Dave Rawlings, perhaps best known as Gillian Welch’s right hand man, assembled his Dave Rawlings Machine for a seven-city mini-tour last November. The tour got lots of buzz, with much attention directed to the group’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California.” With original Zeppelin member John Paul Jones playing mandolin for Dave Rawlings Machine, their version has an inside track for authenticity. Interweaving guitars and mandolin reference the original; the harmonious vocals are, as one might guess, somewhat more restrained than Robert Plant’s on the 1971 version. Continue reading »