No opener for this show, and was pleased to see signs "please no video, audio or photos- by request of the artist". For the most part, the crowd complied which allowed them to focus on Gillian and musical partner David Rawlings. I have seen this duo before at a Newport Folkfest in the early aughts, they are still a polished country folk force from Nashville with great original songwriting. Over the years, this duo has released 5 stellar albums from Revival to The Harrow and The Harvest. Setlist included Orphan Girl, Red Clay Halo, My First Lover, Time the Revelator, Back In Time, I'll Fly Away, Scarlet Town, Hard Times, The Way that it Goes. Couple of encores that included Miss Ohio and some Johnny Cash rap followed by Cash's Jackson. Gillian did some knee-slap percussion and even some clogging ( cowboy booting?!) for good effect. I find it odd that the show and albums are just credited to Gillian, and not the Welch/Rawlings Duo. David Rawlings is an excellent picker and his solos got cheers from the crowd. Great harmony vocals, Gillian on acoustic and some banjo the near capacity crowd left happy with only pictures in their mind.
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