It must be hard being the unsung hero of a duo, even more so when you don't even share top billing. But that's exactly how Dave Rawlings likes it. For those in the know, he his an essential part - one half even - of Gillian Welch. I know it's confusing, but Gillian Welch (the person) is also part of Gillian Welch (the recording artist). Huh? And Dave Rawlings is an essential part of anything that Gillian Welch (the recording artist) produces. In fact they are a duo in all but name. And a very good one at that.
'A Friend of a Friend' confuses things a little further - Gillian Welch (the person) also shares some of the writing credits and performs on the songs. Dave Rawlings had, in past interviews, joked that these songs weren't good enough for a Gillian Welch album so they thought they might as well see the light of day as a Dave Rawlings release.
With tracks such as 'Ruby', 'I Hear Them All' and the fun 'Monkey And The Engineer' I'm not sure he's right. Even if he was joking.
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