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Plug and play! All the tracks, ready to play in the car or download to your collection. INCLUDES A MYSTERY BONUS TRACK NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE AT THIS TIME! Reproduced handwritten song list... my mixtape from me to you
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Make It Rain is a prayer, a plea for the cleansing of the land and of the soul. Mike Berman’s new track captures not just the need for rain in the parched Southwest, but the feelings of a man lost without love as he watches his soul baking with the dry ground.
lyrics
They say in every life, a little bit of rain must fall
But it’s been so dry so long, it never seems to rain at all
Make it rain, make it rain,
Let your love pour down on me, make it rain
Everybody loves the sun until the water all runs dry
The hills are turning brown, dust is blowing in the sky
And the love that we once knew, haven’t felt for a long long time
Seems like you don’t know, that inside I’ve been cryin’
Make it rain, make it rain,
Let your love pour down on me, make it rain
And oh, what I’d give just to hear the thunder rolling
And to see the blue skies turn to darkest gray
The smell of the rain on the dusty ground
And to feel the love that used to flow my way
Yesterday
And I’m thinking in my life, the rain is never gonna fall
I went looking for a well, only found this mud-caked hole
Make it rain, make it rain
Make it rain, make it rain
Let your love pour down on me, make it rain
credits
from Where I'm From,
track released October 18, 2022
Mike Berman: Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Tremelo Baritone Guitar
Scott Babcock Drums
Carl Byron: Hammond B3 Organ
Teresa James: Harmony Vocals
Ed Tree: Bass Guitar, Slide Guitar
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Ed Tree at The Treehouse, San Gabriel, California
Mastered by Mark Dann
Rooted in the folk-rock sound of California, Mike paints pictures and tells stories through his songs. Mike’s sound takes
its inspiration from the music he grew up with -- The Byrds, Jackson Browne, Carole King, and Bakersfield heroes like Merle Haggard. His album, Where I’m From (1/23) presents an artist who’s come a long way to find his voice and is ready to offer it to the world....more
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit. yellowcakeuf6
Crafting powerful songs about commitment and love, the Nashville singer-songwriter channels and subverts ’70s country and folk tropes. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 7, 2022
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018