Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings video free download

Chris Moreton

The most talented Duo in the world!!! Thanks for sharing

brodank

1:52 keeps me coming back about every month to watch this video.....seriously!!

Dave Jacoby

Watch David Rawlings pop on the capo mid-solo. It's a great trick in a great song.

Merritt Cooke

TOP 10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE 3 MIN TO (REALLY) LISTENING TO THIS SONG (after skipping the youtube ad and parking any prejudice you might have against twang for a few minutes):(1) You'll understand the tradition of American music better after one listen(2) Gillian Welch's (the girl's) calm demeanor while doing killer vocal delivery(3) Underdog theme right at the outset ("The girls all dance with the boys from the city/And they don't care to dance with me")(4) Intense rhythmic -- and virtuositistiic (?) -- drive sustained by just two people from beginning to end(5) Better understanding of why the University of Alabama is called the 'Crimson Tide" (see lyrics below)(6) David Rawling's (the guy's) harmony entry after the first verse(7) David Rawlings doing killer musical execution on instrumental break(8) The crazy way David Rawlings pulls the capo from his pocket and puts it on the guitar neck while playing the break(9) The way David Rawlings extends the break past when you expect it to end(10) The 'captured in amber' Alan Lomax-ness of the plotline (see lyrics below)Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings"Red Clay Halo"The girls, all dance with the boys from the cityAnd they don't care to dance with meNow it ain't my fault that the fields are muddyAnd the red clay stains my feetAnd it's under my nails and it's under my collarAnd it shows on my Sunday clothesThough I do my best with the soap and the waterBut the damned old dirt won't goBut when I pass through the Pearly GateWill my gown be gold instead?Or just a red clay robe with red clay wingsAnd a red clay halo for my head?Now it's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summerWhen it blows in a crimson tideUntil trees and leaves and the cows are the colorOf the dirt on the mountainsideBut when I pass through the Pearly GateWill my gown be gold instead?Or just a red clay robe with red clay wingsAnd a red clay halo for my head?Now Jordan's banks, they're red and muddyAnd the rolling water is wideBut I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddyWhen I get to the other sideAnd when I pass through the Pearly GateWill my gown be gold instead?Or just a red clay robe with red clay wingsAnd a red clay halo for my head?I'll take the red clay robe with the red clay wingsAnd a red clay halo for my head

not2tees

Well, I do believe in time travel now - these guys are a miracle!

Maria Ingmar Sandoval

Nothing like a little Gillian and David Duo to lighten up my mood, especially this song. Thanks for posting!

Judson Cato

stained feet...

Patrick Horgan

This song always tugs at my heart strings. Yay, working man!

Tom Callow

had to like it again, I like it so much :-)

TheBham54

I love Gillian, her voice is incredible, but I am in absolute awe of David's guitar playing, so effortless. What a fantastic pair of artists.

Randall Beggs

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings 

walter kimball

I love the whole song, the capo switch is awesome, but there is something eerie cool about that last bent note Mr. Rawlings plays.

Desertphile

Holy shit! How did he do that?!?!?!

Karen Nyere

i love this compilation, but a hiphop song jumped out of nowhere on one of the other songs- do you know that?

majomista

It's even better that he put the capo on slightly wrong! If you look the low E and is completely bent!

adcockbob

For a valley girl she sure sounds country! They are great live!

Michael Tompkins

Love you Gillian.Thanks Dave!

Jon Cruz

oh my can David rip that geeetarrr!!

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