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Welch was born on October, 1967 in Manhattan but moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. By the age of seven, she had learned to play the guitar. She was accpeted into Princeton University but instead enrolled at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where Welch discovered Bluegrass music. After a short stint a local band, Welch moved to Boston and studied at the Berklee College of Music. In Boston, Welch met David Rawlings who would become her longtime musical partner. In 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi, they moved to Nashville and began building a career. In Nashville, she met T-Bone BurnettJoseph Henry Burnett aka T-Bone Burnett (born January 14, 1948), in St. Louis, Missouri is an American songwriter, record producer, musician and singer. In addition to being one of the most well respected record producers in the music business and a solo, producer to such artists as Los LobosLos Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and nortenos. Los Lobos released an independent EP in the late 1970s, and a second, Sam PhillipsFor the female singer by the same name, see Sam Phillips (singer Sam Phillips born Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 July 30, 2003), was a record producer and the man responsible for the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular mu, Counting CrowsThe Counting Crows are a rock band that became extremely popular in 1994, following the release of their debut album August and Everything After which featured the hit song "Mr. The band was formed by singer Adam Duritz (formerly of The Himalayans) and gu, and Elvis CostelloDeclan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known as Elvis Costello is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. He was an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid- 1970s, and later became assoc. In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, Welch released her first album, Revival which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1997. Since then, she has recorded other albums and contributed the song Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby to the soundtrack album of the Coen Brothers hit O Brother, Where Art Thou?.