Artist: dakota blonde

Single Song Sunday: Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch covers from Emmylou to Alathea)

Nov 1, 2009, 7:36am Cover Lay Down

It's been almost two years since we first featured the songs of Gillian Welch here on Cover Lay Down, though we've certainly had reason to revisit her works now and again as the coverage continues . As we noted way back when, Welch's talent is a revelation, both in performance and as a lyrical interpreter of the rural backporch mindset of the American South, and the dustbowl longing and religious overtones so often found in the works of this modern American Primitive are here in spades. There are several well-known [...]

• Alathea - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Bob Pegritz with El McMeen and Friends - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Dakota Blonde - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Emmylou Harris - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Gooseberry Summer - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Gooseberry Summer - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Horse Feathers - horse.mp3
• Over The Rhine - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
• Tim And Mollie O'Brien - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)

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Artist:	Alathea
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Alathea: Orphan Girl
File Name:	alathea.mp3
Bitrate:	236 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Bob Pegritz with El McMeen and Friends
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Bob Pegritz and Friends: Orphan Girl
File Name:	pegritz.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Dakota Blonde
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Dakota Blonde: Orphan Girl
File Name:	db.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris: Orphan Girl
File Name:	emmylou.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Gooseberry Summer
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Gooseberry Summer: Orphan Girl
File Name:	gsfast.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Gooseberry Summer
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Gooseberry Summer: Orphan Girl
File Name:	gsslow.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Horse Feathers
Link Text:	Horse Feathers: Orphan Girl
File Name:	horse.mp3
Year:	2009

Artist:	Over The Rhine
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Over the Rhine: Orphan Girl
File Name:	otr.mp3
Bitrate:	245 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Tim And Mollie O'Brien
Title:	Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Link Text:	Tim and Mollie OBrien: Orphan Girl
File Name:	timand.mp3
Bitrate:	222 kbps
Year:	2006

Covered In Folk: Gillian Welch (Glen Phillips, Ryan Adams, Alison Krauss, Crooked Still)

Jan 19, 2008, 6:45pm Cover Lay Down

Hope no one minds an early "Sunday" post this week; my brother and his wife are on their way in from Brooklyn for the long weekend, and I don't get to see them as often as I'd like. I'll have a short post up for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, if I can; in the meantime, enjoy today's feature on "American Primitive" folkartist Gillian Welch and her partner David Rawlings, the tenth post in our popular Covered in Folk series, where we pay tribute to the songwriting talents of a single artist. [...]

• Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite
• Crooked Still - Orphan Girl
• Dakota Blonde - Orphan Girl
• Elan Mehler Quartet - Elvis Presley Blues
• Elizabeth Mitchell - Winter's Come & Gone
• Emmylou Harris - Orphan Girl
• Glen Phillips - Revelator
• Peter Mulvey - Caleb Meyer
• Red Molly - Caleb Meyer
• Robyn Hitchcock With Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Trying To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door
• Ryan Adams - Revelator
• The Chieftains & Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Katie Dear

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Artist:	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Title:	New Favorite
Link Text:	New Favorite
File Name:	l8fw7yvsws.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Crooked Still
Title:	Orphan Girl
Link Text:	Orphan Girl
File Name:	2b5pl7duso.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Dakota Blonde
Title:	Orphan Girl
Link Text:	Orphan Girl
File Name:	ejuhbrnwo8.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Elan Mehler Quartet
Title:	Elvis Presley Blues
Link Text:	Elvis Presley Blues
File Name:	iiozrsku88.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Elizabeth Mitchell
Title:	Winter's Come & Gone
Link Text:	Winter's Come and Gone
File Name:	89prngbkk4.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	Orphan Girl
Link Text:	Orphan Girl
File Name:	x8hmrmlgkk.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Glen Phillips
Title:	Revelator
Link Text:	Revelator
File Name:	40n1kr1gk0.mp3
Bitrate:	213 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Peter Mulvey
Title:	Caleb Meyer
Link Text:	Caleb Meyer
File Name:	1t2mb4ecks.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Red Molly
Title:	Caleb Meyer
Link Text:	Caleb Meyer
File Name:	3aqw2raww4.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Robyn Hitchcock With Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Title:	Trying To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door
Link Text:	Tryin' To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door
File Name:	yef60w2sk4.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Ryan Adams
Title:	Revelator
Link Text:	Revelator
File Name:	5to664xcs0.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Chieftains & Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Title:	Katie Dear
Link Text:	Katie Dear
File Name:	lzn0pys8cs.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2002