Dave Rawlings is known as an incredibly sympathetic and accomplished string player. The man can pluck, strum, twang or pick any number of traditional folk stringed instruments. On his debut solo record A Friend Of A Friend David Rawlings’ proves what many probably already expected and that is that he would have been very comfortable in that famous old pink house of the 60’s.
The lead-off track “Ruby” shapes up like an outtake from some lost hippy soundtrack. In fact the whole record has that earthy vibe. Still, the songs on A Friend OF A Friend are louder and punchier than anything you’d hear in his work with Gillian Welch and that dynamic is refreshing.
If you’re going to buy the record and I strongly suggest that you do (recession be damned!) buy it here from Village Records and support an indie retailer.
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Dawn Landes (who I love) has a new record coming out in the states in 2010. I have one song from it up on my twtitter feed. So go there and check it out. Then sign up to follow me for more Twitter exclusives.