Gillian Welch - Wind and Rain

[zoebowie42]

the first time my dad played me this song i was about 5 and it made me cry

[Paydirt411]

To my ears, a look of the sheer spookiness of their music comes from the combined voices. Unlike in most great singing duos, David's harmony line is just BELOW Gillian's. No guitars here but their sound is based on her lead voice and his lead guitar, and her backup guitar and his backup vocal. It's been a magic combo for five CDs now. Riley Stokes

[mouldybear]

It's that great "Two Sisters" ballad again beautifully performed by

Gillian with unnecessary help from David Rawlings. Wish she sang more of the song.

[davekelly1957]

@mouldybear Get over yourself and appreciate that this IS how Gillian wants it to sound. I think she makes the best judge of her material.

[jondoe8889]

@mouldybear - Most of their songs are sung by Gillian so it's not like there aren't other choices. NOTHING David does is unnecessary! His vocal part makes this song so chilling!

If you want a song of betrayal and death, I hope you've heard 'caleb meyer'. David's razor-sharp guitar does the singing for him on this one.

[davekelly1957]

@jondoe8889 Right on friend

[akemoguy]

chills down my spine danm

[oarman2]

WOW! I love this version of this song! Thanks!

[jimangelico]

Oh the simplicity! Doesn't get any better than this.