Good friends always help each other. Dave Rawlings always plays and writes on 's records and Welch does the same the other way around. The fact that Gillian Welch is much more famous than Dave Rawlings does not change that. It's a shame that Dave Rawlings isn't that popular, but it doesn't really seem to bother the Rhode Island songwriter. In any case, Rawlings is not doing his best to please a
… large audience. For example, a song like The Trip continues for no less than 11 (!) Minutes. Like a real troubadour, Rawlings gives half-telling half-singing account of a lost love. The painful second voice of Gillian Welch makes this song a real tear jumper. Rawlings' voice is sometimes reminiscent of and at other times of . Like these giants, Dave Rawlings is a stubborn mind who makes his own plan. Nashville Obsolete, for example, was recorded in full analog. Fortunately, because that gives this roots music absolute added value. (PdK)more
