Dave Rawlings Machine - Hardly Strictly - 2014

Dave Rawlings Machine
October 4th, 2014
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
The Banjo Stage
San Francisco, CA
1 Monkey & The Engineer
2 To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
3 Ruby
4 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
5 Wayside / Back in Time
6 Stewball
7 Method Acting / Cortez The Killer
8 Queen Jane Approximately
Dave Rawlings - guitar, vocals, banjo
Gillian Welch - guitar, vocals
John Paul Jones - mandolin, vocals
Willie Watson - vocals, guitar, banjo
Paul Kowert - bass, vocals
Unfortunately, John Paul Jones is turned down in the stream's mix and you almost can't hear him at all.

[@UrielLuviano]

Fucking huge shoutout to Dave for saying "Moctezuma" instead of "Montezuma". As a Mexican, it feels nice to see that someone finally gets it right :)

[@wernerspitzenberger6916]

one of my male female acoustic folk dream teams ever

[@annemarielewis8460]

I love this band!! I love just Gillian and David alone on tour (both top notch musicians) but then add the others - esp JPJ (who is so humble and understated in his presence - but not musically - lol) then Willie Watson from Old Crow Medicine Show and I can watch David play that guitar all day long! His recent more vocals have sure been a plus as well - though Gillian is a force vocally always.... Gillian sounds like no one else. she is like comfort food for the soul.

[@kolevalentin3217]

I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@ahmadbrendan5059]

@Kole Valentin instablaster ;)

[@FabioOldTime]

Seen JPJ with Seasick Steve a few years ago, he's a MASTER ! Love this guy !!

[@axegas76]

David Rawling is just too good.

[@MB-sm1ov]

Purtroppo in Italia questi personaggi, bravissimi, non li sentiremo mai!!!

[@cfmceroz]

Stewball (Willie Watson)@26:00

[@jpanicacci]

We saw them two nights before this at Gundlau-Bundschu in Sonoma, and the "Going to California" was phenomenal. Best group ever.

[@Gayle339]

A pure delight!

[@ottawanderer]

So nice to see John Paul Jones back being what he was: a session player!

[@giodavegiordano7508]

Thank you. :-)

[@mlwsf]

Craziest thing about HSBG fest is you never know who is going to show up. I never thought I'd get to see Robert Plant until he got up onstage with Buddy Miller a few years before this. And here we have John Paul Jones another year. Craziness.

[@DWTish]

Thanks so much for posting this.... Saw them in Santa Cruz the Wed before, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.... Drove up for this too, but missed the first couple songs of the set trying to make our way into the packed park

[@GreatRecordings]

The best version of RUBY on the internet

[@theonemodifier]

man that guy is cool up stage right, he is tunin up them there guitars. Wish i could hear it too!!! That guy that comes out and stands by him he is cool as shit too! wow!

[@bartwise807]

Sad to have missed them in Napa and HSB, but glad to be able to see them here

[@RO8YO]

I was there and didn’t realize they had JPJ on mando until the end of the encore when Dave yelled “John Paul Jones!” My jaw dropped.

[@cobberdig]

Shame the mando doesn't come through in the mix.

[@JeffMcCalib]

+Chris Kennedy Yes. It looks like Rawlings knew it and picked leads at the same time as Jones. When the camera focused on Jones picking, it looks like you're hearing his mandolin, but it's Rawlings' guitar.

[@markwilliams1579]

I was thinking the same thing.Oh well

[@mr.jazzbodkelsey58]

That mandolin player is gonna be famous someday.

[@shane8005]

"I've always wanted to shout 'JOHN PAUL JONES!', but now I get to do it without looking like an insane person!"

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

Anyone else notice the Jon Langford backdrop? His paintings are awesome.

[@mlwsf]

Don't know why I never realized that. Guess I though he was just doing the Mekons and as a result Bloodshot records stuff. Should've picked up on it sooner.

[@dieberliner1576]

I love hearing Dave sing lead but miss the complexity of the fingerpicking he does with Gillian's projects. Shame he can't clone himself. (No one does it like him) .

[@MrNed144]

Song was written by Jesse Fuller.

[@dennisquinn8938]

the encore: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Ccaqahbbd-oJo

[@BrianMillerConcerts]

Video missing Going To California (Led Zeppelin) ?, which I believe was performed as an encore at the end, according to reports elsewhere such as on the setlist.fm website.

[@sponwed]

Yeah, as you can see, the video feed cuts out immediately at the end of Queen Jane, and they don't seem to have broadcast the encore.

[@annemarielewis8460]

+BrianMillerConcerts did someone else get it? They also do Cortez the Killer as an encore and it's AMAZING!

[@joeherbert7555]

I was there for this HSBG show and managed to shoot much of this set. I'll have to look through my footage, but almost certain I got G2C on film. I will post it up when I get a chance.

[@michaelmiller1995]

Ok, new to this band. Checking them out, due to their upcoming co-headlining gigs with The Punch Brothers. I have to say, I'm not sure how that happened, as the gap in talent AND fan base seems immense. They aren't bad or anything, but just...meh. Pretty standard, and run of the mill. Maybe I'm missing something. Could someone make a suggestion, or point me in the right direction?

[@annemarielewis8460]

+Michael Miller this is not the best recording of them - due to John's mic situation - however - they have been one of the best concerts I have seen and I see a lot - the spirit of this show just builds and builds - and Cortez the killer is a golden cover. Give them another listen - when you can hear them all clearly. :)

[@WilliamStimpler]

there is certainly not a gap in talent hahaha ... OR fan base! youve been mislead by maybe a semi shoddy recording ... Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are basically two of the most respected people in the americana folk bluegrass scene ... fuckin willie watson on fiddle and guitar and mouth harp , yeah he was in old crow medicine show ... im sure youve heard of them ... these guys are purists and well revered and respected ... im surprised you never heard of them if youve heard of the punch brothers , chris and noam bow their heads in respect to gillian and david that is for sure ...

[@mrs.mcnamara1669]

You are missing something. Start with their studio work. Hope you have discovered them.

[@andydressler6761]

If I was willy I would not be able to play with JPJ there. I mean come on. I would be so nervous.

[@elwoodgraymusic9083]

What's with that guy in the sunnies and the backwards cap behind them? He looks like he's about to play a set of Limp Bizkit songs!

[@mlwsf]

Believe he's the Roadie for whomever was coming up next.

[@glennmuir5617]

Poor ol' John Paul looks like he is sitting at the kid's table.

[@trippmiller6199]

Ryan Adams cover. Not bad at all.

[@JasonUmbrellabird]

Tripp Miller Dave co wrote it.