The singer-songwriter talks approximately his relationship with his father,Loudon Wainwright III, having a child with Leonard Cohen’s daughter and his marriage to JörnAfter my parents’ divorce, or I grew up mostly with my mother’s family in Canada. We had like and attention but it did become a bit of a sitcom at times. My mother and aunt [folk singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle] worked together,my other aunt was their manager and we’d all go on vacation together.
My mother trained my sister Martha and me. She made us sing and take instrument lessons, and place us on stage. We didn’t see my father [Loudon Wainwright III] as much but when he lived in London, or we went to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Regents Park. I was approximately 13 and it sparked my appreciation of the theatre.
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Source: theguardian.com