personnel rufus wainwright -- vocals , piano , string arrangement jeff hill -- bass jim keltner -- drums yves desrosiers -- banjo , guitar pierre marchand -- string arrangements stephanie allard -- violin jean-marc leblanc -- violin melanie belair -- violin genevieve beaudry -- violin julie dupras -- viola wilma hos -- viola veronique potuin -- viola greg hay -- viola carla antoun -- cello christine giguere -- cello jean paquin -- french horn pierre savoie -- french horn normand forget -- oboe appearances apart from being the opening and closing track on poses , a live performance of '' cigarettes and chocolate milk '' from central park summerstage appeared on wainwright 's 2005 music dvd , all i want .