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| Caption = Rainn playing the bongos with Rivers Cuomo] | | Caption = Rainn playing the bongos with [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Birth name = Rainn Dietrich Wilson | | Birth name = Rainn Dietrich Wilson | ||
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| Active = | | Active = [[1993]]–present | ||
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| URL = [https://www.instagram.com/rainnwilson/?hl=en Instagram] | | URL = [https://www.instagram.com/rainnwilson/?hl=en Instagram] | ||
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'''Rainn Wilson''' is an actor best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on The Office. | |||
==Weezer connection== | |||
Rainn Wilson would meet with [[Rivers Cuomo]] on [[January 22]], [[2009]], with the intention to interview him for his website Soul Pancake. Cuomo was recording songs for a Sirius AltNation takeover event, so Wilson jokingly suggested he play bongos on the song they're recording. Rivers was receptive to this idea, and let him play on the track, a cover of "[[One of Us]]" by Joan Osbourne.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wamaD7GK0o</ref>A clip from the session was released on Soul Pancake in March 2009.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090312074249/http://www.soulpancake.com/view_post/204928/sneak-peak-rainn-vs-rivers.html</ref> | |||
After this session he would interview Cuomo, released on [[April 24]], [[2009]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090426052522/http://www.soulpancake.com/view_post/255889/the-rivers-cuomo-interview-weezer-frontman-dishes-on-meditation-kiss-and-bad-breath.html</ref> | |||
Wilson would later name [[Weezer]]'s seventh album ''[[Raditude]]''. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* ''[[Raditude]]'' | *''[[Raditude]]'' | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Actors]] | [[Category:Actors]] | ||
[[Category:People who have sat in with Weezer]] | [[Category:People who have sat in with Weezer]] | ||