David Rawlings

David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and harmony singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. David attended the Berklee College of Music & studied with Guitar Professor, Lauren Passarelli. He is also 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 "The Dave Rawlings Machine". He... more

David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and harmony singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. David attended the Berklee College of Music & studied with Guitar Professor, Lauren Passarelli. He is also 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 "The 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... less