Win Butler
Early life
Butler was born in Truckee, California, and raised in The Woodlands, Texas, with a Latter-Day Saint upbringing. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before his brother Will) was born.
Early life
His father, Edwin Farnham Butler II, worked as a geologist for oil conglomerate Halliburton in Houston, Texas. His mother, Liza Rey, who performed on the family TV show, The King Family Show, plays jazz harp and sings. Butler's parents currently live on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Butler's maternal grandfather was jazz steel guitarist Alvino Rey, a pioneer bandleader whose career spanned eight decades. His maternal grandmother, Luise, was a member of The King Sisters, who starred in a weekly variety program on ABC called The King Family Show.
Early life
At the age of 15, Butler started attending the Phillips Exeter Academy preparatory school in New Hampshire, where he lived in Abbot Hall). After graduation, he studied photography and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, but left after a year.
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