The Final Bow For “Rain”…
This magnificent harmony band, “Rain”, took their final bow at the Lupset Hotel on Wednesday night after having almost a year off due to illness to band members.
Rain opened their show with ‘The Letter’ which has been their opening song fro quite some time. Songs by the Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Byrds, The Turtles, The Everly Brothers, The McCoy’s and many more. They saved their best ‘til last which was, the Creedence Clearwater Revival’s, ‘What Have They Done To The Rain’, for which they received a standing ovation and deservedly so. I, for one, will miss this superb band as will many others. There were musicians from lots of local band s there supporting this “Final Curtain”. Of course there were some tears. Tom has decided to retire? Gibson, the lead guitarist is retiring to the Isle Of White; he is suffering with arthritis in his ankles and was clearly in a lot of pain last night. I wish him well; he is a great guitarist and a gentleman and a friend. I will miss his smile and his humour.
There is another band coming on to the scene called, ‘Rain’, Norman and Mick are already rehearsing with two more musicians so we will be hearing another good harmony band. More news on that at a later date.
This magnificent harmony band, “Rain”, took their final bow at the Lupset Hotel on Wednesday night after having almost a year off due to illness to band members.
Rain opened their show with ‘The Letter’ which has been their opening song fro quite some time. Songs by the Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Byrds, The Turtles, The Everly Brothers, The McCoy’s and many more. They saved their best ‘til last which was, the Creedence Clearwater Revival’s, ‘What Have They Done To The Rain’, for which they received a standing ovation and deservedly so. I, for one, will miss this superb band as will many others. There were musicians from lots of local band s there supporting this “Final Curtain”. Of course there were some tears. Tom has decided to retire? Gibson, the lead guitarist is retiring to the Isle Of White; he is suffering with arthritis in his ankles and was clearly in a lot of pain last night. I wish him well; he is a great guitarist and a gentleman and a friend. I will miss his smile and his humour.
There is another band coming on to the scene called, ‘Rain’, Norman and Mick are already rehearsing with two more musicians so we will be hearing another good harmony band. More news on that at a later date.