# Band members whose sons have joined Dad's band. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009 "2013-02-11T19:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/41 "2013-02-12T16:12:53Z")
[Van Morrison singing with his daughter, Shana.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLAsW_y_PNQ) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/42 "2013-02-12T17:26:19Z")
Lucy Wainwright Roche occasionally performs and records [with her mother Suzzy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGRxR1MVNk0) and her father Loudon Wainwright III. Loudon recently released “Older than My Old Man Now,” with contributions by [Lucy, and his other kids Martha and Rufus Wainwright.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trAGiqzvAII) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/43 "2013-02-12T17:35:32Z")
Martha & Rufus Wainwright often performed with their mother, the late Kate McGarrigle. Usually with their aunt, Anna McGarrigle… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/44 "2013-02-12T18:23:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > One obvious example of a parent/child act is the Judds, mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna. I’ll accept that. But they started out together as a duo. I was primarily looking for descendants who were either not yet born or very young children at the time their parent was a well-established performer. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/45 "2013-02-12T18:24:45Z")
Steve Earle’s son Justin is a relatively successful musician now, but he’s toured as part of his dad’s band in the past. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/46 "2013-02-12T22:30:44Z")
I caught an episode of Gene Simmon’s reality show (don’t judge) and Gene’s son talked his way into playing with Kiss to drum up fans for his own band. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/47 "2013-02-13T04:52:19Z")
Max Weinberg’s son, Jay, filled in for his dad during parts of Springsteen’s Working on a Dream tour in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009/48 "2013-02-13T07:30:34Z")
Patti Smith’s son Jackson plays guitar in her band. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-members-whose-sons-have-joined-dads-band/650009.md?page=2)