Dave Rawlings Machine

Saw them in Charlottesville at The Jefferson Theater last Wednesday night with Alycia, Nick, Libby, Dave, John and Jules. Great show. I love the way Dave Rawlings moves while he plays. Hips gyrating. Shoulders gyrating. Skinny skinny legs. Cowboy hat. Big grin. Clad in all denim. Opened with The Grateful Dead's "Monkey and the Engineer." Finished the encore with a cover of "The Weight." And of course in between those was a ton of their own great music... "Ruby," "Sweet Tooth," "I Hear Them All" to name a few. As well as Big Rock Candy Mountain, Ryan Adams' "To Be Young" - Rawlings co-wrote it, and another Dead cover - "Candy Man." I thought Alycia might bang a couple of obnoxious yapping silly girls' heads together. I'd have had her back but I'm pretty sure she could have taken them down alone. Other than that - all was awesome.

Jules sent me a link today ... NPR has their Bonnaroo performance online. Here it is to check out yourself.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127751523

I've been looking all over for you

My favorite concert last year was The Big Surprise Tour - which included Justin Townes Earle, The Felice Brothers, Dave Rawlings Machine, and Old Crow Medicine Show. They played lots of old favorites, but one new song they played and I immediately loved was "Ruby." I couldn't wait to post it here and download a copy. Except. I couldn't find it anywhere. I was so bummed out.

Then, this morning on my way to work - I recognized it immediately! "Ruby" by Dave Rawlings Machine was playing on the radio. And alas, there is finally a video so you can check it out too. Oh and you'll probably recognize her in the video - the incredibly talented Gillian Welch is part of DRM.

So without further adieu ...



You may know this but I'll throw it out there. Dave Rawlings has produced for Gillian and Old Crow Medicine Show. He's also written songs with Ryan Adams - here's Dave Rawlings Machine performing "To Be Young (is to be sad,is to be high).



And for the encore, let's play "Bells of Harlem"...



P.S. Alycia - I think you need to invite Dave Rawlings Machine down to Blackshear. Gillian Welch looks like she could use some of your mom's southern cooking. And as a thank you, they could put on a show at the hay barn. :)