David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and harmony singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. The Dave Rawlings Machine debut album A Friend of a Friend was released in November 2009. Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself. ...show more

David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and harmony singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. The Dave Rawlings Machine debut album A Friend of a Friend was released in November 2009. Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself.

Co-writers and musicians on the album include Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. "It's hard to believe A Friend of a Friend is David Rawlings' first album under his own name." - Paste Magazine. ...show less