Look At Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings -BBC4 Sessions

[GravesGoneDigital]

Man David Rawlings is a machine. What more can you say? That tasty lick at the end there just puts a period on the end of a beautiful sentence. And if possible, says something more about this song's theme that just can't be put into words. Its like he crafts an epiloge that perfectly punctuates Gillian Welch' classic song lyrics.

[zero3697]

What kind of guitar is David Rawlings playing?

[toddallenhooper]

@zero3697 It's an old Epiphone archtop. He has reportedly had a lot of "work" done on it to make it sound the way he wanted, for what that's worth.

[ThePoonce]

8 people suck at life and wouldn't know good music if Dave Rawlings bashed them over the top of their stupids heads with his gibons g-35

[willowbark21]

dont come to a gillian welch video to talk about Miranda Lambert

[bolivar1011]

I want to know which 8 assholes come across gold like this and dislike it. What are they thinking?

[lilnich1]

she is a goddess.

[Mauldinian]

flawless

[MissMakaylaDanielle2]

Miranda's version is fantastic, just as well as the original. Miranda, who is my idol said, "If you an't make it better than the original, then make it your own" and that's exactly what she did! Love the song!

[joelovesfamily]

just heard this song on miranda lambert's new CD four the Record. pretty good!

[TheGAK62]

O!!!  H!!!

[TheGAK62]

I!!!  O!!!

[music996ify]

This is great shit!

[KKTrickyStick]

Miranda Lambert got me here . Of corse, as they say the original is usually better than the copy, but they both sing it fantasticly. :)

[madpie109]

I heard Miranda Lambert's cover of this tune on NPR yesterday . A truly awful rendition of a classic original.

[Marcrates]

I would argue that Dave Rawlings is one of the greatest guitar players of all time.

[tnguyen206]

the guy at the back of the stage on the right is hella creepy wtf who is he

[debunker300]

Gillian and David just performed this as their opening song on Austin City Limits the other night....it's as great a song now as it was 8 years ago.

[Shakey719]

You know what would be great? If Gillian would marry me. I declare my love to G.W., and if I could outplay Rawlings, I would challenge him to a duel for her musical heart... (also, I'm really drunk, and have a drinking problem...might affect my late night youtube postings...)

[ruebuscm]

@Shakey719 Haha :)

[Shakey719]

Oh, my God... The best thing humankind has ever done, or Jesus or your mom, has ever done.

[minniemile2]

I haven't been this in love with music in a long long time.

[scratchedguitar]

Who could like actually possible not like this

[dpeach4]

geez 3:34....

[citizenpat1]

so, so good

[centralsquaresweetie]

Amazing. Perfect.  Wonderful.

[longjonwhite]

Back again, 'cos I just fuckin LOVE this. Must be a right bastard retrieving dropped plectrums out of those little "f" sound holes. (Yeah, I know they wouldn't go in so easy, and that David is probably less prone to dropping them than me...)

[alisterhrae27]

4 dislikes? No ears, no taste, don't understand music, at any level, sweet Jesus, save us from musical morons!

[TheJebling]

Just fantastic. This is such a good song to just chill to.

[longjonwhite]

Can't get enough of this ... Just heard the album version and it's fine, but this totally blows it away. So much expression in lovely Gillian's voice here and David's killer licks are not on the original. It has some kinda dobro or other slide instead, nowhere near as hot as this. Play it AGAIN !

[longjonwhite]

We Love 'em ! We even shaggin to this!

[elic13]

David Rawlings plays a 1935 Epiphone "Olympic". The info is on his facebook page.

[shahidmexico]

Bravooooooo!!!

[gloorbit]

Pure bliss. They should be joined at the hip. Sorry if that offends.

[Mygrassisblue01]

David and Gillian are a national treasure ......a real treat for the ears

[kezman74]

This song gives me so much pleasure, it can't be legal!



[NRudiak]

This version is so much better than the take on Soul Journey - that one is good, but definitely missing David's signature guitar and harmonies. So happy that this video exists

[Immigrant312]

@NRudiak until the newest cd, dave's guitar and vocals were often down in the mix, therefore making their live performance far superior to the record! True musicians. They are absolutely amazing live.

[stevetadworkz]

Love her color, pace and inflection on this song!

[antoinekiwi2]

It doesn't actually get much better than this.

[GeorgeGriffinWuzHere]

can't get enough of this song. its enchating and scary at the same time

[lampshadewarior]

@cologne8580 - Give it a rest, hypocrite. Are you not here listening with the rest of us?

[raz500ful]

excellente

[brandobean]

Just preposterously good.

[DaisyHook1]

I have had this tune stuck in my head for the last 6 months not knowing how to find it since I didn't know the lyrics and now finally today I have!

[jordananderton]

this song is AWESOME!!!!!!

[lohbach]

I love this song

[rmpryor]

@kosinedesign

hehe...just thinking the same thing myself...Funny...it's "Miss Ohio" week here in good 'ol Mansfield, OH. Made me think of this song and had to hear it...

[kosinedesign]

there's only three, but how the f ck could someone not like this

[boxcanyon100]

there like some kind of exagerated painting the way they play and move together. superb songwriting thank you so much.

[hazelrachelmurphy]

I have lost track of how many times I have watched this GEM, and it gets better every time.

[earthlyradiodotcom]

@hazelrachelmurphy I come here for a daily fix of this song too, lol

[hazelrachelmurphy]

@earthlyradiodotcom

YEAH, I cant get enough of this, can anyone tell me if this live gig is available on either CD or DVD, I would love to get my hands on one or the other or if possible both.

[razmataz13drums]

@hazelrachelmurphy hi i know this isnt ideal but this is how i get cool live songs. its this site where you type in the url of the video i.e youtube/watch378y etc. then click download and it gets the audio from any youtube video you like. type in youtube converter and it comes up. its easy and free. obviously its not ideal because the band gets no credit but sometimes there's a perfect live version that you just love to actually have :)

[hazelrachelmurphy]

@razmataz13drums

Hi, thanks for the tip, it worked a treat, keep rockin.

[razmataz13drums]

@hazelrachelmurphy thats quite alright glad i could be of some use :) it really is great huh :)

[TylerRyanCollins]

that run @ 3:34 that Rawlings does is SICK!!!

[matthewbrock101]

david raw. might be best gui;tar playerr ever!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[andrewmunro44]

AWESOMENESS> these two are soo good together.

[MarsIllHead]

excellent! thanks for the upload.

[ApeIam]

Great song........I think Dave might be on the draft list for the Bad Seeds, watch out Dave!

[ajpoubelle]

These two are wonderful.

[stevenitz]

WOW. This is church.

[ftnchrislol]

@stevenitz amen

[paschal421]

yeah

sweet

[bsmstr123]

iwanna do right i wanna do right but not right now jesus on the cross whqat a song it moves me moves me moves me 

[bsmstr123]

it moves me it moves me it moves me im want 2 do right but not right now

[MrMarkCadwallader]

How can three people not like this? really?

[MrsTinkerbellendd]

I only came across this like a week ago as a band in my gig is playing it soon! It's amazing!! I love it!

[ricosneakysuave]

3 people dont want to do right.

[dhand34]

Does David Rawlings use flat wound strings?

[lampshadewarior]

This video has 153,200 views and I think I've done 60% of that.

[meshellandherwoes]

@lampshadewarior  ....then i've done the other 40%.

[Shakey719]

@lampshadewarior Tha's fucking bullshit. 60% Are you willing to back that shit up? I will fight you that quote on Gillian's honor (not really....I love this song, too...you know, I didin't think a G.W. song could get better than 'Wrecking Ball', but I was wrong. You fucking dildo...come over here ;) I'm going to put my arm around your shoulder and we'll do some kind of weird, vaguely heterosexual Irish jig as we replay this song over and over until WWIII...

[ruebuscm]

@Shakey719 What an amazing trio of comments.

[Shakey719]

@ruebuscm @ruebuscm You're a sweetheart ;)

[oggun777]

@Shakey719 what a thoughtful, incisive, offensive, hysterically funny critique/response

[Shakey719]

@oggun777 I agree w/ the offensive part ;) Cheers, fellow Rawlings-Welch fan :)

[BeatPete]

@lampshadewarior haha i got the other 40%

[hazelrachelmurphy]

Once in a blue moon words fail me, and watching this is one of them, all I can say is THANK YOU , GILLIAN & DAVID. XXX.

[jmorrow19]

Its just amazing how this video doesnt have more views when all of those other pop and pop country videos have like millions of views. I just dont think its right for this video to only have 148 thousand views cause its just way to good to only have that many.

[jlaws63]

Magnificent!

[Gerzzo]

Glorious!

[Rettihsllub]

Ten thumbs up!!!!

[theteacher95]

3 people need to stop huffing paint.

[psycheXdelia]

They were made to play together. Their voices just melt together, sweet as honey.

[purplew93]

Gillian Welch is a goddess.

[godmcmejhova]

I'm pretty sure this song is about an unplanned pregnancy. That's what I'm getting from context clues.

[marsraker]

just awesome !!!

[bubthunder]

Troll wars aside, thanks @fw22901 for this vid.

[ReverendTFunk]

Sweet!

[zombie3785]

wtf, I was recommended this song as an excample of when country is good? This sucks as much as the rest.

[bubthunder]

@zombie3785 It's not country, dude. Whoever told you was clearly confused. And if you think it sucks, go back to your Soulja Boy mp3s.

[zombie3785]

@bubthunder well, this is country, and it sucks, it sucks so much that soulja boy would school this and then bitch slap that chick with his dick. Then a desert horse would rape whoever that man is and his vomit would spawn 3 imps that would have pimples that pop to cover all the lakes in Ireland and the children in Africa wouldn't get any potatoes. Stupid.

[tyrohne]

@zombie3785 when the day comes and your mom makes you leave the basement and stops paying for your WoW/XBox Live Gold and she won't let you drive her 1982 B210 any longer, and when you're just down enough to wonder if it can get any worse, and you're thinking about turning tricks down by the railroad tracks to get a fiver for the value menu at McDonalds, you'll find something soothing in the music of Gillian Welch. Good Luck, and come back when you grow up!

[thenewmontoya]

@zombie3785 You're a complete moron! Do yourself a favour grow up & get a life

[jjj1951]

@zombie3785 I see why you're a zombie.

[jaysjokes]

125K Thas all? This is their defining single, man. C'mon yall, what are you? Stunned or stoned?

[downerboy]

1935 Epiphone Olympic archtop - hope that helps

[rondavidso]

Somebody needs to tell me (for sure) what kind of guitar David is playing. I've heard a lot of theories.

[PhishSince1994]

Such a beautiful song. She's a fantastic lyricist.

[luchini91]

ryan brown is the man

[MrBruceBarham]

hope she keeps playing for many years to come and developes her guitar ability and expands.....would love hearing rebeeca o guinn sing some more gillian..

[SockMonkeyPro]

Pure artistry in every detail. Thank you for posting.

[Mariakirstine86]

I can listen to that song forever . She has the most amazing voice.

[ArkilokusJames]

Beautiful!

[a1exa67]

gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

[holdoncaulfield3]

i still can't believe this video has less than 100 thousand views. this is one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen or heard. meanwhile, katy perry, rihanna, and eminem each get in excess of 150 million views per hit single. i know the world is dumb and blind, but come on guys. this is getting ridiculous.

[buddybopper]

@holdoncaulfield3 I know! It's a shame.

[harlesslee]

You only witness this once in a generation. Musicians, take note: Take a *GOOD* look at this and go out into the world and multiply.

[wh0racle81]

amazing.

[Thirtytwoflavours]

I'm hypnotized....lovely :-)

[antoinekiwi]

As close to perfection as one could hope to experience in this life.

[LunaTiquePirate]

I second that wow. Motion carried....

[welovelaurent]

WOW

[crledes]

Brilliant.

[ProfessorFreaksworth]

The performance is truly awesome, wish I had been there, I would like to give kudos to the BBC though.

Set and lighting are great, camera work is great and most of all the audio is perfect. As balanced and clean sounding one would expect from a top studio but this is in a hall with a live audience.

[scmaculous]

1935 Epiphone Olympic

[Medium0Rare]

I love his guitar...

[christopherhoey]

David plays a 1938 Epiphone Guitar. It has a smaller body than a typical modern acoustic. And he friggin' owns that shit! One of the best players in any genre: bluegrass, jazz, rock...don't matter. He's brilliant!

[juliekstroup]

@christopherhoey Ah, had been looking at it and thinking it looked really small to the point of wondering what instrument it was - thank you!

[ecurbdnyl]

@christopherhoey

1935 Epiphone Olympic

[chadillac83]

@christopherhoey My grandpa gave me an old guitar when I was in 8th grade, it needs a lot of work and has a really cool sound, never really looked into it, but after looking at what he is playing I'm pretty sure that's mine to a T, even has the same sunburst colors.

Thanks for that little insight, I'm super excited to get home and confirm this now!

[srtimberg]

@christopherhoey Absolutely right -- tho his guitar is 1935.

[im4out]

oh me oh my oh will you look at miss oh high oh.... lol fantastic...

[mikealx68]

Just beautiful - always loved this song. Fantastic guitar work, and gotta love that voice!

[ilovechugs]

Is David playing a parlor guitar?

[beckjuly100]

Oh yes..."runnin' around with the rag top down...I wanna do right, but not right now".

[claysteverson]

love these guys! would love to catch them live

[boardergirlkari]

Correction... Thanks be to the music you move!

[boardergirlkari]

Quite literally, this is my most favorite duo. You two truly are sent from heaven. Thanks be to the music you do!

[deborahkauffman09]

Gillian and David are stars...

[xajr8]

It's featured in the July 2010 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. The chords are...

F, C(G), G, Am, G

Oh, me oh my oh, look at miss Ohio

F, C(G), G, Gsus4, G

She's a runnin' around with her ragtop down

Interlude...

Am, D7/F#, Am, D7/F#

[ilovechugs]

well, from looking at this video.. verse seems like : Capo 2nd- F-C-G-G

[cruithneuladh]

Perfection, absolute perfection!

I love to hear beautiful music made by real people, not plastic pop stars. Americana is such a rich vibrant seam of music to be mined.

The revolution of reality, quality and talent starts here!

[changingone77]

Does anyone know the correct chords for this? I've been playing it differently for years, but it's not the same. Also can't sing it like the original when the chords are wrong. Grrrr. Please help?

[hombre3000]

My band plays it D A E F#m E D A E for the verse and F#m B for the bridge

[stentorsoft]

@hombre3000 orly .  . . all strings?

[hombre3000]

How do you mean? Those are the chords, play them in whatever voicing you want.

[stentorsoft]

@changingone77 they prolly slow it down or speed it up, the SF Hardly bit is gone now . . .

[CaseyLovesBrightEyes]

I want to do right, but not right now...this song is amazing

[guitarjunkie2]

This is a fantastic video!

[SEKIHIRO5340]

Nobody can imitate them.

Great!

Thanks!

[pappytm]

that is amazing

[Schillingya]

My lamp!

[Mygrassisblue01]

My favorite Gillian song..

[MLfan24]

theres not much of this raw, storytelling music anymore...you dont hear this kind of emotion in music anymore...

[MLfan24]

I love her voice on this song... :)

[Cashcow42]

Her guitar has great bass tones.......her beautiful voice and playing has cured the wood to a finely tuned instrument. Just awesome.

[Mygrassisblue01]

@Cashcow42 , it is the Brazilian rosewood back and sides of her guitar that give it that wonderful bass tone, they are highly sought after by Bluegrass guitar players

[cmannaberg]

great song. Great voices

[maurlinz]

great gig

[Cashcow42]

Well met.

[mgb77kdh]

an angels voice

[thebeatlesinhelp]

i saw them in NC on the big surprise tour im so glad i got to be there!

[hulksmash72]

David Rawlings is a good guitar player, but way over plays on a lot of Gillian's tunes. She is way to talented for that.

[audible67]

@hulksmash72 not a unique opinion, that does not, however, make it any less asinine.

[wakeoftheflood2]

damn

[TheMountainman8]

I saw her at Hardly Strictly in SF "09 and she took my heart away.

[ilovethisgame90]

the guitar work in this performance is far superior to the album version... this needs to be available on a separate CD man

[tompetty832002]

couldn't agree more

[jezx21]

one of the best female vocalists i've ever heard. allison kraus is up there as well.

[geopatchwork]

They are amazing. And this song is so simple and beautiful!

[randee51]

Wow, wow, wowwawawa

Sweet, cool, timely, great voices, great harmony, great accompaniment,

saw them on PBS, outdoor concert San Francisco, gives, me goose bumps, I play and sing and do this song.........

[stentorsoft]

I love how they dump the tempo from the get go . . .bring it in . . .

This is it

[jezx21]

There isn't much music as pure as this being made these days...

[elliotjpc1]

@jezx21 I agree this is dazzling but there really is still a lot of pure, heartfelt and soulful music being made right now but you just have to listen outside of the mainstream and commercial charts. Get involved.

[bryantjudoman]

my fav song they have right now has got to be throw me a rope. But what an absolute GEM of a tallent they are. This in my humble opinion some of the best music you will find anywhere right now. And i can,t wait for thier next cd. I bought one cd of thiers after hearin a song on the radio. Within a couple of days i had every cd they have made to date. Now thats gotta tell ya something!

[brookwoodt]

Wanna driiiive to Atlanta...

live out this fan-ta-see...

[bloodguitartattoo]

Great stuff!! Thanks.

[kevincorry]

Oh me oh my oh...sing to me my red headed angel...

[Sheena0620]

Gosh my life is wrapped up in this song..