Live In Europe e17b2d6c-9449-4d53-9cb2-ee5b221f28f6 36a3996e-7206-4b2c-92f6-3865f4675bd0 Dudley S. Taft (born July 4, 1966, Washington, D.C.) is an American musician. Taft is a blues/rock musician who fronts the Dudley Taft Band and was a songwriting member of Seattle band Sweet Water and member and chief songwriter of Seattle, Washington-based rock band Second Coming. He is the great-great-grandnephew of United States President William Howard Taft. 01/01/2016