Rock Archeologia

Gene Cotton - Rain On (1976)

Artist: Gene Cotton
Album: Rain On
Label: ABC Records
Catalog#: AB-983
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Duration: 00:29:50

• Gene Cotton (Columbus, Ohio) is a pop and folk singer-songwriter best known for his four Billboard Top 40 entries during the years 1976–1978.
• With very good albums, like "Save The Dancer" that includes the very known "Like A Sunday in Salem" or the hits "Let Your Love Flow" (also performed by The Bellamy Brothers) and "You're A Part Of Me" (with Kim carnes), "Rain On" contains songs written by the own Cottton, Eric Kaz, Randy Vanwarmer, Neil Diamond or Parker McGee, and it's a good sample of the West Coast sound in the middle 70's.
• In recent years, Cotton has scaled back his career as a singer and songwriter and spent much of his savings on a legal battle against the construction of a state highway (State Route 840) which would surround Nashville. Cotton has devoted himself to helping the underprivileged of his area by motivating them in their studies and activities through a program called Kids On Stage (KOS). KOS brings in Nashville artists to run summer classes that open the doors to the arts to kids who might otherwise never see greatness or think about greatness in their arts. Most notably, Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald has performed numerous times to bring awareness and raise donations for this program under Cotton's leadership, besides producing independent films about the plight of the poor around the world.

 • Side One:
A1. You Got Me Running 02:37
A2. Me And The Elephant 02:57
A3. Song For You 02:23
A4. Deeper And Deeper 03:10
A5. Clarissa 00:26
A6. Rain On 03:47
 • Side Two:
B1. Sweet Destiny 03:24
B2. Young Lover 02:22
B3. It's Over Goodbye 02:45
B4. My Love Comes Alive 02:59
B5. The Gift Of Song 03:43

      Producer by Stephen A. Gibson

Personel:
Acoustic Guitar – Gene Cotton, Steve Gibson
Horns Arranged By – Tom Smith
Strings Arranged, Conductor – Bergen White
Backing Vocals – Bergen White, Diane Tidwell, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer
Bass – Jack William*, Joe Osborn, Ted Reynolds
Drums – Kenny Malone, Larrie Londin
Electric Guitar – Steve Gibson
Horns – Billy Puett, Dennis Solee, Don Sheffield, Roger Bissell, Tom Smith
Keyboards – Beegie Adair, Ron Oates, Shane Keister
Mandolin – Steve Gibson
Percussion – Farrell Morris
Saxophone Solo – Buddy Skipper
Strings – Shelly Kurland Strings, The
Synthesizer – Shane Keister
Vocals – Gene Cotton, Sheri Kramer

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