David Rawlings

David Rawlings
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch performing in 2006
Background information
Origin	North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
Genres	Bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old time, folk, American Primitivism
Instruments	Singing, guitar
Associated acts	Dave Rawlings Machine, Gillian Welch
Website	http://www.daverawlingsmachine.com/
Notable instruments
1935 Epiphone Olympic Guitar

David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch.

David attended the Berklee College of Music and studied with guitar professor Lauren Passarelli.

He is known in his own right as a producer, having produced Welch and bands such as Old Crow Medicine Show. He has recently performed under the billing of "Dave Rawlings Machine". He has also contributed to the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga, the Ryan Adams album Heartbreaker (which opens with "Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey"), and the Robyn Hitchcock album Spooked.

Rawlings co-wrote the tracks "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)" and "Touch, Feel and Lose", with Ryan Adams.

David Rawlings achieves his signature guitar sound flatpicking a small archtop guitar. The 1935 Epiphone Olympic that has been his primary instrument was a mid-priced guitar for its time, with a carved arched solid sprucewood top, carved arched solid mahogany back and mahogany sides.^[1] It sold for about $35 in 1935.^[2] The guitar's lower bout measures 13 5/8 inches wide, and it has three piece f-holes.^[1]

The Dave Rawlings Machine album A Friend of a Friend was released on November 17, 2009. Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself. Co-writers and musicians on the album include Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.^[3]

Discography

• Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend (November 2009 · Acony Records)

Album appearances

• Also see Gillian Welch Discography
• Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins (2009 · Nonesuch Records)
• The Whispertown 2000 - Swim (2008 · Acony Records)
• Bright Eyes - Four Winds (2007 · Saddle Creek)
• Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007 · Saddle Creek)
• Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked (2004)
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)
• Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002)
• Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)
• Ani DiFranco - Swing Set (2000)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} 1934 Epiphone sales catalog
2. ^ David Rawlings' guitars, Acoustic Guitar Central
3. ^ Graff, Gary (September 29, 2009). "Dave Rawlings Steps Into Spotlight With 'A Friend Of A Friend'". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/news/dave-rawlings-steps-into-spotlight-with-1004016758.story#/news/dave-rawlings-steps-into-spotlight-with-1004016758.story. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 

External links

• David Rawlings on Myspace
• David Rawlings and Gillian Welch NPR Tiny Desk Concert Video
• David Rawlings on PBS NewsHour

Persondata
Name	Rawlings, David
Alternative names	Butch Hobson
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