About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: "Big" Paul Williams, Bessie Lee Mauldin, Billy Constable, Bill Nershi, Carter Stanley, Charlie Waller (American musician), Chris Stapleton, Cindy Cashdollar, Clarence White, Courtney Johnson (musician), Dan Crary, Dan Tyminski, David Nelson (musician), David Rawlings, Del McCoury, Doc Watson, Donna Hughes (musician), Elmo Shropshire, Ezra Cline, George Shuffler, Gillian Welch, James Alan Shelton, James Reams, Jay Mankita, Jerry Douglas, Jim Nunally, Jody Rainwater, John Carlini, Kennedy Jones (musician), Larry Richardson, Larry Sparks, Norman Blake (American musician), Peter Rowan, Red Allen (bluegrass), Rita Hosking, Robert Bowlin, Robin Lynn Macy, Russ Barenberg, Sandy Rothman, Tony Rice. Excerpt: Gillian Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms." Welch and Rawlings have released five critically acclaimed albums. Their 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (The Revelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Their 2003 album, Soul Journey, introduced electric guitar, drums and a more upbeat sound to their body of work. After a gap of eight years, they released their fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest, in 2011. Welch was an associate producer and performed on two songs of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. Welch has collaborated and recorded with distinguished musicians such as Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, The Decemberists, and Ani DiFranco. Gillian Howard Welch was born on October 2, 1967 in New York City, and was adopted by Ken and Mitzie Welch, comedy and music entertainers. Her biological mother was a freshman in college, and her father was a musician visiting New York City. Welch has speculated that her biological father could have been one of her favorite musicians, and she later discovered from her adoptive parents that he was a drummer. Alec Wilkinson of The New Yorker stated that "from an address they had been given, it appeared that her mother ... may have grown up in the mountains of North Carolina." When Welch was three, her adoptive parents moved to Los Angeles to write music for The Carol Burnett Show. They also appeared on The Tonight Show. As a youngster, Welch was introduced to the music of American folk singers Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Carter Family. She performed folk songs w
