Make it rain

Finally. What a great day to be a rain dog.

Tags: Make It Rain, rain, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits

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6 Responses to “Make it rain”

Pat O'Brien Says:
June 16, 2018 at 8:38 am | Reply
I should have known that Lightnin’ Hopkins hit Tom when he was young. I can take or leave Tom’s music; that song I will take. His guitar looks like Willie Nelson’s. Beat up but still sounding good.

Rain is sweet. And the trails, especially the sandy parts, will be sweet tomorrow.
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  June 16, 2018 at 8:54 am | Reply
  I find some of Tom’s newer music off-putting, but I remain impressed by his skill with language and his willingness to experiment with musical styles and instrumentation (this last I attribute to his wife, Kathleen Brennan, who helped push him in new directions).
  
  What is that itty bitty guitar Tom is playing? I couldn’t make out a badge on the headstock. Looks like a parlor/travel model of some sort.
  
  Meanwhile, yeah, rain. Hoo-boy. A nice steady soaking, without the usual flash-flood intensity. Up here in the high end of town, anyway. God only knows what gravity’s doing with it further on down the road.
  - Pat O'Brien Says:
    June 16, 2018 at 9:43 am | Reply
    I sometimes put the 2004 Crossroad Guitar Festival DVD on the tube and play along with the songs as best I can. You would be amazed what these guys do with 3 chord 12 bar progressions. Try Rock Me Baby.
  - Patrick O'Grady Says:
    June 16, 2018 at 9:57 am | Reply
    Robert Cray is good. He was fronting a bar band in Eugene, Oregon, back when I lived in Corvallis. He seemed destined for greatness even then.
    
    There was another good bar band up Portland way, if memory serves: Johnny and the Distractions, otherwise known as Johnny and the D’s. I have “Let It Rock” on vinyl. Jeez, one of these days I gotta get another turntable.
  - Pat O'Brien Says:
    June 18, 2018 at 8:53 pm | Reply
    After doing some internet search, it seems Tom Waits plays a 1930’s era Gibson L-1 guitar. It ha a parlor size body, as you noticed, and this model is associated with Robert Johnson. Since Waits loves the blues, it might explain the attraction to that model.
khal spencer Says:
June 17, 2018 at 9:18 am | Reply
I have a different video relevant to the current bicycling bru-ha-ha in Fanta Se.
http://labikes.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-many-idiots-can-there-be-some-say.html