Critic's pick: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings @ The Station Inn (Sunday, January 23, 2005)
by Marc Hirsh

originally published in Nashville Scene, January 20-26, 2005

As Welch and Rawlings gear up for a whole mess of shows at the Station Inn over the next two months, let us now put in a word of praise for David Rawlings, whose contributions place him on equal footing with Welch yet whose name is inexplicably missing from the covers of their albums. He cowrites their songs. He produces their albums. His guitar heroics are stellar yet subtle and tasteful. His harmony vocals are so indistinguishable in tone and timbre from Welch that I thought she had simply double-tracked them until I saw them live. Welch deserves every accolade she gets, but it’s onstage that she gets to show off her secret weapon. – Marc Hirsh

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