Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
"...And now we've reached that special part of the show."
A David Rawlings Showcase

01. Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis) 6-20-96, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
02. Diamond Joe (trad.) 4-29-97, Gunnerz Club, Iowa City, IA
03. Copper Kettle (A.F. Beddoe) 5-21-98, Charlottesville, VA
04. intro/Dylan
05. Rock Salt and Nails (Utah Phillips) 8-17-98, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
06. I�m On My Way Back to the Old Home (Bill Monroe) 8-7-01, Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
07. Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harry McClintock) 8-19-01, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival, Lyons, CO
08. Turn Your Radio On (Albert Brumley) 4-28-02, Merlefest, Wilkes, NC
09. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Robert Hazard), 4-28-02, Merlefest, Wilkes, NC
10. Air Mail Special (Godson, Ossie, Rusk) 6-28-02, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
11. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson), 7-11-02, Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
12. Maybellene (Chuck Berry) 12-5-02, Sheffield Memorial Hall, Sheffield, UK
13. Time Fades Away (Neil Young) 7-2-03, State Theater, Portland, ME
14. Engine 143 (Carter) 9-17-03, Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
15. Ruby Ridge (Peter Rowan) 11-17-03, Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
16. Luminous Rose (Robyn Hitchcock) 7-29-04, Shepherd�s Bush Empire, London, UK
17. Odds and Ends (Bob Dylan), 8/04, WXPN Studios/World Caf� session, Philadelphia, PA

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Rawlings Style
notes on tracks/sources

1. Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis) 6-20-96, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
2. Diamond Joe (trad.) 4-29-97, Gunnerz Club, Iowa City, IA
During the early shows, Dave�s song was pretty reliably one of these two (except at the Prism show in 5/96, when he did them both)
3. Copper Kettle (A.F. Beddoe) 5-21-98, Charlottesville, VA
no doubt inspired by listening to Dylan�s Self Portrai t
4. intro/Dylan
5. Rock Salt and Nails (Utah Phillips) 8-17-98, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA
was it the Dylan anecdote that preceded the song what prompted DR to pull out this old chestnut, not coincidentally cut by Dylan during the Basement Tapes sessions?
6. I�m On My Way Back to the Old Home (Bill Monroe) 8-7-01, Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
this one has turned up in reasonably regular rotation
7. Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harry McClintock) 8-19-01, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival,
Lyons, CO
done with great regularity particularly in the year or so surrounding O Brother/Down From the Mountain. Lotta words!
8. Turn Your Radio On (Albert Brumley) 4-28-02, Merlefest, Wilkes, NC
classic old country/gospel tune, covered by many including Skeeter Davis
9. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Robert Hazard), 4-28-02, Merlefest, Wilkes, NC
Cyndi Lauper cover which has been pulled out on rare occasions, this time at the Merlefest midnight jam and featuring the mandolin of Chris Thile. You couldn�t really see this one coming.
10. Air Mail Special (Godson, Ossie, Rusk) 6-28-02, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
thanks to Pete Rawlings for giving me the songwriters of this one, played at a venue where something unusual reliably happens when Gil & Dave play there�
11. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson), 7-11-02, Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
the cover selections begin to be increasingly diverse�
12. Maybellene (Chuck Berry) 12-5-02, Sheffield Memorial Hall, Sheffield, UK
�and the rock influences become a little more pronounced
13. Time Fades Away (Neil Young) 7-2-03, State Theater, Portland, ME
an unusually raucous gig, featuring several to-date unrecorded songs including what sounded like a tribute to Dylan�s Rolling Thunder Tour (to a tune very reminiscent of Simple Twist of Fate), and this ragged but right cover of classic Neil
14. Engine 143 (Carter) 9-17-03, Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
not sure if it was written by A.P. or Maybelle Carter, but a classic found on the Harry Smith Anthology
15. Ruby Ridge (Peter Rowan) 11-17-03, Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
regularly covered since the late 90s
16. Luminous Rose (Robyn Hitchcock) 7-29-04, Shepherd�s Bush Empire, London, UK
no doubt a tribute to Hitchcock (in attendance, likely), with whom Gil and Dave had recently completed sessions for his Spooked disc, though this song harkens back to the early 90s disc Globe of Frogs.
17. Odds and Ends (Bob Dylan), 8/04, WXPN Studios/World Caf� session, Philadelphia, PA
recorded with the Old Crow Medicine Show. That�s Butch Hobson, to you.