Daily Dot: Ron Sexsmith

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Daily Dot: Ron Sexsmith

On Jan. 8, 1964, Ron Sexsmith was born. When I was younger, I was wondering who would get tagged as the musical voice of my generation. It's taken a while, but I would be hard pressed to name much of a field that would best Sexsmith's songwriting.

Jan 8, 2006 7:08:00 PM | Daily Dot, Music, Ron Sexsmith

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