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Album of The Week; "Nashville Obsolete" by Dave Rawlings Machine (Patreon)

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2023-11-29 12:00:05
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Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch are one of the best modern day country music duos, and this album is one of many highlights. The writing, the lyrics, the harmonies and the guitar playing are all on the level 👌🏻

This is a very short album so I would certainly recommend listening to the whole thing, but a couple of stand out tracks would be "Short Haired Woman Blues" (the one linked above).

"The Last Pharaoh"; https://youtu.be/plzqJKXO64s?si=vTStNN9g7yG68dDi

"Bodysnatchers"; https://youtu.be/Stoh4w6jB9M?si=ob_jDNnyjTUtbETt

Any David Rawlings/Gillian Welch fans out there?.. let me know down in the comments! 🙏🏻

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Short Haired Woman Blues

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MarkF

Huge fan. Also like the album they recorded at home during lockdown and after their studio was wrecked by the hurricane “All the Good Times are Past and Gone” and “Boots no. 1” by Gillian Welch is killer. They are the real deal.

Zohar

Back in the nineties I saw Gillian welch preform with her Revival album and I clearly remember being absolutely awestruck by her guitar player - of whom I knew nothing at the time. I remember thinking that I've never seen someone playing the guitar as if it was an extension of their body before, it was truly mesmerizing. I later realized that I saw a 30~ year old Dave Rawlings. A couple of months later I got t o see David Drubbs doing a solo acoustic show, and I remember thinking that while Rawlings played the instrument as an extension of his body, Grubbs played it as an extension of his brain. if you guys know Grubs, you might know what I mean.

Eric Mintz

Yep, they are great. Saw them live in Atlanta's Variety Playhouse a few years ago. Great set, but it's a big theater and I missed the quiet intimacy in their recordeings that's hard to duplicate in live shows. (Not that I would pass up the chance to see them live again.). A while ago I worked on an arrangement of "The Way It Will Be" that had some chord inversions to it. Gillian Welch is a great songwriter and singer, and she is well grounded in "campfire chords", which works fine when David's playing lead, but in a solo piece a few choice chord inversions or substitutions can create more interesting harmonies.

Julian Gross

for my money she's the greatest singer/songwriter since Dylan. and of course Rawlings is a fantastic player and vocalist in his own right. One thing you don't hear that much about though is her guitar playing -- I think she's as good a rhythm player as there is in Americana. and with the duet setup they usually have, they couldn't be so compelling if the rhythm playing wasn't just as good as the leads. She's incredible

Alex Farran Guitar

Yeah man, she’s amazing for sure. They make the perfect team like you say 👌🏻

Alex Farran Guitar

That’s great Eric!.. would love to hear your arrangement of that tune! 👌🏻

Alex Farran Guitar

Very interesting observation my friend!.. and I do know exactly what you mean! It’s a whole different approach for sure. Sport vs Academia 🤪

Alex Farran Guitar

Nice one Mark 🍻 I love that record too. Crazy what happened with their studio! 😵

Eric Mintz

The verse has two chords: Gmsus4 and Cm7. For the Gmsus I use my third finger to play G on the low E string, pinky to play Bb on the G string, and index finger to play the C on the B string. I pick the low note with my thumb and use the three fingers to pluck the open D, and the G and B strings. (The open high E available for a dissonant 6th). For the Cm7 index bars the first fret from D to high E string, third finger moves down to the C on the A string, and pinky stays on the Bb on the G string. The melody oscillates between those two notes (C and Bb) (Gmsus "I lost you a while ago, [Cm7] but I still don't know why [Gmsus]..." ) on on the last word it goes to a G, which can be played open by moving the pinky to the E string. The end of the verse is [EbMa7] "Got to watch my back, [Dm7] now that you've turned me [G] around", followed by a Cm7 and Gmsus refrain (Cm7 "Got me walkin backwards, in my hometown [Gmsus]"). The chorus which starts with a Bb6 to EbMa7 and back, then a walk-up from Cm7 (different voicing) to Dm7 to EbMa7. The last line of the chorus starts with Cm7, to EbMa7, and ends with Bb, F, EMa7. And then it's onto the second verse. I like to play it on a nylon string acoustic for the natural resonance.

Alex Farran Guitar

Awesome, thanks for the recommendation Gideon.. I shall definitely check that out! I’ve always liked Kelly Joe Phelps 👍🏻

MarkF

Let’s fire this thread up again and I vote for another David Rawlings and Gillian Welch album “Woodland Studios” it’s authentic and solid top to bottom