The song that changed my life
My mom was Kate McGarrigle, who formed folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle with my aunt. My dad is the folk singer Loudon Wainwright III. They were only married for five years, but wrote songs about each other and about my older brother Rufus and I. My dad wrote Five Years Old about missing my fifth birthday. That changed my life. Sometimes it’s easier to apologise in music than in person.
The song I can no longer listen to
Recently, I’m upset that I can’t listen to Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, because the Luke Combs country version has ruined it for me.
