All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)

All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) is the sixth studio album by Gillian Welch, the second solo studio album by David Rawlings (his fourth including his studio work with the Dave Rawlings Machine), and the first studio album officially credited to both Welch and Rawlings together. It was released in 2020 and won the 2021 Grammy award for Best Folk Album.[4] All songs on the album are either cover versions of other artists or traditional folk songs that were given new arrangements. Welch and Rawlings have collaborated for many years, including many instances of songwriting, studio production, and touring together, but this album marked the first instance of their music released in conjunction.[2]

All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
Studio album by
Released10 July 2020
StudioWoodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length38:46
LabelAcony
ProducerDavid Rawlings
Gillian Welch chronology
The Harrow & The Harvest
(2011)
All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
(2020)
Woodland
(2024)
David Rawlings chronology
Poor David's Almanack
(2017)
All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
(2020)
Woodland
(2024)

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Americana UK7/10[1]
The Guardian[2]
Uncut[3]

Track listing

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All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie"Elizabeth Cotten4:25
2."Senor"Bob Dylan5:27
3."Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss"Traditional2:34
4."Hello in There"John Prine5:42
5."Poor Ellen Smith"Traditional3:30
6."All the Good Times Are Past and Gone"Traditional3:54
7."Ginseng Sullivan"Norman Blake3:43
8."Abandoned Love"Bob Dylan3:44
9."Jackson"Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Lieber3:27
10."Y'all Come"Arlie Duff2:23

Personnel

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Musicians

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Other

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  • Produced by David Rawlings
  • Arrangement of traditional songs by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
  • Recording and mastering by David Rawlings and Matt Andrews
  • Cover artwork by Peter Nevins and David Rawlings

Awards and nominations

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Nominations for All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
Year Ceremony Category Result
2021 Grammy Awards Best Folk Album Won[5]

References

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  1. ^ Sharpe, Gordon (March 1, 2021). "Gillian Welch "All the Good Times"". Americana UK. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rogers, Jude (February 19, 2021). "Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: All the Good Times review – lockdown covers of Dylan and Prine". The Guardian. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Wilcox, Tyler (October 2, 2020). "Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – All The Good Times". Uncut. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Libbey, Peter. "2021 Grammys Winners: The Full List". nytimes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ Hussey, Allison. "Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Win Best Folk Album at 2021 Grammys". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 March 2021.