Rainy Day: Rainy Day 1984

Rainy Day was an all-star Paisley Underground band composed of members from other Paisley Underground bands, including Dream Syndicate, The Three O'Clock, Rain Parade and The Bangles. They began collaborating after meeting at a barbecue hosted by members of Green on Red. Rainy Day recorded and released their eponymous compilation album in 1984. It pays tribute to the

various psychedelic and folk rock acts, and included covers of songs by Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Big Star, The Velvet Underground, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Rainy Day was an album released in 1984 on the now-defunct indie label Enigma so, this album is very difficult to find. It consisted of cover songs performed by various musicians from California's so-called "Paisley Underground" scene. This loose collective was assembled by David Roback, who was then a member of Rain Parade and later of Opal and Mazzy Star. 
                                

Other participants included Roback's Rain Parade mates (brother Stephen Roback, Matthew Piucci, Will Glenn) and members of the then-little-known Bangles (Susanna Hoffs and Vicki

Peterson), the Dream Syndicate (Kendra Smith, Dennis Duck, Karl Precoda), and the Three O'Clock (Michael Quercio). The songs that were chosen indicated the influences that were generally shared by bands from that scene; not only is a Velvet Underground song covered, but also one by Big Star, and two by the Buffalo Springfield which both happen to be Neil Young compositions. Some other selections are old folk songs which are best remembered as Byrds and Beach Boys recordings. Hendrix and the Who also made the list.

                              

BAND MEMBERS

Karl Precoda - Guitar
Kendra Smith - Vocals
Dennis Duck - Drums
Michael Quercio - Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Louis Gutierrez (a.k.a. Gregg Gutierrez)
David Roback - Percussion, Guitar, Bass
Matt Piucci
Eddie Kalwa
Will Glenn - Violin 
Susanna Hoffs - Vocals, Guitar 
Ethan james - Guitar, Bass, Tambourine, Keyboards 
Matthew Piucci - 12-String Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic 12-string]
                                  

Rainy Day – 1989 - Rainy Day
Label: Rough Trade – Rough US 41 CD, Serpent Records
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Paisley Underground

TRACKS

                         

01. I'll Keep It With Mine (Bob Dylan)    3:20
02. John Riley (Bob Gibson, Phil Belmonte, Ricky Neff)    3:11
03. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong (Neil Young)    3:16
04. Sloop John B. (Traditional)    4:18
05. Soon Be Home ( Pete Townshend - Who)   4:05
06. Holocaust (Alex Chilton)   3:50
07. On The Way Home (Neil Young)   2:50
08. I'll Be Your Mirror    (Lou Reed)2:33
09. Rainy Day, Dream Away (Jimi Hendrix)   11:29

NOTES

(P) 1984 Serpent Records (C) 1984 Serpent Records
Printed in Canada
Track 06 is incorrectly listed as "Holacaust" on the rear jacket and label. The correct spelling of this Alex Chilton song is "Holocaust".

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