my name is rufus. he said, your name is not rufus.ur name is rufus, i am michael jackson. tavis: i think most brothers only know a couple of rufuses. i grew up in a church and my minister's name was rufus. i grew up with a minister everyday named rufus and here you come. the new project is out now and we are glad to have you on the program. you are going to perform for us. >> i will do one side. tavis: here we go, we can all judge. how music and shakespeare go together, courtesy of rufus wainwright. stay with us, we are back with a rufus in just a moment. from his critically acclaimed cd, here is rufus wainwright, performing a woman's face. good night and keep the faith. ♪ >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> for more information on today's show, visit pbs.org. tavis: join me next time for oscar winning producer jon landau. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. nationwide insurance is proud to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles

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information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time for conversation with rufus yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question in every answer, nor inationwide insurans removing obstacles to economic empowerment. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> be [rocking blues music] ♪ (raggs) ♪ pawsuuup, everybody ♪ diddy-do-wah-day ♪ the raggs kids club band is coming down your way ♪ ♪ we got a song to sing ♪ we got something to say ♪ the raggs kids club band ♪ can you come out to play? ♪ ♪ razzles makes us dazzle ♪ she's our go-to girl ♪ pido keeps the beat while he catches a curl ♪ ♪ b.max writes the tunes that raggs and trilby sing ♪ ♪ so come along and sing your song ♪ ♪ it's a happening thing yeah! ♪ pawsuuup, everybody ♪ diddy-do-wah-day ♪ the raggs kids club band is coming down your way ♪ ♪ we got a song to sing ♪ we got something to say ♪ th