Wainwright wrote “Baby” about a love interest who was addicted to heroin, thus the lines: “If you bring along your needles, Then I'll bring my sharpened pencils”. The subject of this song is Danny, the same guy Wainwright wrote "Danny Boy" about. In a 2020 Songfacts interview, Rufus explained: "He ended up moving back home to Nova Scotia, where he's from. I think he has three or four kids now and a kind of fulsome life, which is good, because he was very much under threat when we were young in terms of drugs and alcohol. So, he survived - thankfully." W… read more
Wainwright wrote “Baby” about a love interest who was addicted to heroin, thus the lines: “If you bring along your needles, Then I'll bring my s… read more
Wainwright wrote “Baby” about a love interest who was addicted to heroin, thus the lines: “If you bring along your needles, Then I'll bring my sharpened pencils”. The subject of thi… read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family. His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (in which he also played a minor character), was nominated for the 1989… read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate…read more
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a chil… read more