Any gillian welch fans?

When I went to the CD store to buy one of hers, after having heard a cut I couldn't remember the title of on the radio, I stood at the rack trying to decide whether to go for "Hell Among the Yearlings" or "The Revelator" since I didn't know anything about either one.

One of the guys who works there happened by and I asked him which one he would recommend. He said, "Doesn't matter, if you buy one you're going to come back and get the other." He was right.

I started with "Hell..." and have all the rest. When I saw a 14 minute song "I Dream A Highway" on Revelator, the reaction was no way. But it hangs together and is quite...harrowing.

Loaned "Revival" to my parents (age 77 & 72) about 5 years ago and my mom's reaction was "They play music like this...by choice?" She was floored when I said "Yeah and they wrote it too." For people so young, they thought they were playing Depression era music.

Would love to see 'em live. Yeow!

I love Gillian Welch. Revival is a killer album. Also worth checking out is the version of Beulah Land she does on Avalon Blues, the Mississippi John Hurt tribute album.