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Today's Song: Going to a Town by Rufus Wainwright

I thought I would point out this song by Rufus Wainwright simply because I know that typographer likes him and because it's one of the free downloads from KEXP's Song of the Day podcasts. It was their song of the day on 4/24/07 so it may not be up for much longer. You can download it from the above link or from iTunes at Podcasts/Music/KEXP Song of the Day. This is just Rufus and the piano, it's a much more bare, stripped-down version compared to the album version.

You can also hear it on his myspace page.

Going to a Town (Youtube video)

Rufus is the son of singer Loudon Wainwright III, who at one time was said to be "the next Bob Dylan". Of course, there were a lot of "next Bob Dylans" to come along, and none of them ever became Bob Dylan. Loudon's had a fine career as a singer-songwriter, but will probably always suffer in that his biggest hit of all time was hardly Dylanesque, or really displayed his talents as a great singer-songwriter much at all. It was the novelty hit Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road. (The link is a really crappy homemade video, but this is the Louden Wainwright III version of the song).

Rufus's mother is Canadian singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle. His sister is singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright. His father also had a daughter with singer Suzzy Roche of the group The Roches, and that daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche, is also a singer-songwriter. Guess it runs in the family. ^_^ (Loudon does have a third daughter, Lexie Kelly, who has apparently not gone into the music business, at least not yet....)