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gillian welch in golden gate park this weekend

Posted over 3 years ago
went the "strictly bluegrass" festival this weekend in golden gate park to see gillian welch with friend and fellow mogger, steve simon. unfortunately 400,000 people (no lie!) also went to the bluegrass festival this weekend. not really having the patience, time, or wherewithall to see most of the festival's 3 day performances, i went in just for gillian. (but missed elvis costello - doh!)and as always, her and david rawlings provided some of the best folk/americana/country one can hear. having emmylou harris come out for a few tunes upped the whole thing with draw dropping harmonies. (saw emmylou come out with allison kraus last year with gillian). the weather was perfect.if you don't own "the revelator" by gillian and listen to wilco, or any of the no-depression country stuff, i urge you to move into this.i put up a sweet live version of "the revelator" - awesome sound quality for a boot.. url here:http://tinyurl.com/p8xka
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  1. MsG
    MsG says right on. i can't even begin to express the reverence i have for gillian welch. and, david rawlings and she together...with those harmonies going on? forget about it.
    Permalink posted 10/08/2006
  2. kb
    kb says sounds awesome. def. need to check her and her no-depression stuff out. that's pretty funny! i chose to go to OB instead. better choice if you don't want to get trampled by lambs... or bison. blue angels not so loud, good waves! she'll be back for bridge school, so i def. hope to check her out then.
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  3. B42
    B42 says Thanks David, reading the posts is just like being there, or maybe not....missed Elvis?, oops....
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  4. wassonii
    wassonii says sounds damned near perfect. thank you for the link!
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  5. eshep
    eshep says i've also had the pleasure of seeing gillian and david play along with emmylou a few times. always a treat. i was lucky enough to see the three of them joined on stage by buddy miller and patty griffin as they went through the band's 'the weight', with the layered harmonies in the chorus. so great. 'angel band' too. yeah people are missing out who are not listening to gillian welch. she's a great gateway drug into so many more fine (and more authentic) bluegrass and country music that is overlooked.
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  6. vacasmagras
    vacasmagras says I'm so sorry I missed this concert. I was feeling bad about missing all of HSB this weekend, so I made myself a mixtape (cd!) and included Gillian's live Pocahontas on it. Thanks for posting the Revelator link. She is (they are) so incredibly talented. I was shopping at Amoeba in the summer of '98 and happened to be there when this woman and man started singing gorgeous and sad music. That was my first taste of Gillian and David!
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  7. leftoverking
    leftoverking says gillian and david were just about the best show i've seen all year. they closed their set by singing accapella without their microphones. their voices filled the auditorium without the p.a. and it was very powerful. awesome.
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  8. max
    max says i was there on saturday when that shit was packed too (gotta roll with the freinds and family passes, though even that was really crowded) but i still wish i had seen elvis costello, though i did see paul simon that night instead, i think it was a fair enough trade
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  9. Kent Lambert
    Kent Lambert says thanks so much to you for posting a live recording of one of my favorite tracks from one of my favorite albums of all time
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  10. steve simon
    steve simon says she killed it for sure. the truckers were great under tough conditions( the sun was shining) and weir and the waybacks were great, his voice sounded better then it did in the last 15 years of the GD
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  11. Matt Mills
    Matt Mills says Elvis was awesome on Friday, and then again yesterday with T-Bone Burnett. I walked over to the park yesterday afternoon to see Drive-By Truckers, they were pretty awesome. I do agree, though...It was a bit too crowded for my taste.
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  12. RGM
    RGM says Sounded Like Fun Bluegrass is a new sound for me!
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  13. agntdoctorAndrew
    agntdoctorAndrew says It sounded like a great festival! And thank you for the comment and inside tips on my post! :D
    Permalink posted 10/09/2006
  14. Spike
    Spike says Thanks for sharing great recordings. Especially the Eels, new to me.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2006

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