David Todd Rawlings is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch. He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 91st Academy Awards for "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. In 2020, Welch and Rawlings released All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone), which won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In 2024, Welch and Rawlings released Woodland, which won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album, currently making Welch and Rawlings the only duo to win the award more than once.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as David Rawlings
- Episode 2025-05-06: Rachel Maddow, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings (May 6, 2025)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as David Rawlings
- Episode 2019-02-24: The 91st Annual Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2019)