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I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
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Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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