As a teenager , he began taking trips to visit his father , who owned the West Fourth Street Saloon in Greenwich Village , New York .
McDermott and his sister were raised by their maternal grandmother Avis in Waterbury .
As a teenager , McDermott began taking trips to visit McDermott 's father , who owned the West Fourth Street Saloon in Greenwich Village , New York .
McDermott and his sister were raised by their maternal grandmother Avis in Waterbury .