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Thu 09 Sep 2010There's no more Mr thin and reedy
After years producing and co-writing bespoke country music for Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings has found his voice as a lead singer, writes SIOBHÁN LONG
TO AFICIONADOS of sublime country music, he’s probably best known (unofficially) as Mr Gillian Welch. But with 2009’s release of his debut solo album, A Friend of a Friend, Dave Rawlings is finally stepping into the limelight. A Friend of a Friendis another pristine instalment in the bespoke collection that Rawlings (and Welch) have toiled over, long and hard, for the past 14 years since Welch’s 1996 debut, Revival.
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