Gillian Welch

One of the most prolific country folk songwriters alive today, and she's still relatively unknown which is amazing. You may recognize her voice from her contribution to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. This thursday at The Troubadour in Los Angeles she will be accompanying her longtime songwriter and harmonizer Dave Rawlings and his first ever headlining slot as a front man as The Dave Rawlings Machine. Rawlings alone is a tremendous songwriter who has helped boost notable acts such as Old Crow Medicine Show and Ryan Adams to fame, but when he and Gillian perform together, magic happens. Just watch the video. 

Missed Opportunities: Dave Rawlings Machine

***Missed Opportunities is a chance for us to showcase albums of the previous year that somehow went by our radar***

You might not know Dave Rawlings but you may know some of the artists he has collaborated with such as Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show and Ryan Adams. This longtime producer/songwriter/ and background singer finally put out an album under his own name in 2009. A Friend of a Friend may be primarily made up of covers, yet is it a cover when he was the original writer of most of these songs? Dave Rawlings Machine is currently touring the west coast now, and will be making a stop at The Troubadour in LA on Feb 4th. I will be there for sure, will you?

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