![]() ![]() Some songs do more than merely mention rain-they conjure up the feeling of being out in it, or sitting inside watching it. Mary Chapin Carpenter is not as prolific a rain-song singer as Rosanne Cash, although she put a lovely song about Hurricane Katrina survivors on her album The Calling, “Houston”: “Last night I dreamed of rain but golden light was all I saw.” (For more hurricane songs, click here.) Boz Scaggs made a rare appearance in Madison last year, performing just a handful of tunes, one of which was “Runnin’ Blue”: “Left my billfold at the airport/My suitcase on a train/Now I can’t find my umbrella/And it sure looks like rain.” Which is the story of my life. ![]() ![]() Since it’s still raining today, here are a few more I found on the laptop: Some of our readers have been contributing suggestions, too, in the comments to that post. Yesterday I started digging into my laptop music stash for rain songs. ![]()
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