My Old Man Now is his take on a memoir, told in 15 songs. Here he attempts to sum up his tangled family history, three marriages and his relationships to each of his children -- all of four of them make appearances on the album, as do two of their three mothers, Suzzy Roche and Ritamarie Kelly. Also included are recitations from the writings of his late father, a Life magazine columnist, and the only song ever co-written with former wife, the late Kate McGarrigle. Other guests include Chris Smither, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Scofield, and Dame Edna Everage.
Rolling Stone (p.79) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a saga filled with Oedipal tension and fraught love....It's riveting stuff; here's hoping the story doesn't end for a long time."
Q (Magazine) (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "There's a nice streak of self-deprecation running through most of it, as Wainwright contemplates his past marriages..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]mid the thoughts of ultimate demise, the creative juices never cease to flow."
Uncut (magazine) (p.83) - "A big-hearted album....A warm and hilarious meditation on mortality..."
