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Gillian Welch Biography
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Gillian Welch
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| Gillian Howard Welch | |
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 Gillian Welch in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Born | October 2, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old time, folk, American Primitivism |
| Instrument(s) | singing, guitar, banjo, drums, harmonica |
| Associated acts | Dave Rawlings Machine, David Rawlings, Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue |
| Website | http://www.gillianwelch.com/ |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| 1956 Gibson J-50 | |
Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City)1 is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive".2 Her recordings feature the harmonies and unconventional guitar work of her musical partner, David Rawlings. Welch pronounces her first name with a hard G /ɡ/ rather than /dʒ/.
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Biography and career
Welch was born in Manhattan and was adopted when she was three days old. She moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. On her eighth birthday she wished for and got a guitar and lessons, and learned soon to play the guitar. Studying at the University of California, Santa Cruzcitation needed Welch discovered bluegrass music through the "mountain soul" stylings of The Stanley Brothers.3 After a short stint in a local camp band called Söfa, Welch moved to Boston and studied at the Berklee College of Music.
In Boston, Welch met and began dating David Rawlings, who would become her long-time musical partner. In 1992, they moved to Nashville and began building a career. In Nashville, she met T-Bone Burnett,4 producer to such artists as Los Lobos, Sam Phillips, Counting Crows, and Elvis Costello. In 1996, Welch released her first album, Revival, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1997.2 Since then, she has recorded other albums and collaborated on the songs "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" and "I'll Fly Away" on the Grammy-winning soundtrack of the Coen Brothers hit film O Brother, Where Art Thou?.5 Welch also had a cameo in the film, as a woman in a record store trying to obtain a copy of the Soggy Bottom Boys' recording of "Man of Constant Sorrow".
Welch has also collaborated with good friend and singer/songwriter Ryan Adams on the albums Heartbreaker and Demolition. She and Rawlings toured with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller in 2004 as The Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue. Welch and Rawlings have collaborated with Old Crow Medicine Show and appear in their video of their song "Wagon Wheel". Recently, Welch and Rawlings have been touring with Bright Eyes in 2007 on their American Cassadaga tour. Also in 2007, her song Elvis Presley Blues was covered by Jimmy Buffett on his Take the Weather With You album. Her song "My First Lover" is featured in the motion picture The Strangers.6 Welch and Rawlings made surprise appearances in Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia; Norfolk, Virginia; and Asheville, North Carolina opening for Rilo Kiley in June 2008 to showcase new songs the two had been working on.
Discography
Solo
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Label | ||
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| US | US Heat | US Indie | |||
| 1996 | Revival | Almo | |||
| 1998 | Hell Among the Yearlings | 181 | 9 | Acony | |
| 2001 | Time (The Revelator) | 157 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2003 | Soul Journey | 107 | 1 | 3 | |
Other appearances
- Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons (1999 - Almo Sounds) - "Hickory Wind"
- Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000 · Bloodshot)
- Old Crow Medicine Show – O.C.M.S. (2003 · Nettwerk)
- Jay Farrar – Sebastopol (2001 · Artemis)
- A Tribute to John Hartford: Live From Mountain Stage (2001 - Blue Plate)
- Lifted: Songs of the Spirit (2002 · Sony/Hear Music) - "Orphan Girl"
- Ryan Adams - Demolition (2002 . Lost Highway)
- Bright Eyes – Cassadaga (2007 · Saddle Creek)
- The Deep Vibration (band) – Veracruz (EP) (2008 · Dualtone)
Videography
- The Revelator Collection, DVD, 2002
Notes
- ^ Wilkinson, Alec (2004-09-20). "The Ghostly Ones". The New Yorker. pp. 78. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/09/20/040920fa_fact_wilkinson. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ a b Reed, James (2003-11-07). "Gillian Welch Thrives In An Old-time Niche". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/11/07/gillian_welch_thrives_in_an_old_time_niche/. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Simmons, Sylvie (2005-09-25). "Hillbilly Millionaire". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/PKGRAEQAS41.DTL. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Braver, Rita (2000-03-24). "There Are Still Struggling Artists". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/24/sunday/main175881.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Goodspeed, John (2001-11-07). "Bluegrass at forefront of CMA awards". San Antonio Express-News. pp. 1G. http://web.archive.org/web/20020327115805/http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=710&xlc=490443&xld=100. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Rogue Pictures new motion picture, The Strangers http://www.thestrangers.net
References
- Friskics-Warren, Bill (1998). "Gillian Welch". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 575.
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