Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

[robelink]

That was how to slap on a capo 101.

[Nitrozzy7]

immersive.

[LeopoldMidas]

Definitely going on my favorites list. Great work all around!

[redredshoes]

Just amazing.

[killalavilla]

Love it!

[nigelmccluskey]

I think Dave Rawlings plays a 1930"s hoffner dome topped acoustic.Better than cream and apple pie!!!.

[BKWKY]

Totally great music! David's fretwork is simply superb!

[Hollyanne723]

they look like they are having sooo much fun!

[likhound]

David Rawlings is an incredible guitarist. Gillian Welch is a fine singer also.

[brelfan]

Ms. Welch is undeniably cool.

[ingerannasanga]

This is so great!

[TheNZSamaritan]

1:51 capo action you could have SEX with.

[brelfan]

@TheNZSamaritan Well put.

[TuathDedanaan]

@TheNZSamaritan correction, capo action that you SHOULD have sex with

[3245virg]

8 people need to go back to licking the bus windows.

[9889lizzy]

I went to see her a couple of weeks ago. It was absolutely amazing.

[micmoable]

love their sound--her voice is so nice and down home country

[manray17]

anybody know what kind of guitar David is using

[incongra]

If you do some pauses while he has got the capo on you can see that he has pinched the E and the A strings pretty close together, how many of us would mess about trying to "get it right" but this guy is so professional he just plays right on through. Highly impressive.

[incongra]

That is some mighty fine pickin

[Savebiosphere]

When David pulls the capo out of his pants pocket and puts on the neck of his guitar without missing a lick, in all my days in the music business business I've seen anything like it. That's incredible from a guitar player's perspective. Take a close look at it.

[Needs2Know]

amazing. the only country I can listen to. are there any other's who are similar?

[greatestxgift]

I heard that if you download music from mediaoutletonline that you will get AIDS. It's true so please beware.

[timjmoran]

@greatestxgift I HOPE this is a lame attempt at , uh, "humor" on yer part.... if not,

you must be a complete MORON.

[greatestxgift]

@timjmoran I think you just proved that you're the true moron...way to go, buddy.

[timjmoran]

@greatestxgift ooohh... I guess you done tole me where ta get off.!!! Snappy comeback, Mr "Gift".

I stand suitably chastened. Well played, Sirrah.

[greatestxgift]

@timjmoran I appreciate your honesty and I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. Take care, Moran.

[timjmoran]

@greatestxgift AWWWW ! That is so sweet !! Geez.. some ACtual compassion in a YT blog !! Thanks, Mr Gift.

You have restored my faith in humanity. And I have been involved in MUCH worse.. it's so easy to get sucked

into the snarkiness-then ya start to think, "Oh yeah? Well, top THIS!!" and then it gets really ugly. It's sorta

a LIL' bit fun, but ultimately pretty stupid and unproductive. Sometimes, tho, ya run into such cretins out

here( not you) that ya can't help but unload w/ both barrells.

[greatestxgift]

@timjmoran I'm also sorry about your AIDS. Hopefully you pass away peacefully. Aloha, Moran.

[timjmoran]

@greatestxgift Ohhhh.. I SEE. So it's like that. The last e mail in which you apparently feigned

some compassion, was merely a ruse. So- it turns out you ARE a Dick after all. Sad. I had such

high hopes for you. So yer handle is ...what , meant to be Ironic? Since you are CLEARly a gift

to NO one, partic. readers of this thread. Oh..PS, Genius- most people who get AIDS do NOT

pass away "peacefully", ya bilious cretin.

[crb1959]

Oh my. What a perfect song sung by a perfect duo.... Sigh. They openers for Buffalo Springfield here in LA last month... Delicious.

[thielenm]

how do i learn to play like this guy

[hattan68n8]

awesOoOoOm

[Mouldytone]

David`s little Epiphone cuts through and places itself above the rhythm of Gillian`s J-50. If David Rawlings was looking for another guitar to accompany Gillian what would it be? Dave is playing banjo a lot recently with his 'Machine' but seriously, what acoustic guitar could do what that lovely Epiphone Olympic can do when it comes to accompaniment for Gillian`s songs? Just Wondering. Oh, by the way. Brilliant clip! Thanks!

Tony

[bertdorf3]

This is a DAMN GOOD song!

[SouthernBreeze77]

Gillian Welch didn't write Red Clay Halo. She was probably in diapers the first time it was recorded.

[MrDarkbloom]

@SouthernBreeze77 What are you talking about? She wrote the song!

[Mygrassisblue01]

@SouthernBreeze77 Gillian Welch and David Rawlings DID write the song Red Clay Halo..It was released on the Time(Revelator) album

[eeaagoo]

Who on earth 'disliked'?? What do you want, BLOOD?!? Ye Gods, these two are GENIUSES (or is the plural 'genii'?)!!!! If you don't like this, you don't like music, quite frankly.

[OysterLava]

She's a great song writer, but I detest fake hillbilly accents.

[timeconsumerd]

@OysterLava It's not fake?

[fidellah23]

@OysterLava hillbilly?? it is a southern accent..sounds like you should turn off your television.

[mazsenior]

@OysterLava Ah...which only proves the saying "Better to be thought of of as ignorant, than to open 'yer mouth and remove all doubt"

[farmalltractor]

@OysterLava That is as real as it gets my dear. My advice is to just shut up and listen

[OysterLava]

@farmalltractor You know she's from New York right? She does NOT have a hillbilly accent. I am a hillbilly. I can tell the real from the fake.

[audionickw]

@OysterLava I am from the south and was raised on music. IT doesn't matter where someone is from. open your mind and your ears you uneducated closed minded pig. Especially since most of Nashville is putting out such slick pop garbage. Go behind the barn and toss your sister's salad you slack-jawed yokel. Oh yeah, the banjo is an african instrument, so since you aren't black, you shouldn't play one on the front porch you retard

[audionickw]

@OysterLava god, how proud you are to be a fucking dumb hick! Why not say "hey I have a chain link fence around my trailer, and if you don't, then by gawd you are less than me.

[audionickw]

@OysterLava Where's your record you dumb fucking hick? you know the banjo is an african instrument right? "damn fake african fucks." duh duh duh I'm better than you cause I'm dumber and have a chain link fence around my trailer. tonight, be sure and spit some tobaccy in your cousin's asshole to lube it up first.

[2refinish]

Their harmonies give shivers.

[MegaFartart]

I have been trying to get their harmonies for so long. I realize now, its all just octaves...

[msi435]

@MegaFartart

It sounds like David usually does a low 5th or 3rd, not an octave.

[Smaggerrap]

n1

[MagicianNG]

A mighty fine pickin' and singin', what's not to like.

[ABC123REC]

red clay: use only cold water to get it out of clothes.

blood: use only cold water to get it out of clothes.

Just because THAT'S THE WAY GOD MADE IT!!!!

[oldgoat100000]

she is just too pretty and talented.

[climbnprana]

Great googaly moogaly he can play

[dickw14]

I love the sound of Dave's guitar when he plays it open. It just rings and the tone is incredible.

[sminersc]

The best of Americana

[RemoteAbductionArm]

Also: Thats a weird guitar! Sounds good, though!

[RemoteAbductionArm]

Wow! I had heard a couple of songs with Gillian Welch, but this is first time I've seen her. She's hot!

[lyricalle]

what a cool guitar that guy is playing

[brenda7734]

gillian and david are fantastic. i can't picture one without the other...

[MrJohnbolger]

Gillian I Love You! Dave has to be one of the best guitarists in the world right now.

[mickigoe]

Thanks for this fw. Hi from Ireland to all mountain ballad lovers in USA. Don't like country music much but I love Welch and Rawlings , esp Time The Revelator. First time to see a clip of the duo - they're brilliant.

[jteshuwah]

there's a little man at the Bluegrass festival who does this song every year. it's really cute and i think about it every now and then when i start feeling like my life is getting to... i don't know, tedious.

[petozenier2]

psst, dont tell anybody...this girl has got potential....again... dont tell anybody, its a pearl, but nobody knows her yet... so let her be... And even if she would have a writers block in the far future..., she could just write about that pause. but thats just a dark guess. Just my two cents and one giving back to her.. Honestly,: Stay. pause, think, and make again and more. tx

[axsys212]

Nope, nobody noticed that.

[GratefulNC]

This is on my regular playlist, Gillian is amazing as she is beautiful!

[Resriechan]

that has GOT to be the MOST intricate and amazing

guitar/ and mandolin-

pickin', ever on the planet Earth ....

(and my brother is fairly good...he

studied Spanish Classical when he was still in HS...

so it isn't the first I've seen....)

wow just wow

[daimonionen]

You'd think David had earned those guitar-skills from the devil himself! But that don't make much sense, so i guess he's just a gifted child!

[Mygrassisblue01]

if this music does not make you feel good to be alive, then you have no heart beat at all

[gurlsingerfan]

Now that's the great HIGH LONESOME hill sound we're talking about! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!

[micmoable]

Love this woman's voice--so down to earth and folky----and she's cute in some sort of way--ha!

[NikAndRuss]

If you like this video check out the video Lonely Life by Michelle Lewis...its amazing

[gustercc]

Gowddman, at 1:55, he makes that guitar his bitch. Seriously, it's like he's having sex with it.

[purplerubies1968]

LOVE this, makes me so homesick for Alabama

[Mygrassisblue01]

I have seen Gillian and David live quite a few times at MerleFest and a few other blue grass festivals, they are by far the most talented duo I have ever seen or heard. I love the music they write and I love their voices and the way the harmonize is a gift from above. David just wears out that vintage Epiphone arch top guitar out...he is a guitar genius...Gillian is no slouch on the guitar either

[dartiow]

These two blow me away every time.

[abdeldu312009]

voir youtube ( tu repartiras a souffrir )

merci

[axis4studios]

Help me: What is St Lukes in London and how much control did BBC have to

produce this video?

[robdav98]

1935 Epiphone Olympic....... Great Guitar, Great Player!

[thewallpost]

Did you notice how he never blinked or missed a beat. That is one slick dude.

[pandeirobrass816]

Anyone notice how at 1.53 David Rawlings just sticks a capo on and starts playing that lick?

[rugshort]

@pandeirobrass816 How could you not...?

[stolenbrownevergreen]

@pandeirobrass816 I love it! Never seen anyone do that! Awesome!!!

[micmoable]

@pandeirobrass816 yeah, that was prety dang cool!!! dang he can pick up a storm can't he----i'm a guitar picker but not that good at lead--ha!

[thebetterhalf37]

@pandeirobrass816 he is the greatest archtop guitar player..ever. in my opinion

[Reznorocker]

@pandeirobrass816

not hard to do with the clip on type he's using there

[timjmoran]

@pandeirobrass816- yeah I DID notice that.. and it's a pretty wicked move.. since you can't be sure that you are going to be any where NEAR in tune.. since a capo

can knock yer tuning ALL outa whack- especially those Kyser-type capos that

clamp the Hell out of yer strings! I also noticed he is almost playing this guitar as if it were a banjo!

[cartoonelvis]

@pandeirobrass816 Great observation. Amazing move, isn't it?

[skymetalsmith]

@pandeirobrass816

He puts it back on for the end verse....amazing

[skymetalsmith]

@pandeirobrass816

He puts it back on for the end verse....amazing!

[danecobain]

@pandeirobrass816 that's the best thing i've ever seen, not sure if i've lived a sheltered life or if rawlings is some sort of god

[danielschaben]

@danecobain Rawlings may be the wood and steel string god.

[negativeblu]

@pandeirobrass816

Great stuff! You'll notice the E and A strings are damn close together. But he's that kind of guy who can compensate. I love that guitar! Anyone know the what/where/how (much) of it?

[jweyek]

@negativeblu

It's a 1935 Epiphone Olympic archtop with a carved top and plywood mahogany back and sides. I imagine it's rare, and if you can find one that's playable, it'd cost a fortune.

[Doshierrific]

@jweyek

You are right about the guitar. I have one that I am restoring. It plays and has all of it's parts. The binding and finish is all that is left. I am ancious to play it. I know that I will never sound like D. R.

Dan at Off the Wall Music in Oregon

[negativeblu]

The swift capo lick! Great stuff! You'll notice the E and A strings are damn close together. But he's that kind of guy who can compensate. I love that guitar! Anyone know the what/where/how (much) of it?

[flatpicker1234]

@pandeirobrass816 _ That is awesome. He really gets into his music :)

[Gadomski2006]

@pandeirobrass816

Wow!!

[npcbass]

@pandeirobrass816 Absolute precision capo application technique and timing. Doesn't miss a beat!

[comradelopez]

@npcbass almost! I think he bunched up the 6 and 5 strings a little... but as if anyone else could do any better!

[jonterhaar]

@pandeirobrass816

Yeah, what a shredder.

[nutz4notes]

Gilliangirl1, thanks for the info. That guitar has a very unique voice.

[broadpath]

The way that Dave moves as he plays reminds me of the movement of wheels on an old steam train engine.

[nutz4notes]

Wow. Thanks to the innertube this 58 year old irish kdi in upstate NY can finally get some kick-ass, honest to god bluegrass. Anybody know who made that ax Rawlings had?

[gilliangirl1]

@nutz4notes It's a 1935 Epiphone I believe. There's lots of interesting stories about it on the 'net.

[velvetunderpants44]

I managed to pick up a 1941 Harmony Patrician recently based on the sound that Dave gets.

Both were low budget guitars at the time they were made. The Harmony has a lovely sound, but not the even tone of Dave's Epiphone. Or as talented an owner!

[velvetunderpants44]

Tell me, what part of Ireland are you from?

[emuhunter1]

@nutz4notes As I understand it he plays a 1933 Epiphone Olympic here but I could be wrong.

[wallsacc]

@nutz4notes epiphone......in the 1930s

[openheartexperiment]

@nutz4notes it's a 1930-something Epiphone Olympic

[openheartexperiment]

@nutz4notes it's an epiphone olympic from the thirties I think

[roadrunnerstringjam]

@nutz4notes yeh, check out Fretboard Journal mag article on the whole story on these guys.. They are absolutlely amazing.. geo

[shroompicker23]

@nutz4notes I believe it is an 1935 epiphone olympic archtop

[pintore1]

@shroompicker23

Exaktly so.

[jtray13]

@nutz4notes  1932 Olympic Archtop

[ejohnsonious01]

@nutz4notes

It's a Gibson, I think. oh- actuall an Epphone: via wikipdia: David Rawlings achieves his signature guitar sound flatpicking a small archtop guitar. The 1935 Epiphone Olympic that has been his primary instrument was a mid-priced guitar for its time, with a carved arched solid sprucewood top, carved arched solid mahogany back and mahogany sides.[1] It sold for about $35 in 1935.[2] The guitar's lower bout measures 13 5/8 inches wide, and it has three piece f-holes.[1]

[psn59715]

@nutz4notes 1935 Epiphone Olympic. Beautiful instrument, beautiful player.

[wizzard1956]

Im amazed at this great collaboration of top bluegrass talent, her great voice , his too, and that great old style pickin

[Opoefiets]

let your hair hang down boy

you are both GREAT .... !!!!

[gsjbaldwin]

Saw them at the N.O. Jazzfest a couple of years ago. It was one of the three or four greatest performances I've witnessed there in 30 years. The crowd was completely blown away. They are special and then some. Mesmerizing!

[ldhummingbird]

Also, holy crap capo switch!

[ldhummingbird]

Looking out my window at the red clay gully that makes up my East TN backyard, this song would make me smile even if it weren't a Welch & Rawlings special.

[jezx21]

It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that twang...great post! Thank you very much.

[varchard]

amazing!

[OnlyOneDavo]

the capo switch is even more impressive on the guitar Rawlings plays.... it's from the late 30's or early 40's and it was a cheap one for those days... no better duo than Welch and Rawlings...

[brodank]

1:51 WOW!! THAT IS AWESOME!!!

[hrothgleas]

Heroic capo action!

[KaceKlosed]

I've seen this several times now and I only just caught it now... lightning quick!

[hellrat74]

Awesome...wonderful song by truly amazing talents

[ak47doubletap]

Grandparent's home place is in N. GA Mountains, Know all about Red Clay ! Song describes it perfectly, and beautifully!

[karaokestar33]

Fastest capo in the west!...lol

[onewomanandsomesongs]

We pretty much have the same taste in music, Michael....this song is on my favorite's list, and probably my fave of Gillian's, although it's hard to choose one of her's....they're all so dang good. And the capo move that David Rawlings does in the middle of this song is just unbelievable.

[billysscreeningroom]

Excellent!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!!!

[rbutler8585]

Gillian and Rawlins are both one of a kind.....truly amazing and original

[toddallenhooper]

So awesome!!!

[woodash1]

That's great songwriting! It's one of the best ever.

[MrJTpicker]

Great bluegrass song!!!!!

Yeehaa

[The14weed]

Love Gillian & David what a pair made in HEAVEN I AM SURE!!!

[fnupfnup]

This youtube comment is dedicated to my dear mother.

[pamtboyd]

This one goes out to my Daddy and my cousin Patti.

[mdqxxx]

Wowowowowowowow...love this soooooooooooo much!

Thank you!

[svtfan239]

Does anyone know the tuning david is playing in?

[FoggyGulchBand]

I think the low E string is tuned to F and the A string is tuned to a G...in any case, that tuning works pretty well.

[stripeysoul]

country tuning bowy! :-)

[perdidodan]

What make and year is David's guitar?

[skeeter710]

1935 Epiphone Olympic

[pamtboyd]

This one goes out to my Daddy and Cousin Patty

[jdbb1975]

I could bathe in this music.

[jrjones529]

I just saw her yesterday at the NoDepression festival in Seattle. It was goose bump good.

[rugshort]

Wow. When's her next album out?

[OkieSlims]

this is about as close to "god" as I'll ever be...

beautiful song

[ddanze]

Always prefer the raw/rugged

[GeneralMustang8]

Is it me,but David Rawling and Gillian Welch remind me of what another duo would have been like,if it didnt end so early and tragicly,Im talking about Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons.You think?

[justmusicandme]

Both are excellent! Thanks for a wonderful video post..

[figgskzoo]

Pure magic...

[freetomato]

I will always think of my mom when I hear this song. She recently died after fighting cancer - I was by her side till the end while she was in hospice care. She was a country gal who was not afraid to get her hands dirty. I heard this song for the first time while I was in CA saying goodbye to her. She would have loved it.

RIP, Mom. Ann 9/19/42-5/4/09

[Raonisk]

May she rest in piece, my friend.

[Spitfireseven]

This stuff is just so fantastic. David Rawlings is a bluegrass is a Bluegrass Jimmy Page and Gillian a complete rythem section.

[natewaggoner]

amen

[galelh]

Great music!  I have liked this song since I heard it in 1999 or so and this is a super performance! Thanks

[mosicluver2]

Yes! Like everything Gillian does, it's brilliant. She's one of my favorite singers. I've been to three of her shows, and she always greets fans afterward. Great singer and just an all-around nice person.

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Thank you~ Gillian Welch is so incredibly talented!!! She and David Rawlings are

wonderful together = wonderful video.

[Timsiam]

Amazing how David Rawlings managed to get the capo on while he was playing.

[deepgreenart]

i had to rewind and check that! he did while playing AND singing!

i saw them live in london, just amazing. her singing and songwriting is wonderful, and david is a guitar genius - the sounds he got out of that old guitar were just fantastic!!

[MariMagdalen]

I saw these two in Brooklyn NY performing at a Paul Simon Tribute Concert and they were great!

[deathofje]

one monkey is her best in my eyes but is one is awsum aswell .i like all kinds of music .just depends on the mood im in today im in a one monkey mood so im listing to gillian over n over again once more

[natewaggoner]

stop with the "truegrass" crap. Bluegrass come from the front porches of people's homes, it's always been raw and dirty. it's the music of common folk, so it can be as different as the individual playing it. there are no rules.

[cwoodups]

what about RedGrass

[natewaggoner]

never heard of it, tell me.

[MYABUTTREEKS]

Old time country came from the porches. bluegrass is to Old Time what Poison is to Iron maiden.

[natewaggoner]

true. Bluegrass (especially modern grass) is so overly produced. Old Time is raw and rugged. Yeah i understand.

[ThePoonce]

this is as much blue grass at its root as it is folk, or any other traditional type of american music. gillian calls it neo-americana, what ever that means. but its def bluegrass/ traditional folk at it its heart. why does everyone have to argue about, just enjoy. Also, fw22901, whyd you remove my earlier post? bogus.