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I have often been asked by other MacJammers why it is, given our proximity to each other, that Fran (ziti) and I haven’t done a collaboration. The answer to this question, as to so many questions is: it’s my fault. I gave Fran a CD of songs the day we met, I think, and he really wanted to do this one, and he came up with some very cool guitar lines for it. I in turn ended up not thinking that the acoustic guitar, bass and vocal stuff I had done sounded good enough next to what he had come up with. (This, by the way, is how my mind works.) So in 2006 I started working on a better version…. This went into the vast Cavern Of Songs That Ed Is Working On for the requisite three year aging period…. Anyway, earlier this year I got a little time off and I asked Fran if he’d take another crack at it, and he was gracious enough to do so… At about that same time, I reached out to Neil, the sternest critic of my musically procraastinational ways, to see if he’d like to help get some of them done by providing some bass. Over the course of about two weeks he managed to not only turn out bass lines well suited to five songs, but he also provided four of them with drums into the bargain. The past couple days I’ve actually had a little quiet free time in the house, and was able to tidy this one up as best I could. For those who haven't worked with them, Fran and Neil are real gentlemen, and great, great, great to work with, both honest and encouraging.
Ed Hannifin: acoustic six and 12-string guitars, vocals
Fran Dagostino: electric lead, rhythm and slide guitars, photocomposite
Neil Porter: bass and drums
Thank you, Fran and Neil, for your efforts and your patience.
Ed Hannifin: acoustic six and 12-string guitars, vocals
Fran Dagostino: electric lead, rhythm and slide guitars, photocomposite
Neil Porter: bass and drums
Thank you, Fran and Neil, for your efforts and your patience.
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Lyrics
If It Rains All Night
© 1989 Ed Hannifin
[Intro: one verse]
Am G
The starling’s gone to bed
D Am
He does not care for thunder
Am G
So you and I instead
D Am
Are left to watch and wonder
Am G
And if it rains all night
D Am
Our eyes will open wider
Am G
And if it rains all night
D Am
Our hearts will turn to tigers
This is not any rain
But one that comes a-roaring
Like an angry train
Across the dark sky pouring
And if it rains all night
We’ll have the fire to warm us
And if it rains all night
We’ll let the sound transform us
[Break: one verse]
This is not any sound
But one that brings a healing
Across the mountainside
And through the window stealing
And if it rains all night
The house will slip its moorings
And if it rains all night
You and I will go exploring
[Break: two verses]
The starling’s gone to bed
He does not care for thunder
So you and I instead
Are left to watch and wonder
© 1989 Ed Hannifin
[Intro: one verse]
Am G
The starling’s gone to bed
D Am
He does not care for thunder
Am G
So you and I instead
D Am
Are left to watch and wonder
Am G
And if it rains all night
D Am
Our eyes will open wider
Am G
And if it rains all night
D Am
Our hearts will turn to tigers
This is not any rain
But one that comes a-roaring
Like an angry train
Across the dark sky pouring
And if it rains all night
We’ll have the fire to warm us
And if it rains all night
We’ll let the sound transform us
[Break: one verse]
This is not any sound
But one that brings a healing
Across the mountainside
And through the window stealing
And if it rains all night
The house will slip its moorings
And if it rains all night
You and I will go exploring
[Break: two verses]
The starling’s gone to bed
He does not care for thunder
So you and I instead
Are left to watch and wonder
composerclark
Wow! This sounds fantastic, and three of my favorite musicians on this site!