Have You Ever Seen The Rain

[Mike_S]

Simple cover... I just wanted to see if I could sing and play it live... very simple song but a good one.

And Live in the Kitchen vid...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGM-QoTMP5M

[cuthbert]

Nice job on this old chestnut, Mike - well played and sung.

[chapperz66]

Well - you can absolutely do it!  Brilliantly as well.   And a video too!

Love it mate!

Paul

[Oldrottenhead]

nice one mike.

[StephenM]

Hey, hey Mike... I loved CCR and this was a classic... they had so many great tunes... nice job on this Mike... it seems so nice... so good... the strumming, the singing, the style.

I had to google a bit more about the band because I was only 12 or so when I listened to this stuff (and actually also often after though I never had any of their music, I do now on mp3 though...lol... quite a few).
I didn't know much about them... I found this on wikipedia in case anyone wants to see this...

"In his review for AllMusic, Mark Deming suggests that the song is about the idealism of the 1960s and about how it faded in the wake of events such as the Altamont Free Concert and the Kent State shootings, and that Fogerty is saying that the same issues of the 1960s still existed in the 1970s but that people were no longer fighting for them.[7] However, Fogerty himself has said in interviews and prior to playing the song in concert that it is about rising tension within CCR and the imminent departure of his brother Tom from the band. In an interview, Fogerty stated that the song was written about the fact that they were on the top of the charts, and had surpassed all of their wildest expectations of fame and fortune. They were rich and famous, but somehow all of the members of the band at the time were depressed and unhappy; thus the line "Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day?". The band split up in October the following year after the release of the album Mardi Gras.[8]

In a literal sense, the song describes a sunshower, such as in the lyric "It'll rain a sunny day" and the chorus, "Have you ever seen the rain, comin' down on a sunny day?" These events are particularly common in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, but less common in other parts of the United States, due to localized atmospheric wind shear effects.[9]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Ever_Seen_the_Rain%3F

[Farrell Jackson]

A cool live version and video Mike! Your acoustic and voice both sound great. Thanks for posting it up, it brings back some good memories for me.

[Jean Pierre]

En live avec semble t il un seul micro..c'est excellent

"Have you seen the rain on a sunny day"

I saw a phenomenon like that in Haiti, ...a hot day, without any clouds in the sky..and raindrops! ...I think it must happen in the tropics when there is 100 humidity in the air

[Bluesberry]

Nice to see you in action, this sounds really good...you are ready for the open mic........

[launched]

I hope you can forgive me for the small comment, but this is really friggin' good!!. I love it, I really do. Best strumming, best singing and the recording is amazing!! This is not crispy plugged in shit, or your found a way to fake an open air recording.

I love this, I do!! (It is now a longer comment, hit replay a couple times)

[launched]

Just watched the vid, you are the real deal!!!