Dave Rawlings Machine – “Ruby”
Dave Rawlings, perhaps better known as Gillian Welch’s longtime partner, finally got around to releasing his solo record last year, A Friend Of A Friend. Though the record features Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show, and Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers, the star performer on this track is Jimmie Haskell, who conducted the strings. Haskell also has done strings for Simon and Garfunkel, Elvis, Chicago, Sam Cooke, and other legends.