This story is part of the September 14 edition of Sunday Life. See all 13 stories .

Musician Nikki Lane is best known for her four country albums, and for collaborating with close friends such as Lana Del Rey. Here, the 41-year-old discusses the important men in her life, including her traumatic upbringing with her grandfather and alcoholic father. Now, she has found love, with her English husband Wade, whom she married recently.

My maternal granddad , Cecil, worked as a film developer at Kodak in South Carolina and taught me how to develop film. He influenced my love of mountain and dulcimer music, and taught me about kindness.

I was raised by a single mother; Granddad was the one who got me into choir singing, so I would stay out of trouble. He was my hero. He died 10 years ago

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