David Rawlings (American guitarist, singer and producer)

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member of:	Dave Rawlings Machine
romantically involved with:	Gillian Welch

studied at:	Berklee College of Music in Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

part of:	Paste: 100 Best Living Songwriters (number: 48) (order: 67)

purchase music for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id1579335 [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062848/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/255406 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001044717 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/david_rawlings [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001044717/ [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/01XgbvLicKQELx7NqHgi5G [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000185361 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4061 [info]
VIAF ID:	93521902 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3307843 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	All the Good Times are Past and Gone	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:54
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:37
	Poor Ellen Smith	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:30
	The Midnight Special	Dave Rawlings		Willie Watson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:15
	engineered
	Honey Now			Gillian Welch	1:52
	Miner’s Refrain			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Rock of Ages			Gillian Welch	3:08
	Whiskey Girl			Gillian Welch	4:15
	Wind and Rain			Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele	3:24
	instruments
2013-09-29	Four Strong Winds	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
2013-09-29	Man Named Truth	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:06
2013-09-29	Rock Salt & Nails	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Bob Neuwirth with Punch Brothers	4:46
2013-09-29	The Midnight Special	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Willie Watson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:15
2013-09-29	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?		guitar	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with Punch Brothers	3:32
	Acony Bell		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:06
	Annabelle		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:04
	Apache Tears (reprise)		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:57
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow		guitar	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (reprise)		acoustic guitar	Nancy Blake, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:29
	Barroom Girls		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:14
	Beulah Land		electric guitar	Gillian Welch	4:34
	Blind Admiration		guest and guitar family	The Latebirds	5:55
	Bodysnatchers	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	Butterfly		acoustic guitar	Barry Gibb feat. David Rawlings & Gillian Welch	3:43
	By the Mark		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:40
	Caleb Meyer		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:05
	Candy	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Cartoon Blues		guitar	Bright Eyes	3:54
	Classic Cars		guitar	Bright Eyes	4:19
	Drums		acoustic guitar	Norman & Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:00
	Good Til Now		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:56
	Honey Now		electric guitar and snare drum	Gillian Welch	1:52
	I Hear Them All		12 string guitar	Old Crow Medicine Show	3:05
	I Must Belong Somewhere		guitar	Bright Eyes	6:19
	I’m Not Afraid to Die		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:27
	Love Still Remains		acoustic guitar	Emmylou Harris	4:40
	Lua		guitar	Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch	5:54
	Make a Plan to Love Me		guitar	Bright Eyes	4:14
	Miner’s Refrain		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:57
	My Favourite Faded Fantasy		archtop guitar	Damien Rice	6:11
	My Good Gal		guitar	Old Crow Medicine Show	4:18
	My Morphine		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	5:52
	One More Dollar		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:35
	One Morning		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	2:42
	Only One and Only		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	5:34
	Orphan Girl		bass [6-string bass], electric guitar and synthesizer [Optigan]	Gillian Welch	3:57
	Paper Wings		acoustic guitar and electric guitar	Gillian Welch	3:58
	Pass You By		electric guitar	Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)	Dave Rawlings	mandolin	Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Rock of Ages		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:08
	Short Haired Woman Blues	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Tear My Stillhouse Down		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:33
	The Ballad of Ira Hayes		acoustic guitar	Kris Kristofferson w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:31
	The Last Pharaoh	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Talking Leaves		acoustic guitar	Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:12
	The Trip	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Vanishing Race		acoustic guitar	Rhiannon Giddens	6:15
	The Weekend	Dave Rawlings	guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	Trusty and True		archtop guitar	Damien Rice	8:09
	Wagon Wheel		guitar	Old Crow Medicine Show	3:53
	Whiskey Girl		electric guitar	Gillian Welch	4:15
	Winter’s Come and Gone		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	2:15
	instruments arranged
	Short Haired Woman Blues	Dave Rawlings	strings	Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	The Weekend	Dave Rawlings	strings	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	mixed
	Honey Now			Gillian Welch	1:52
	Miner’s Refrain			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Rock of Ages			Gillian Welch	3:08
	Whiskey Girl			Gillian Welch	4:15
	performed
1999-09-19	Hickory Wind			Gillian Welch	4:40
2013-09-29	The Way It Goes			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:31
	Ain't It Odd / Listen to the Animals			Hayes Carll, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Unknown Hinson, Rhett Miller, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, David Rawlings, Todd Snider, Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams	2:10
	Carefree Drifter			David Rawlings & Gillian Welch	0:49
	Katie Dear			The Chieftains feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:28
	Sin City			Steve Earle, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	?:??
	Wind and Rain			Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele	3:24
	produced
	Abandoned Love			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	All the Good Times are Past and Gone			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:54
	April the 14th, Part 1			Gillian Welch	5:10
	Big Time in the Jungle			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:50
	Black Haired Québécoise			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:53
	Bobcat Tracks			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:03
	Bodysnatchers	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	Candy	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Carefree Drifter			David Rawlings & Gillian Welch	0:49
	CC Rider			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:51
	Cocaine Habit			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:42
	Dear Someone			Gillian Welch	3:14
	Don't Ride That Horse			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:04
	Down Home Girl			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:48
	Elvis Presley Blues			Gillian Welch	4:54
	Everything Is Free			Gillian Welch	4:48
	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:37
	Ginseng Sullivan			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:43
	God's Got It			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:39
	Hard to Love			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:31
	Hard to Tell			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:15
	Heart Up in the Sky			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:44
	Hello in There			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	5:46
	I Dream a Highway			Gillian Welch	14:40
	I Hear Them All			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:05
	If You Know Time			Robyn Hitchcock	3:32
	Jackson			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:32
	James River Blues			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:07
	Let It Alone			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:01
	Minglewood Blues			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:51
	My First Lover			Gillian Welch	3:48
	My Good Gal			Old Crow Medicine Show	4:18
	New Virginia Creeper			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:21
	Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Poor Ellen Smith			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:30
	Poor Man			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:35
	Red Clay Halo			Gillian Welch	3:15
	Revelator			Gillian Welch	6:23
	Ruination Day, Part 2			Gillian Welch	2:37
	Señor			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	5:27
	Short Haired Woman Blues	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Take ’em Away			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:35
	Tear It Down			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:11
	Tell It to Me			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:48
	The Last Pharaoh	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Trip	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Weekend	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	Trials & Troubles			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:57
	Union Maid			Old Crow Medicine Show	2:36
	Wagon Wheel			Old Crow Medicine Show	3:53
	We’re All in This Together			Old Crow Medicine Show	4:51
	When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings			Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson	2:34
	Wind and Rain			Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele	3:24
	Y’all Come			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:26
	recording engineer for
	Abandoned Love	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	All the Good Times are Past and Gone	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:54
	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:37
	Ginseng Sullivan	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:43
	Hello in There	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	5:46
	Jackson	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:32
	Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
	Poor Ellen Smith	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:30
	Señor	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	5:27
	Y’all Come	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:26
	vocals
2010	Dear Avery		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	4:52
2010	Don’t Carry It All		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	4:17
2010	June Hymn		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	3:58
2013-09-29	Four Strong Winds	Dave Rawlings		Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
2013-09-29	Man Named Truth	Dave Rawlings		Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:06
2013-09-29	The Midnight Special	Dave Rawlings		Willie Watson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:15
2013-09-29	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with Punch Brothers	3:32
	Acony Bell			Gillian Welch	3:06
	Annabelle			Gillian Welch	4:04
	Apache Tears (reprise)			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:57
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (reprise)			Nancy Blake, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:29
	At Your Service		background vocals and guest	The Latebirds	4:25
	Beulah Land			Gillian Welch	4:34
	Bodysnatchers	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	By the Mark			Gillian Welch	3:40
	Caleb Meyer		background vocals	Gillian Welch	3:05
	Candy	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Down to the River to Pray		additional	Alison Krauss	2:56
	Drums		background vocals	Norman & Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:00
	Fifty Miles of Elbow Room		tenor vocals	James Alan Shelton	3:30
	Gold Watch and Chain		baritone vocals	Ralph Stanley feat. Gillian Welch	2:24
	Good Til Now		background vocals	Gillian Welch	3:56
	Honey Now		background vocals	Gillian Welch	1:52
	I’m Not Afraid to Die		background vocals	Gillian Welch	3:27
	Loretta (live, 2004)		guest	Norah Jones feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:22
	Love Still Remains		background vocals [harmony vocal]	Emmylou Harris	4:40
	Miner’s Refrain		background vocals	Gillian Welch	3:57
	My Morphine		background vocals	Gillian Welch	5:52
	One More Dollar			Gillian Welch	4:35
	One Morning		background vocals	Gillian Welch	2:42
	Only One and Only			Gillian Welch	5:34
	Orphan Girl			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pass You By			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pilgrim		background vocals	Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band	5:28
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Prairie Wedding			Mark Knopfler	4:27
	Rock of Ages		background vocals	Gillian Welch	3:08
	Short Haired Woman Blues	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Speedway at Nazareth			Mark Knopfler	6:23
	Tear My Stillhouse Down			Gillian Welch	4:33
	The Ballad of Ira Hayes		background vocals	Kris Kristofferson w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me		background vocals	Gillian Welch	4:31
	The Last Pharaoh	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Trip	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Weekend	Dave Rawlings		Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	Trusty and True		background vocals	Damien Rice	8:09
	Winter’s Come and Gone		background vocals	Gillian Welch	2:15
	artwork
	All the Good Times (2021 reissue)	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
	instruments
	Bringing Down the Horse		additional	The Wallflowers
	Bringing Down the Horse (Columbia House)		additional	The Wallflowers
	Heartbreaker		tambourine [throws tambourine]	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		electric guitar	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		acoustic guitar	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		banjo	Ryan Adams
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Spooked		guitar, organ, resonator guitar [dobro] and tambourine	Robyn Hitchcock
	Spooked		guitar, organ, resonator guitar [dobro] and tambourine	Robyn Hitchcock
	Time (The Revelator)		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch
	mastering
	All the Good Times (2021 reissue)	DR		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
	performed
	Heartbreaker		additional and guest	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		additional and guest	Ryan Adams
	produced
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Spooked			Robyn Hitchcock
	Spooked			Robyn Hitchcock
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	recording engineer for
	My Favourite Faded Fantasy		additional	Damien Rice
	vocals
	Heartbreaker			Ryan Adams
	Hell Among the Yearlings		background vocals	Gillian Welch
	Hell Among the Yearlings		background vocals	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		background vocals	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		background vocals	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		background vocals	Gillian Welch
	Spooked		background vocals	Robyn Hitchcock
	Spooked		background vocals	Robyn Hitchcock
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	arranged
	The Midnight Special (Rawlings/Watson)
	composed
	Dark Turn of Mind
	Dry Town
	Elvis Presley Blues
	Paper Wings
	When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings
	lyrics
	Dry Town
	Paper Wings
	When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings
	Wind and Rain		additional
	wrote
	455 Rocket
	Acony Bell
	April the 14th, Part 1
	Barroom Girls
	Bobcat Tracks
	Bodysnatchers	Dave Rawlings
	By the Mark
	Caleb Meyer
	Candy	Dave Rawlings
	Dear Someone
	Don't Ride That Horse
	Down Along the Dixie Line
	Everything Is Free
	God's Got It
	Good Til Now
	Hard Times ("hard times ain't gonna rule my mind")
	Honey Now
	I Dream a Highway
	I Hear Them All (David Todd Rawlings)
	I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
	I’m Not Afraid to Die
	It’s Too Easy Mañana
	James River Blues
	Look at Miss Ohio
	Lowlands
	Miner's Refrain
	My First Lover
	My Morphine
	New Favorite
	One More Dollar
	One Morning
	Only One and Only
	Pass You By
	Pilgrim (You Can’t Go Home)	Dave Rawlings
	Red Clay Halo
	Revelator
	Rock of Ages
	Ruination Day, Part 2
	Scarlet Town ("Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town...")
	Short Haired Woman Blues	Dave Rawlings
	Silver Dagger
	Six White Horses
	Tennessee
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me
	The Last Pharaoh	Dave Rawlings
	The Trip	Dave Rawlings
	The Way It Goes
	The Way It Will Be
	The Way the Whole Thing Ends
	The Weekend	Dave Rawlings
	To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
	Touch, Feel & Lose
	Wayside / Back in Time
	Whiskey Girl
	Winter's Come and Gone
	Wouldn’t Be So Bad

David Rawlings (American guitarist, singer and producer)

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