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{{Infobox album
| Name = Rainmaker
| name = Rainmaker
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Keb' Mo']]<small><br>''as "Kevin Moore"''</small>
| artist = [[Keb' Mo']]
| Cover = KevinMoore.jpg
| cover = KevinMoore.jpg
| Released = 1980
| alt =
| released = 9 September 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rainmaker/1356366565|title=Rainmaker, Kevin Moore|website=Apple Music|language=en-US|access-date=2022-02-24}}</ref>
| Recorded =

| Genre = [[Blues]]
| Length =
| recorded =
| venue =
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| Label = [[Chocolate City Records|Chocolate City]]
| studio = Golden Sound Studios, Hollywood, California
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| genre = [[Blues]]
| Last album = &mdash;
| length =
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| label = [[Chocolate City Records|Chocolate City]]
| This album = ''Rainmaker''<br>(1980)
| producer = Holden Raphael
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| Next album = ''[[Keb' Mo' (album)|Keb' Mo']]''<br>(1994)
| prev_title =
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|}}
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'''''Rainmaker''''' is the 1980 debut album by Kevin Moore, now more commonly known as [[Keb' Mo']]. The album features the songs "Rainmaker" and "Anybody Seen My Girl" which were each re-released in Moore's later releases ''[[Slow Down (album)|Slow Down]]'' and ''[[Keb' Mo' (album)|Keb' Mo']]'' respectively.
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| next_title = [[Keb' Mo' (album)|Keb' Mo']]
| next_year = 1994
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'''''Rainmaker''''' is the 1980 debut album by Kevin Moore, now more commonly known as [[Keb' Mo']]. The album features the songs "Rainmaker" and "Anybody Seen My Girl" which were subsequently re-released in Moore's later releases ''[[Slow Down (album)|Slow Down]]'' and ''[[Keb' Mo' (album)|Keb' Mo']]'' respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1791643-Kevin-Moore-Rainmaker|title=Rainmaker, Kevin Moore|website=Discogs.com|language=en-US|access-date=2022-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/rainmaker-mr0004905722|title=Rainmaker, Kevin Moore|website=Allmusic.com|language=en-US|access-date=2022-02-24}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "I Intend to Love You"
# "I Intend to Love You" (Kevin Moore, Andrea Weltman)
# "Break Down the Walls"
# "Break Down the Walls" (Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker)
# "Anybody Seen My Girl"
# "Anybody Seen My Girl" (Kevin Moore)
# "Speak Your Mind"
# "Speak Your Mind" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown)
# "Rainmaker"
# "Rainmaker" (Kevin Moore, Pat Shepherd)
# "The Way You Hold Me"
# "The Way You Hold Me" (Kevin Moore)
# "Rainy Day People (Rainy Day Lady, Rainy Day Man)"
# "Rainy Day People (Rainy Day Lady, Rainy Day Man)" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown)
# "Holding on to You"
# "Holding on to You" (Bill Martin)

==Personnel==
*Kevin Moore - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
*Bobbi Walker - additional lead vocals
*[[Caleb Quaye]] - electric guitar
*Jervonny Collier - bass guitar
*Greg Mathieson, Michael King - keyboards
*[[Ian Underwood]] - synthesizer
*[[Ricky Lawson]] - drums
*Holden Raphael, [[Paulinho Da Costa]] - percussion
*Kim Hutchcroft - alto and tenor saxophone, alto flute
*Gary Grant, [[Jerry Hey]] - trumpet, flugelhorn
*[[Bill Reichenbach Jr.|Bill Reichenbach]] - trombone, bass trombone
*Alex Brown, [[Bill Champlin]], Carmen Grillo, Carmen Twillie, Marva Holcolm, Tom Kelly, Venette Gloud - backing vocals
*Victor Hall - string arrangements

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Keb' Mo'}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1980 albums]]
[[Category:1980 debut albums]]
[[Category:Keb' Mo' albums]]
[[Category:Keb' Mo' albums]]


Latest revision as of 18:31, 1 September 2024

Rainmaker
Studio album by
Keb' Mo'
Released9 September 1980[1]
StudioGolden Sound Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreBlues
LabelChocolate City
ProducerHolden Raphael
Keb' Mo' chronology
Rainmaker
(1980) 		Keb' Mo'
(1994)

Rainmaker is the 1980 debut album by Kevin Moore, now more commonly known as Keb' Mo'. The album features the songs "Rainmaker" and "Anybody Seen My Girl" which were subsequently re-released in Moore's later releases Slow Down and Keb' Mo' respectively.[2][3]

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "I Intend to Love You" (Kevin Moore, Andrea Weltman)
  2. "Break Down the Walls" (Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker)
  3. "Anybody Seen My Girl" (Kevin Moore)
  4. "Speak Your Mind" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown)
  5. "Rainmaker" (Kevin Moore, Pat Shepherd)
  6. "The Way You Hold Me" (Kevin Moore)
  7. "Rainy Day People (Rainy Day Lady, Rainy Day Man)" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown)
  8. "Holding on to You" (Bill Martin)

Personnel

[edit]
  • Kevin Moore - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobbi Walker - additional lead vocals
  • Caleb Quaye - electric guitar
  • Jervonny Collier - bass guitar
  • Greg Mathieson, Michael King - keyboards
  • Ian Underwood - synthesizer
  • Ricky Lawson - drums
  • Holden Raphael, Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • Kim Hutchcroft - alto and tenor saxophone, alto flute
  • Gary Grant, Jerry Hey - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bill Reichenbach - trombone, bass trombone
  • Alex Brown, Bill Champlin, Carmen Grillo, Carmen Twillie, Marva Holcolm, Tom Kelly, Venette Gloud - backing vocals
  • Victor Hall - string arrangements

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Rainmaker, Kevin Moore". Apple Music. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. ^ "Rainmaker, Kevin Moore". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. ^ "Rainmaker, Kevin Moore". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.


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