Listening to this song, I think it’s easy to forget that it’s being performed by only two people. With two acoustic guitars and two voices, they created this incredibly engaging and chilling song and there is no sense of it lacking anything at all.
David Rawlings is a symphony I saw this live I'm not religious but absolutely a spiritual experience. Gets different not better they poured it all out my morning jacket and other artists were there such was respect they had in community 🤙
I don't always listen to Caleb Meyer by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings but when I do I replay it 4 or 5 times at full volume so my neighbors can hear it also!!
"I cried out my god i am your child, send your angels down. Then feeling with my finger tips, the bottle neck i found....." thats how you write a song....
completely agree - Jerry Douglas, David Rawlings. Not just technical mastery, but both of them follow completely melodic voices, never just "play notes that fit". Never a cliche from either of them.
Good God, Rawlings must have grip that could bust a titanium brick. Watching him pick on this song makes my hand ache. I've held one of those Epiphones and it takes a lot to get the sound he produces. I'm impressed!
America's leading interpreter of traditional mountain, country and folk music....David's impeccable guitar style ( on a 60 year-old, or older, arch top guitar ) speaks for itself.....
I cried My God, I am your child send your angels down Then feelin' with my fingertips, the bottle neck I found I pulled that glass across his neck as fine as any blade, and I felt his blood run fast and hot around me where I laid.
Fast and furious, what a guitarist Dave is and the concentration he puts in that pickin is amazing. Clear vocals too from both especially Gillian, she sure has a powerful voice, and the emotion in this take is out of this world, it sure makes my hair stand on end
Came back to this after quite a spell, still just as (more) impressive than the first time...Rawlings guitar seems to be floating its played so hard and well....
I've never seen such incredible picking! Their voices blend perfectly. Pure Art! Frighteningly intense song. Why would anyone click thumbs down? It must have been callow children who don't know how to appreciate real music.
This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life. It had great story telling, great harmonies, killer guitar solos. I feel sorry for those that died before hearing this amazing piece.
From the first few moments of hearing them play ever, a show (something akin to Austin City Limits) being re-broadcast in the wee hours, I started shouting for my husband to wake up as so not to miss a note. He thanked me, as we both fell in love with their music!
In all seriousness, I think Dave Rawlings is up there with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or whoever else your guitar hero may be. Jaw-droppingly good.
Much better than Clapton and Hendrix. Think guitarist John Doyle (Irish/American: Cathie Ryan Band) - only very different guitar playing but essential wonderment: Cathie Ryan: Peata Beag do Mhathar: ruclips.net/video/UXVG-u2pN-o/видео.html Cathie Ryan: What's Closest to the Heart ruclips.net/video/D13kwIa-Ug0/видео.html
My GOD! ...is this a KILLER tune/performance? They have SO many elements/genres that they fuse into their "folk" sound. It's just amazing. They are just the most INFECTIOUS sound!
One of my favorite songs by Gillian, and this is the best version. That whole St. Luke's concert is fantastic. It's on RUclips. Rawlings is just unfreakin believable on guitar.
I've been looking for this song for YEARS!! I saw it on a concert show on PBS once and still hum the refrain... It just came up in a playlist!! I'll be feeling gratitude and relief for a while I think.
this is one of the best videos EVER put on RUclips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIllian and David create a musical supernova on this one - I never fail to break into a cold sweat when I see the two of them roaring into this one - musically and emotionally furious. incredibe. I only wish they would come to Europe....... DO YOU HEAR ME GILLIAN AND DAVID...? :-)
Wanting to hear this song today I asked Alexa to play it for me and I heard the studio recording which pales in comparison to the passion and drive on display here. David and Gillian really were feeling it with this one. I am so glad to be able to come back and hear it again. Such a stunning performance.
I discovered these two fairly late in their career. Together, this is the best music I've heard in a long time, and this BBC session is a great forum. Also, she's the only non native whose acquired accent I don't just hate. This music is the best.
My mother used to tell me that I would come to love country music, just like her. We were alike in almost every other way, as most said: beautiful, introverted, and preferring a lonely walk in the woods to a crowd most nights of the week. I disagreed at the time, but these days... well, at 23, my mother seems to have earned some posthumous points. Well played. Still don't care much for pop-country, though.
the kids of today need to be exposed to this music, so they will know what "real music" sounds like....these two musicians are always a real treat to hear
Music that razes the hairs on your arms , intensity ,honesty ,gut that makes listening a rare experience . Compels me to explore these artists and there companions . Thank you
iam glad you found them, they are the best period. saw them alive just like there are here, in a small underground in seattle, and the place was packed, no room to even walk.
To agree with every comment here, what an astounding performance. As well as their guitar playing, I love the way their voices harmonize, and the way Gillian's voice is so piercing over their guitar playing. Why aren't these two Mega Legends? They've been around for at least 25 years or so, maybe they need a bigger record label to promote them. Have four of their albums, but I think I want them all.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN ALL HER AFFAIRS........HUMBLY AND PATIENTLY IN SERVICE.....MAY I GIVE WITHOUT REMEMBERING AND TO RECIEVE WITHOUT EVER FORGETTING !!!! AS YOU HAVE DONE TO THE LEAST...SO UNTO ALL BROTHERHOODS UNTIL THE END OF TIME!!!!
The Lad is definitely crankin' it out on this one, just inspiring. The sound on these BBC Videos is outstanding, I don't think you can get much better. Yep, inspiring Duo.
You are right. It is not a murder ballad. It's about some drunken loner who tries to rape a woman. She saves herself by slitting his throat with a broken moonshine bottle.
I don't really know if this can be called country, but for the sake of reference I'm going to say this is country. I normally hate country musicians, I think as professionals they lack skill and effort. But this is simply amazing. I'm blown away by David Rawlings. Truly amazing... I've been thinking about getting a new instrument soon. Another guitar was not on the list, until now. Excuse me while I listen to this performance a 40th time.
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Listening to this song, I think it’s easy to forget that it’s being performed by only two people. With two acoustic guitars and two voices, they created this incredibly engaging and chilling song and there is no sense of it lacking anything at all.
Less is more. This is a truly moving performance.
The performance mirrors the intensity of the lyrics.
David Rawlings is a symphony I saw this live I'm not religious but absolutely a spiritual experience. Gets different not better they poured it all out my morning jacket and other artists were there such was respect they had in community 🤙
they are amazing. If you see them live, Gillian will occasionally try to play Dave's guitar. Spoiler alert- It's not the cheap old guitar- It's Dave!!
this is one if the most spectacular recordings, he plays that guitar like a machine gun.
you're goddamn right he does
god damn right
The most metal folk song ever
I don't always listen to Caleb Meyer by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings but when I do I replay it 4 or 5 times at full volume so my neighbors can hear it also!!
Absolutely!!!
As good a musical combination as there's ever been. Gillian and David are living legends in my book.
Spot on Kyle.
Yes his guitar is intense. And I have no words to describe Gillian.
This song almost makes me cry.
@@dougieh9676 '...my god I am your child send your angels down....'
It's suprising they were never more popular
I'm new, first impressions: amazed. They harmonize like Layne and Jerry. And that feller can play stinkin' play!
"I cried out my god i am your child, send your angels down. Then feeling with my finger tips, the bottle neck i found....." thats how you write a song....
"I prayed to my dear god, to send his angels down, and feeling with, my finger tips, the bottle neck, I found.." Man., No one writes lyrics like that.
Yep. Turns out God helps those who help themselves! :-)
completely agree - Jerry Douglas, David Rawlings. Not just technical mastery, but both of them follow completely melodic voices, never just "play notes that fit". Never a cliche from either of them.
Unbelievable imagery , compelling storytelling and authentic delivery. Rawlings is truly mesmerising here, bravo.
This is the song that got me (who strictly listened to punk rock) into bluegrass, at the tender age of 14
2:03 poetry , chilling ...the story
Totally timeless. It could have been written any time in the last 300 years.
3 million probably.
the beautiful melodic sounds of folky country, yet with the lyrics of pure passionate rage. metal has nothing on this woman.
Wow, wow, what can I say? Rawlings' guitar slays everything in its path......
Patrick Pierquet well put.
David Rawlings simply plays the hell out of that guitar!
Chilling--this song still gives me goosebumps. Amazing performance.
Marsha Rupe me2 :)
Me too. I haven’t heard it for a while and it came on pandora. I think I’ve played it 10 times in a row now
I'll always remember the first time I heard this song was while sitting on the porch swing on my daughter's porch when she began to play...
Good God, Rawlings must have grip that could bust a titanium brick. Watching him pick on this song makes my hand ache. I've held one of those Epiphones and it takes a lot to get the sound he produces. I'm impressed!
19 people's fingers slipped and accidentally hit thumbs down.
These two are incredible. See them live and you'll never forget it.
saw them live for the 2nd time a few weeks ago, and loved every second. Absolutely amazing in concert
I barely remember when we could still see thumbs down. That feature needs to come back.
Rawlings is absolutely ferocious in this song... watched it a ridiculous amount of times.
This video should and would humble 99% of the guitar players out there
America's leading interpreter of traditional mountain, country and folk music....David's impeccable guitar style ( on a 60 year-old, or older, arch top guitar ) speaks for itself.....
Almost 90 years old, I think he said it was from 1934
Yep it's either a '34 or '35 model.
If you ever get a chance to see them Live DO IT!!!!!
Salina, Kansas 2018 ...it was amazing !
The most inspirational guitar skill Ive ever seen. Great workmanship by David.
'Workmanship'? This is fucking PASSION!
I cried My God, I am your child send your angels down Then feelin' with my fingertips, the bottle neck I found I pulled that glass across his neck as fine as any blade, and I felt his blood run fast and hot around me where I laid.
This is the most evocative music I've ever heard. The style of guitar, the vocals... a perfect duo if I've ever heard one.
Evocative...great adjective!
I love the anger in David's guitar. God, these people who have the power to move us all through music.
Wow baby !! I dont think I've ever been able to leave comments on this song before !! I love you Christina Mae Bush !!!! 2006 till eternity!!
Fast and furious, what a guitarist Dave is and the concentration he puts in that pickin is amazing. Clear vocals too from both especially Gillian, she sure has a powerful voice, and the emotion in this take is out of this world, it sure makes my hair stand on end
I adore Gillian Welch.. what a talent! truly one of the best songwriters out there
Absolutely BRUTAL. So good
Love how she hums into it. Such an amazing song, so well written. David Rawlings ascended to another universe on this one.
This what happens when stars collide, BEAUTIFUL.
Rawlings & Welch rock! This song is something else!
Best of Garth Brooks
This just might be the best live performance of any song ever. Goosebumps
Came back to this after quite a spell, still just as (more) impressive than the first time...Rawlings guitar seems to be floating its played so hard and well....
Never get enough of David Rawlings' flat picking or Gillian's voice!! Great tune!
I love listening to the two, but let's face it: Gillian sings the song, not the note. It works for her, but her's is not a great voice.
I've never seen such incredible picking! Their voices blend perfectly. Pure Art! Frighteningly intense song. Why would anyone click thumbs down? It must have been callow children who don't know how to appreciate real music.
i wish david rawlings lived in my living room
I can't watch that without crying. So powerful.
Yes, Rawlings is on fire. But Gillian Welch.....Lord have Mercy!
This is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life. It had great story telling, great harmonies, killer guitar solos. I feel sorry for those that died before hearing this amazing piece.
From the first few moments of hearing them play ever, a show (something akin to Austin City Limits) being re-broadcast in the wee hours, I started shouting for my husband to wake up as so not to miss a note. He thanked me, as we both fell in love with their music!
In all seriousness, I think Dave Rawlings is up there with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or whoever else your guitar hero may be. Jaw-droppingly good.
Mark Stevens he is incredibly talented.
Absolutely.
Much better than Clapton and Hendrix. Think guitarist John Doyle (Irish/American: Cathie Ryan Band) - only very different guitar playing but essential wonderment:
Cathie Ryan:
Peata Beag do Mhathar:
ruclips.net/video/UXVG-u2pN-o/видео.html
Cathie Ryan:
What's Closest to the Heart
ruclips.net/video/D13kwIa-Ug0/видео.html
I guarantee there are damn few players who can match David lick-for-lick.....all on an arch top, non amplified, 60 year old ( or older ) instrument
He is a genius
My GOD! ...is this a KILLER tune/performance? They have SO many elements/genres that they fuse into their "folk" sound. It's just amazing. They are just the most INFECTIOUS sound!
Amazing song. So emotional.
One of my favorite songs by Gillian, and this is the best version. That whole St. Luke's concert is fantastic. It's on RUclips. Rawlings is just unfreakin believable on guitar.
Wow, what a great performance!
I've been looking for this song for YEARS!! I saw it on a concert show on PBS once and still hum the refrain... It just came up in a playlist!! I'll be feeling gratitude and relief for a while I think.
It’s a damn good one
…also, I dig your username :)
Sessions at West 52nd Street, right?
Who disliked this? Kin of Caleb’s? He got what he deserved.
I simply LOVE this version... it's imbued with energy.
this is one of the best videos EVER put on RUclips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIllian and David create a musical supernova on this one - I never fail to break into a cold sweat when I see the two of them roaring into this one - musically and emotionally furious. incredibe.
I only wish they would come to Europe....... DO YOU HEAR ME GILLIAN AND DAVID...? :-)
I can't think of any generation or lover of any genre of music would not like this... says so much in so many ways.
These two are amazing; together they give her lyrics the dark energy they imply.
This hits like a Mack truck every time I watch it.
beautiful, a match made in heaven, acoustic art at it's highest level. wow.
wow, you can tell theyre having a great time
Such fantastic music. Two extremely talented and humble musicians.
great song; great artists! Thanks!!
Haunting, beautiful, masterful, technically amazing...there always has been and will be great music...This is.
Wanting to hear this song today I asked Alexa to play it for me and I heard the studio recording which pales in comparison to the passion and drive on display here. David and Gillian really were feeling it with this one. I am so glad to be able to come back and hear it again. Such a stunning performance.
I discovered these two fairly late in their career. Together, this is the best music I've heard in a long time, and this BBC session is a great forum. Also, she's the only non native whose acquired accent I don't just hate. This music is the best.
I'm speechless and I have a lump in my throat and a tear running down my face.
Absolutely beautiful.
This is so dark and creepy - has to be my favorite song of theirs.
a great song by 2 awesome singer/songwriter/musicians
My mother used to tell me that I would come to love country music, just like her. We were alike in almost every other way, as most said: beautiful, introverted, and preferring a lonely walk in the woods to a crowd most nights of the week. I disagreed at the time, but these days... well, at 23, my mother seems to have earned some posthumous points. Well played. Still don't care much for pop-country, though.
the kids of today need to be exposed to this music, so they will know what "real music" sounds like....these two musicians are always a real treat to hear
This is just about as good as music gets. Two people in perfect balance.
Amazing
This song is amazing.
Lord, Rawlings can´t be human...
Gillian's lyrics in every of her songs... Wow! 😊
And that Rawlings guitar...
Another wow! 😊
One of their (many) best!
David Rawlings is cooler than the other side of the pillow.
I know I'm five years too late, but just want you to know that I'm totally stealing that saying from you.
@@georgelincolnrockwell5843 It is a cool saying, but it came from a movie. I can't remember it's name, but it starred Greg Allman as a drug dealer.
He’s extremely cool.
The movie was “Rush”, an extremely accurate account of the drug-dealing side of South Texas life in the early 70’s.
God, I love this song!! I just found it in my favorites after several years. What amazing voices!
How do you make an extraordinary song better? Just and brilliant singing and out of this world guitar picking!
This is so good, I just fell upon these two..
That's gone straight on the favourite list! Bravo!!! Encore!!! Wonderful!!!!
Music that razes the hairs on your arms , intensity ,honesty ,gut that makes listening a rare experience .
Compels me to explore these artists and there companions . Thank you
Wow... this stirs you to the core
love. love. love. these two.
Just discovered these two tonight so glad I did !! all I can say hotdiggitydawg !! Woo!
Welcome
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Thankyou
iam glad you found them, they are the best period. saw them alive just like there are here, in a small underground in seattle, and the place was packed, no room to even walk.
Voices and guitars. This is pretty amazing music.
we are in the presence of masters. sublime.
Holy snap-anolaH! What a Song! Am covering this one for SURE and CERTAIN!. Thank you G. Welch and D. Rawlings
I wish I could like this 10,000 times.
To agree with every comment here, what an astounding performance. As well as their guitar playing, I love the way their voices harmonize, and the way Gillian's voice is so piercing over their guitar playing. Why aren't these two Mega Legends? They've been around for at least 25 years or so, maybe they need a bigger record label to promote them. Have four of their albums, but I think I want them all.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN ALL HER AFFAIRS........HUMBLY AND PATIENTLY IN SERVICE.....MAY I GIVE WITHOUT REMEMBERING AND TO RECIEVE WITHOUT EVER FORGETTING !!!! AS YOU HAVE DONE TO THE LEAST...SO UNTO ALL BROTHERHOODS UNTIL THE END OF TIME!!!!
I cannot get enough of that man’s guitar playing
Very, extremely, amazing both of them together...
Killer song!
1:33 1:47 swamp music gives me chills, this is remarkable.
Quite simply the best three minutes I've spent on You Tube. Inspirational, makes me want to stay alive long enough to live right.
The Lad is definitely crankin' it out on this one, just inspiring. The sound on these BBC Videos is outstanding, I don't think you can get much better. Yep, inspiring Duo.
Just Perfect! I'm so glad I stumbled on to these two by chance. Great art, honest and spellbinding.
I play this almost on a daily basis..it never gets old..what energy.,musicianship , and pure joy! Restores my faith in today's music scene.
Holy hell i can't watch this video w/o scraping my jaw off the floor. SERIOUS talent...and great recording. can't stop listening
Had the privilege of seeing this duo in San Francisco this spring. Painfully good!
I love a good murder ballad.
or, rather, a predatorial rape ballad in which inspired self~defence saves the day. you know. just a little :: p e r s p e c t i v e :: ? maybe?
hidden stitch a
totally correct !
@hidden stitch
You serious?
You are right. It is not a murder ballad. It's about some drunken loner who tries to rape a woman. She saves herself by slitting his throat with a broken moonshine bottle.
Stunning performance! This song is so powerful.
If I could go back in time I would want to be present when this was recorded...........
I don't really know if this can be called country, but for the sake of reference I'm going to say this is country. I normally hate country musicians, I think as professionals they lack skill and effort. But this is simply amazing. I'm blown away by David Rawlings. Truly amazing... I've been thinking about getting a new instrument soon. Another guitar was not on the list, until now. Excuse me while I listen to this performance a 40th time.
Lucky to see them in Manchester several years ago
They were brilliant
Wonderful musicians
The Best