◇ image via WikipediaDavid Rawlings
David Rawlings is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Nickel Creek, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian and Amanda Shires. Those roots explain a lot about how David Rawlings arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Justin Townes Earle, The SteelDrivers, The Dead South, Molly Tuttle and Paul Cauthen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gillian Welch, Dawes, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes and Buddy Miller, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around David Rawlings, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Gillian Welch. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
David Todd Rawlings is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his musical partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch. He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 91st Academy Awards for "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. In 2020, Welch and Rawlings released All the Good Times , which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In 2024, Welch and Rawlings released Woodland, which won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, currently making Welch and Rawlings the only duo to win the award more than once.
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David Rawlings connections
David Rawlings grew out of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Nickel Creek and Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, shares an orbit with Justin Townes Earle, The SteelDrivers, The Dead South and Molly Tuttle, went on to shape Gillian Welch, Dawes, Old Crow Medicine Show and Bright Eyes. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Justin Townes Earleartist
- The SteelDriversartist
- The Dead Southartist
- Molly Tuttleartist
- Paul Cauthenartist
- Emmylou Harrisartist
- Rodney Crowellartist
- Crooked Stillartist
- Alison Krauss & Union Stationartist
- Lucinda Williamsartist
- Jerry Jeff Walkerartist
- Oliver Anthony Musicartist
- The Cactus Blossomsartist
- John Hartfordartist
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