David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch.David attended the Berklee College of Music and studied with guitar professor Lauren Passarelli.He is known in his own right as a producer, having produced Welch and bands such as Old Crow Medicine Show. He has recently performed under the billing of "Dave Rawlings Machine". He has also contributed to the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga, the Ryan Adams album Heartbreaker (which opens with "Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey"), and the Robyn Hitchcock album Spooked.Rawlings co-wrote the tracks "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)" and "Touch, Feel and Lose", with Ryan Adams.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. It sold for about $35 in 1935. The guitar's lower bout measures 13 5/8 inches wide, and it has three piece f-holes.The Dave Rawlings Machine album A Friend of a Friend was released on November 17, 2009. Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself. Co-writers and musicians on the album include Welch as well as members of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Bright Eyes. Rawlings is also best friends with movie producer Douglas Wick.
lyrics: "WRECKING BALL", "EVERYTHING IS FREE" / music: "WRECKING BALL", "EVERYTHING IS FREE"
Conan
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The First Waltz
2014
Documentary writer: "Wrecking Ball"
Very Good Girls
2013
writer: "Look At Miss Ohio"
Hell on Wheels
2011-2012
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Case Histories
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Early Show
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Return
2011
writer: "Look At Miss Ohio"
Squidbillies
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Bolt
2008
producer: "Barking At The Moon"
The Strangers
2008
writer: "My First Lover"
Tout est parfait
2008
writer: "Caleb Meyer"
P.O.V.
2007
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Condemned
2007
writer: "To Be Young Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High"
The Astronaut Farmer
2006
writer: "I Made a Lover's Prayer"
Accepted
2006
writer: "To Be Young Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High"
Following Sean
2005
Documentary performer: "Beulah Land"
LAX
2004
TV Series writer - 1 episode
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
performer: "I Dream A Highway" / writer: "I Dream A Highway"
Old School
2003
writer: "To Be Young Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High"
The Maldonado Miracle
2003
TV Movie writer: "Dear Someone"
Down from the Mountain
2000
Documentary performer: "My Dear Someone", "Green Pastures", "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" / writer: "My Dear Someone", "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll"
Hope Floats
1998
writer: "Paper Wings"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
special thanks: musician
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bluegrass Underground
2016
TV Series
Himself
Americana Music Honors & Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis