LA Rain

from Rumblin' Wheel by Dan Hannaford

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Written between LA, Texas and Nashville on my first visit to America. A slide show of sorts from LA city streets, to meeting Johnny Cashs son and getting lost in late night Honky Tonks. The rain has always been a sign to me 'from above' that I am exactly where I'm meant to be in any given location. It's a prayer.

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LA Rain

Can you hear the thunder rolling through my heart?
Yes I’m sure today is gunna rain
The forecast is for sunshine but the sky is dark
There is lighting in the city once again
I saw a Texas sunset and it blew my mind
And Nashville was candy to my ears
But this LA rain, washed away the stain
Oh mercy, where you been?

Let it rain
Open up the heavens let it rain
Lord you know I’m dry
Let it rain
Oh mercy, where you been?

The son of Johnny Cash he did shake my hand
Yes I did my best not to cry
The hipsters at the 5 spot looked me up and down
As the jukebox played the bee bop throughout the night
But a honky tonk don’t mean much when you got no legs
My mojo been running low on steam
On that whisky television I swear I saw Hank Williams
Oh mercy, where you been?

Let it rain
Open up the heavens let it rain
Lord you know I’m dry
Let it rain
Oh mercy, where you been?

Now I’m crying bullets
For the poets and the prophets
For the mothers and the fathers
For my sisters and my brothers
For the drifters and the dreamers
The searchers and the seekers
The thunder in the desert and the ears that can hear it

Let it rain
Open up the heavens let it rain
Lord you know I’m dry
Let it rain
Oh mercy, where you been?

Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
Let it rain
Oh mercy, where you been?
Oh mercy, where you been?
Oh mercy, where you been?

credits

from Rumblin' Wheel, released February 22, 2024
Written and performed by Dan Hannaford.
Produced, engineered & mixed by DAVID RAVEN at ‘honky abbey’ Los Angeles.
DAN HANNAFORD: Vocals
DAVID RAVEN: Drums, Junk Percussion
TARAS PRODANIUK: Bass
BILLY WATTS: Guitar
MARTY RIFKIN: Pedal Steel
SKIP EDWARDS: Wurlitzer

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“A rock-solid slab of dusty country and ragged-edged blues, as honest as the day is long, twice as real and raw” – Sydney Morning Herald 2015


“Hannaford channels Bob Dylan and The Felice Brothers with his outlaw blues mojo on overdrive” – Rhythms Magazine 2015 ... more

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