David Rawlings

David Rawlings is a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and singer -- mostly in that order -- best known for his musical partnership with musician Gillian Welch. On landmark albums like 2001's Time (The Revelator) and 2011's The Harrow & the Harvest, he and Welch established themselves as one of the most influential folk duos of the 21st century with a timeless sound steeped in Appalachian, bluegrass, country, and other American folk traditions. Rawlings' sympathetic harmonies and innovative guitar playing -- famously on a 1935 Epiphone Olympic archtop -- have made him one of Ame...