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    ....but one that keeps bugging me. Do you pronounce her name with a hard G like the name Gilligan? Or does the G sounds like a J like with the name Jillian?

    Love her music, but I always feel like a knucklehead when I try to talk about her to others, since I'm not sure how to tell them her name.

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    I have mostly heard it pronounced with the "J" sound.

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    It's the G sound, not the J.

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    She pronounces it with a hard "G" like Girl on the live recordings etc. I've heard.

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    It's a hard G like Vince Gill.
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    This knocks me out! Just half an hour ago, my wife was sorting through some CDs and came across a GWelch tune and asked me that same question. I said I thought it was the G sound, not the J. Now, here's the answer, same place I get most of my answers--at the Cafe. I just didn't expect to find this one...and not today!! Amazing!

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    Amazing singer and songwriter -- SoCal girl raised on show tunes channels Lilly Mae Ledford -- could listen to her endlessly.
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    Buh! I originally used the hard G (like in my name) but someone corrected me and said it was the J...it's seriously the hard G?
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    Just to confuse us all, actress Gillian Anderson (Scully on X-Files, most recently in The Last King of Scotland) pronounces her name with the "J" sound.

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    All interviews/introductions I've heard use the hard G.

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    Good thing she ain't married to Chris Thile, eh?
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    We do several of her songs in our trio. I have always heard it pronounced with the hard G.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (mandopete @ Mar. 01 2007, 09:44)
    Good thing she ain't married to Chris Thile, eh?
    or sister to Ann Jillian .... Gillian Jillian?!?!?!

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    with Jilligan, the skipper too...
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    I heard her do a promo spot for American Routes on NPR. #She said, "Hi, this is Gillian Welch and you're listening to American Routes." #She pronounced her name with the "G" sounding like it would in "good" or "girl".

    On a somewhat sad/funny note... I have an ex-girlfriend named Gillian. She dumped me years back and it really tore me up for a while. I got into Gillian Welch about the same time, actually from hearing her on American Routes, and when I'd tell people about this cool new singer/songwriter I'd heard, I'd always pronounce it like I heard Gillian Welch say her name on the show. My ex's name was pronounced like the actress from the X-Files. At some point a buddy of mine who really like Gillian Welch took me aside and told me that it was kind've lame that I had to pronouce the singer's name diferently from my ex-girlfriend's name. His reasoning was that I was intentionaly mispronouncing the singer's name because I couldn't bear to say my ex's name and he felt that was just pathetic. I told him that I had heard Gillian Welch herself pronounce her name the way I was saying it but the guy wouldn't buy it. It was weeks later when he called me up and told me that he had heard Gillian Welch interviewed on some show and that indeed, I was right, and that I wasn't just being really pathetic about saying my ex's name. I actually won a six-pack off of the whole controversy Looking back it's kind've amusing. If I ever meet Gillian welch, perhaps she would be amused...or perhaps she's sick of hearing stories about her name.




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    I've heard her in person refer to her band as "Gillian Welch" ... hard G.

    I agree though with Mando Johnny that I mostly hear people( who are not in that band) using the softer "J" sound.

    It's a toss up for me if I play more Carter Family material, or more Gillian Welch.

    At first glance, I thought this topic was going to ask, "Why doesn't she use mandolin?" My answer to that unasked question is, "Because David Rawlings sounds more like BigMon than most mandolin players do!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by (Benignus @ Mar. 01 2007, 20:02)
    At first glance, I thought this topic was going to ask, "Why doesn't she use mandolin?" My answer to that unasked question is, "Because David Rawlings sounds more like BigMon than most mandolin players do!"
    I totally agree with this statement! Have seen the duo (BBC broadcast). David's playing has some "modal" flavour, and is very "mandolin like", in my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by
    At some point a buddy of mine took me aside ...
    LMAO! Great story! (andyerprobablybetteroffwithoutheranyways)

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    I've heard David Rawlings play Monroe licks, pretty much borrowed note for note, in live performances. People in the audience didn't know why I was laughing.

    BTW, I've met the two of them, Gillian and David, a couple of times and they seem to be great people.

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    Dave Rawlings is definitely one of my favorite guitar players.

    I just realized that earlier in this topic I said I usually called her with the soft G but now I can't even remember what I used to call her before this topic.

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    Just whistle?
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    Pronouncing her name with a 'hard' G ie.as in Girl,is very unusual.I have known many girls who had that name & never once heard it pronounced like that.However she pronounces it - she's awesome & along with David rawling,she makes half of one of the best duo's in Country music today.
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    This thread inspired me to download some more of their stuff from emusic. Thanks!

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    This photo of Gillian stood out to me because (a) she simply looks gorgeous, and (b) she's not playing her J-45 or the Vega banjo. I think it's a Guild M-20, but I'm not certain.
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