{"id":24930,"date":"2015-10-19T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T00:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=24930"},"modified":"2015-10-19T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T00:46:40","slug":"watch-dave-rawlings-machines-official-video-for-the-weekend-off-of-new-nashville-obsolete-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-10\/watch-dave-rawlings-machines-official-video-for-the-weekend-off-of-new-nashville-obsolete-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dave Rawlings Machine’s Official Video for “The Weekend” Off of New “Nashville Obsolete” Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave Rawlings Machine<\/a><\/strong> (including\u00a0Gillian Welch, Willie Watson, Paul Kowert, Brittany Haas<\/strong> and Jordan Tice<\/strong>) recently released its outstanding second album, Nashville Obsolete<\/strong><\/em>, to critical acclaim. \u00a0The group is now out on tour of the new album, having kicked off their tour last night at the Lobero Theater<\/strong> in Santa Barbara to rave reviews from the cognoscenti. \u00a0They play the Warfield<\/strong> in San Francisco<\/strong> tonight. \u00a0DRM<\/strong> has now released the official video to their superb new song The Weekend<\/strong><\/em>, the opening track of the new album. \u00a0The Weekend\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>sounds to these ears like it could have been recorded during Neil Young’s Harvest<\/em><\/strong> sessions, replete with Nitzsche-ian<\/strong> strings. \u00a0That’s high praise in our book, aided and abetted by Rawlings’<\/strong> soulful guitar and Welch’s<\/strong> harmonies (not to mention those matching Nudie Suits<\/strong>). \u00a0Nicely done!<\/p>\n

About the video, directed by Reid Long<\/a><\/strong>, a press release says: \u00a0“The video was shot on a breakneck road trip from Nashville to California. ‘It was the craziest idea’ says Rawlings<\/strong>,’to document a weekend trip from Music City to the beach and back.’ The opening scene shows Rawlngs<\/strong> and Welch<\/strong> packing up the ’65 Chevy Impala they first toured in. West coast bound, outfitted in Nudie Suits<\/strong> and armed with guitars and a beach blanket, the story unfolds over the course of ‘The Weekend’<\/strong><\/em>. The trip is real, the breakdown is real, the mechanic is real, unplanned, but evidence that Dave Rawlings Machine<\/strong> will go wherever the road leads them.”<\/p>\n

You can buy Nashville Obsolete<\/strong><\/em> HERE<\/a><\/strong> and HERE<\/a><\/strong>, or on cassette HERE<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0And go HERE<\/a><\/strong> to see the dates of their tour and pick up tickets.<\/p>\n