1. David Todd Rawlings was born on December 30,1969 and is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer.
12 Facts About David Rawlings
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David Rawlings is known for his partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch.
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In 2020, Welch and Rawlings released All the Good Times, which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.
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In 2024, Welch and David Rawlings released Woodland, which won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, currently making Welch and David Rawlings the only duo to win the award more than once.
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David Rawlings attended the Berklee College of Music and studied with Lauren Passarelli.
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David Rawlings produced albums by Gillian Welch, Willie Watson, Dawes, and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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David Rawlings contributed to the albums Cassadaga by Bright Eyes, Spooked by Robyn Hitchcock, and Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams, with whom he wrote two songs, "To Be Young " and "Touch, Feel and Lose".
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David Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself.
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The album features a medley of a Neil Young and Bright Eyes song, as well as songs David Rawlings co-wrote with Ryan Adams and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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In 2015 Dave David Rawlings Machine released a second album, Nashville Obsolete.
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David Rawlings achieves his signature guitar sound flatpicking a small archtop guitar.
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David Rawlings "scavenged" the guitar from a friend's garage and is hardly seen playing anything else.